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Located in Columbia, Maryland, Howard Community College (HCC) is one of the premier community colleges in Maryland. With almost 5000 full-time students and hundreds of excellent teachers, you will have a fulfilling and rich college experience!

HCC Awards and Recognitions
HCC has a long list of awards it has received. The most recent ones include:

• STEP UP, 2007 Exemplary Initiative award for Student Retention and Success, National Council of Instructional Administrators.
• 2007 U.S. Senate Productivity Award (highest Maryland Quality Award), Maryland's U.S. Senators and University of Maryland (Silver 2006; Bronze 2003 & 2004)
• 2007 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, Corporation for National and Community Service
• Top-Tech Savy Community Colleges, Center for Digital Education and the American Association of Community Colleges
• Best of Web 2007, Center for Digital Education

For a complete list, please visit the HCC Awards and Recognitions page. 

List of HCC Degrees and Certificates by Academic Area:

• Arts and Humanities Division
• Business and Computer Systems Division
• English/World Languages Division
• Health Sciences Division
• Mathematics Division
• Science and Technology Division
• Social Sciences/Teacher Education Division

Transfers from HCC to four-year universities:
HCC also has many articulation agreements with area schools that help students when they want to transfer from HCC to a four-year university. For more information on transfering from HCC, please visit the Transfer Center. For a list of popular area universities to which HCC students have transfered, please visit the International Student Transfer Opportunities page.

For further information:
Please visit the HCC At a Glance page for statistics about the school itself or visit the HCC homepage for more general information.