January 10, 2023
Best Community Colleges: Southeast
Community College Lincoln (NE)
Southeast Community College Lincoln
(SCC-Lincoln), a community college network, is located in the southeast portion
of Nebraska. It has three campuses and more than 20 learning centers in a
15-county district. The annual enrollment of full-time and part-time commuter
students across the various campuses is ~11,000.
SCC-Lincoln provides over 50
programs of study; it also offers 12 online study programs and more than 300
courses each term.
The college awards the Associate of
Applied Science Degree, Associate of Arts Degree, Associate of Science Degree, Diploma,
and Certificate. The Nebraska Transfer Initiative, a cooperative effort among
Nebraska’s higher education institutions, provides a seamless transition for
SCC-Lincoln graduates to four-year schools.
For eight consecutive years
SCC-Lincoln has produced the most graduates in Precision Production fields
(Computer Aided Design Drafting, Machine Tool Technology, Manufacturing
Engineering Technology) than any other school in the U.S.
SCC-Lincoln offers workshops,
classes and seminars to people of all ages in its Continuing Education Program.
The junior college also hosts a nationally-renown Entrepreneurship Center which
operates a business incubator for new and growing enterprises.
The community college has a special
focus on global education, aiming to infuse global perspectives into all
courses to better prepare students for an increasingly global workplace.
Southeast Community College Lincoln
ranked #8 in the CNN Money listing of community colleges in 2012 and listed
among the top 120 U.S. community colleges by the Aspen Institute in 2011 and
2013. The community college ranked #8 among a list of 786 community colleges in
the U.S. for Student Success Rates, based on graduation and retention stats.
