CREATED FOR YOU

Nassau Community College, located in Garden City, opened in 1960 as part of the State University of New York (SUNY). Nassau, the largest single-campus community college in the state, is the preferred choice for one of every five college-bound high school graduates in Nassau County.

Our Programs

• Hundreds of day, evening, weekend and online/off campus (distance ed) courses in nearly 80 fields of study
• Three types of degrees (AA, AS and AAS) and other special certificate programs
• More than 300 noncredit, lifelong-learning (continuing education) courses

Our Campus

• Located in the heart of Long Island
• Spans 225 acres, the largest single-campus community college in New York State
• Easily accessible from the Meadowbrook Parkway, Stewart Avenue and Hempstead Turnpike

Our Students

• Nearly 20,000 day and evening students and approximately 10,000 continuing and professional students attend each year
• Come from nearly 60 different countries
• Include more than a quarter over age 27

Our Graduates

• Number more than 140,000
• Achieve successful careers as doctors, teachers, attorneys, and business and political leaders

Our Faculty

• Hold doctorates at twice the national rate for community colleges
• More have received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching than any other community college in the state
• Fulbright scholars, researchers, authors, artists, and consultants, committed to community service

Our Facilities

• Equipped with cutting-edge technology
• Fifty buildings, including affordable, on-campus child care center and a new Life Sciences building that opened in 2012

Our Athletics

• More than 20 men’s and women’s teams
• Dominant force in the National Junior College Athletic Association
• Some of the finest indoor and outdoor athletic facilities in the Long Island region