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Howard Community College

Howard Community College
10901 Little Patuxent Pkwy
Columbia, MD 21044-3197

Official telephone: (443) 518-1000
Website: https://www.howardcc.edu/
Screen last updated on: October 2026
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 69%
Student:Faculty ratio: 14:1
Total faculty: 205 men, 365 women
Full-time faculty: 60 men, 122 women
Part-time faculty: 145 men, 243 women

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
double majors, honors program, internships, distance learning, external degree program, online courses
Cooperative programs are offered: yes
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
  • Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  • Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians, Other
  • Biomedical Technology/Technician
  • Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection, Other
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Commerce, General
  • Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist
  • Chemistry Teacher Education
  • Child Care and Support Services Management
  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician
  • Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services, Other
  • Community Health and Preventive Medicine
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  • Computer/Computer Systems Technology/Technician
  • Construction Trades, General
  • Criminal Justice/Police Science
  • Culinary, Entertainment, and Personal Services, Other
  • Dental Hygiene/Hygienist
  • Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician
  • Drafting and Design Technology/Technician, General
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other
  • English/Language Arts Teacher Education
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Fire Services Administration
  • General Studies
  • Health and Medical Administrative Services, Other
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Management Information Systems, General
  • Mathematics Teacher Education
  • Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist
  • Physical Therapy Assistant
  • Physics Teacher Education
  • Public Health, General
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager
  • Spanish Language Teacher Education
Certificates

  • Accounting
  • Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
  • Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  • Agriculture, General
  • Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General
  • Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians, Other
  • Biomedical Technology/Technician
  • Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection, Other
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist
  • Child Care and Support Services Management
  • Cloud Computing
  • Commercial and Advertising Art
  • Commercial Photography
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  • Computer/Computer Systems Technology/Technician
  • Construction Trades, General
  • Culinary, Entertainment, and Personal Services, Other
  • Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism
  • Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician
  • Drafting and Design Technology/Technician, General
  • Education, Other
  • Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Fine and Studio Arts Management
  • General Studies
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training
  • Management Information Systems, General
  • Management Science
  • Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Meeting and Event Planning
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician
  • Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for CLEP general
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • credit for DANTES
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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