Massachusetts Bay Community College

Massachusetts Bay Community College
President	David Podell
Administrative staff	74 (full-time); 250 (part-time)
Students	4,400
Location	Wellesley; Framingham; Ashland, Massachusetts, United States; 42°18′42.16″N 71°15′49.51″W / 42.3117111°N 71.2637528°W
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Navy
Mascot	Buccaneer
Website	www.massbay.edu

Massachusetts Bay Community College (MassBay) is a public community college in Norfolk and Middlesex Counties. Founded in 1961, MassBay currently serves more than 4,400 full-time and part-time students on its three locations: Wellesley, Ashland, and Framingham. MassBay offers more than 70 degree and certificate programs^[1] aimed at helping students transfer to a four-year college or university or towards direct placement into a career. Massachusetts Bay Community College is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.^[2]

History

Massachusetts Bay Community College was chartered in February 1961 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as one of the first community colleges in Massachusetts. MassBay opened with temporary campuses in Watertown, in a property leased from Raytheon Company, and Boston, and at the time served just several hundred students. In 1975, the college moved to its permanent location in Wellesley Hills, on the campus of the former Elizabeth Seton High School. In 1990, MassBay opened a second campus in Framingham, which currently houses its health sciences and human services programs. In 2001, MassBay opened its Automotive Technology Center in Ashland.

External links

Official website

References

^ "Programs of Study", Let’s get started, February 2020.
^ Massachusetts Institutions – NECHE, New England Commission of Higher Education, retrieved May 26, 2021

[1] "Programs of Study", Let’s get started, February 2020.

[2] Massachusetts Institutions – NECHE, New England Commission of Higher Education, retrieved May 26, 2021

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