January 15, 2024
Best Community Colleges: Normandale
Community College (MN)
Normandale Community College,
located in Bloomington, Minnesota, serves the communities of the southwestern
portion of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul region and it’s a member of the Minnesota
State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system.
Normandale Community College has an
annual enrollment of 10,000 students and the student population is very diverse
– 30% and growing. Some of the programs of study offered include dental
hygiene, nursing, hospitality management, dietetics, and engineering
foundations.
Normandale confers various
certificates for 9-30 credits as well as multiple two-year degrees: Associate
of Arts (AA), Associate in Fine Arts (AFA), Associate in Science (AS), and
Associate in Applied Science (AAS).
Examples of degree programs of study
include Dental Hygiene, Hospitality, Creative Writing, Special Education,
Theatre, Anthropology and World Languages.
In collaboration with Education for
Global Learning (EGL), Normandale Community College also has a short-term and
semester Study Abroad program.
The Minnesota Transfer Curriculum
(MNTC) is a series of 40 course credits transferable to all secondary education
institutions in Minnesota. Further, Minnesota Transfer has established
articulation agreements with many non-Minnesota colleges and institutions.
The campus features a two-acre
Japanese Garden, the Academic Partnership Center and the Fine Arts building.
Annually, the college presents various student recitals, band and choral
concerts, art exhibits and other public events.
Normandale’s Continuing Education
program offers a full set of courses for professional enrichment e.g. New World
of Work, Microsoft Office 2010 and personal learning, Foreign Languages, Feng
Shui & Sound Therapy. Additionally, Normandale offers organizational
training e.g. Agile, ScrumMaster, and Six Sigma training and it also develops
specialized courses customized for local business and presented at the college,
at the business location or online.
Normandale ranked #48 in the CNN
Money listing of community colleges in 2012.
