Butler_County_Community_College

Butler County Community College

Butler County Community College

College in Butler Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Not to be confused with Butler Community College in Kansas.

Butler County Community College (BC3) is a public community college in Butler Township, Pennsylvania. It also offers courses in Cranberry Township, as well as in Lawrence, Mercer, and Jefferson counties. More recently the college has begun to offer online classes. Over 100,000 students have attended.[2] The college's main campus is easily accessed from PA Route 8 via Decatur Drive or Vogel and Old Plank Roads.

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Locations

  • BC3 Main Campus – Butler, PA (Butler County)
  • BC3 @ Cranberry – Cranberry Township, PA. (Butler County)
  • BC3 @ Lawrence Crossing – New Castle, PA (Lawrence County)
  • BC3 @ Linden Pointe – Hermitage, PA (Mercer County)
  • BC3 @ Brockway– Brockway, PA (Jefferson County)
  • BC3 @ Armstrong - Ford City, PA (Armstrong County)

Students are able to take courses at multiple campuses if convenient. The 2011 spring semester is the first semester that the Upper Allegheny campus(es) offered courses. In September 2021, college administrators broke ground on a new campus facility in Ford City.[3][4][5]

Academics

BC3 offers certificates and 2-year degrees in the fields of business, nursing and health, humanities and social sciences, and science and technology.

The college is institutionally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Specific programs are accredited by:[6]

Notable alumni

References

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    http://www.bc3.edu/humanresources/pdf/safety.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. [2]
    "Welcome to BC3". Butler County Community College. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
  3. [3]
    http://www.bc3.edu/news/pdf/NEw/BC3%20expands%20into%2011%20more%20counties%20in%20PA.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. [4]
    http://www.bc3.edu/news/pdf/NEw/BC3%20expands%20into%2011%20more%20counties%20in%20PA%202.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  5. [5]
    "Butler Radio". butlerradio.com. 28 September 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  6. [6]
    "BC3 Accreditations". Archived from the original on 2015-08-18.
  7. [7]
    "Timothy L. Pesci (Democrat)". Official Pennsylvania House of Representatives Profile. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Archived from the original on 2000-03-07.

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