Rockland Community College
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Rockland Community College (RCC) is a public community college in the town of Ramapo, New York in Rockland County. It is part of the State University of New York. The college, established in 1959, became the 18th community college to join the SUNY system. The college offers 51 programs and offers associate degrees and certificates. Additionally, students can earn other degrees, including Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Master of Arts in the arts and sciences, Doctoral Program in Executive Leadership (EdD), technology, and health professions while attending classes at Rockland through articulation programs with four-year schools. The current enrollment is 6,859 students.
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Type | Public community college |
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Established | 1959; 65 years ago (1959) |
Parent institution | State University of New York |
President | Lester Edgardo Sandres Rápalo |
Provost | Victoria Ukachukwu |
Academic staff | 525[1] |
Undergraduates | 6,859[1][2] |
Location | , , United States |
Campus | 175 acres (0.71 km2) |
Colors | Killarney, Gunsmoke, Cream Can, Tangerine & White |
Nickname | Fighting Hawks |
Affiliations | State University of New York |
Mascot | Rocky the Hawk |
Website | www |
The main campus is in Suffern, New York, but classes are also offered at an extension sites in Haverstraw, Nyack and Orangeburg. The Spring Valley satellite campus, sold for $4.2 million, has been discontinued. It was located in the historic North Main Street School.[3] Instructions were discontinued at the Haverstraw Extension Center in 2020.
The college has more than 525 full and part-time faculty members, including several Fulbright Scholars,[4] SUNY Chancellor's Award winners, and published authors and artists. The faculty-student ratio is 22:1. Rockland has the third highest transfer rate in the SUNY system and has a Continuing Education programs which served about 3,500 each year.