| Quinsigamond Community College | |
| Established: | 1963 |
| Type: | Public community college |
| Accreditation: | NECHE |
| Academic Affiliations: | Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts |
| Endowment: | $4.6 million (2022)[1] |
| Students: | 7,368 (2022)[2] |
| President: | Luis G. Pedraja |
| City: | Worcester |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Country: | United States |
| Coor: | 42.3148°N -71.7936°W |
| Colors: | White and blue |
| Mascot: | Wyvern |
| Nickname: | Wyverns (male) Lady Wyverns (female) |
Quinsigamond Community College (colloq: QCC, Quinsig) is a public community college in Worcester, Massachusetts. It has an enrollment of over 7,000 students. Many students are enrolled in the college's transfer program, MassTransfer, with the intent of continuing on to a college or university in the state.[3]
Founded in 1963, QCC occupies a campus within the Greendale neighborhood of Worcester, which was formerly owned by the Assumption Preparatory School until it was destroyed by the 1953 Worcester tornado. The college maintains twelve satellite campuses in locations such as nearby Marlborough and Southbridge.[4]
QCC offers day, evening, and online classes, which include over sixty associate degree programs and over fifty certificate programs in nine course categories.
QCC has a Center for Workforce Development and Continuing Education, which offers low-cost training programs that enable individuals to learn new skills that can be applied on the job or used for future professional development. The center works closely with local companies and organizations to meet specific organizational goals.[5]
Beginning in Fall 2024, QCC (in addition to all other MA community colleges) will be free to all Massachusetts students without a prior college degree, in accordance with the MassEducate program.[6]
QCC is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.[7] Individual programs of study are also fully accredited by specific agencies such the American Dental Association, the American Occupational Therapy Association, the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, the National Association for the Education of Young Children, and the National League for Nursing.
QCC is part of the Massachusetts Community College Athletic Association, and competes in Division III of the National Junior College Athletic Association.
In 2010, QCC athletes became known as the Wyverns, after the legendary, two-legged dragon.