Bunker Hill Community College
The main entrance to Bunker Hill Community College (The "B" building)
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Other name
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BHCC |
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| Type | Community College |
| Established | 1973 |
| President | Pam Y. Eddinger |
| Students | 13,324 |
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Boston, Massachusetts, 02129, United States 42°22′32″N 71°04′11″W / 42.375566°N 71.069816°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| Website | bhcc |
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Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) is a two-year, multi-campus community college serving the Greater Boston area. Founded in 1973 in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, BHCC provides higher education and job training services at two campuses and three satellite locations, and is the largest community college in Massachusetts.
The college enrolls more than 13,000 students in day, afternoon, evening, late-evening, midnight, weekend, in web-based and distance-learning courses each semester. BHCC is one of the most diverse institutions of higher education in Massachusetts; with 24% of the student population African-American, 24% white or caucasian, and 24% Latino. More than half of BHCC's students are women and the average age for all students is 27 years of age. Additionally, the college enrolls more than 800 international students who come from approximately 100 countries and speak more than 75 languages.
Bunker Hill Community College's main campus is situated on 42 acres (17 ha; 0.066 sq mi) in the historic Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Inaugurated in 1973, BHCC's campus is located at the site of the former Charlestown State Prison, which closed in 1955. Adjacent to an MBTA Orange Line rapid transit station called Community College, BHCC lies within the vicinity of Bunker Hill, site of the famous Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War.
In addition to the main campus in Charlestown, a second campus in Chelsea provides higher education and job training opportunities to residents of Chelsea, Revere, Everett, East Boston, Winthrop and other surrounding communities. BHCC has operated a second campus in Chelsea since 1987. The campus, located in a former post office in historic Bellingham Square, was inaugurated in 1998 after being housed at several temporary sites around the city. The two-story brick structure was originally built in 1910, but had been vacant for a decade before being donated to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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