Editing Montgomery College (section)

== Academics ==
Montgomery College has an enrollment of over 55,000 credit and noncredit students.<ref>Montgomery College. [http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/inplrsh/caveat.html Montgomery College Fall 2006 Enrollment Report] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307232323/http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/inplrsh/caveat.html |date=March 7, 2008 }}</ref> Of the [[Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland)|Montgomery County Public Schools]] graduates who choose to stay in Maryland for college, 56% attend Montgomery College within the following academic year.<ref name="Montgomery College Fact Sheet">Montgomery College. [http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/news/facts.html "Montgomery College At a Glance."] Accessed July 13, 2010.  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080412063450/http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/news/facts.html |date=April 12, 2008 }}</ref> The college is one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse in the nation,{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} with students from over 170 countries enrolled. The student body of the college is 54% female and 46% male; 90% of college students are in-county residents; and the student body ethnicity is 27% black, 25% hispanic, and 23% white.<ref>[https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/_documents/offices/institutional-research-and-effectiveness/score-card_toolkit_mc-at-a-glance/2019-08-mc-at-a-glance.pdf "Montgomery College at a glance – 20190"]</ref>
The college also employs more than 1,500 faculty members.

The college is [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[Middle States Commission on Higher Education]].<ref>Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Philadelphia, PA. [https://www.msche.org/institution/?name-search=montgomery "Institution Directory."] Accessed July 13, 2010.</ref> It offers [[associate degree]]s and a variety of professional certificates and letters of recognition. The degrees offered are Associate of Arts (A.A.), Associate of Science (A.S.), Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.), Associate of Arts in Teaching (A.A.T.), and Associate of Fine Arts (A.F.A.).

The Rockville campus offers more than 600 courses in more than 40 curricula.  The Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus is known for its nursing and allied health science career programs, and the Germantown campus is known for its science programs including computer science and biotechnology.

Montgomery College offers study abroad to over 25 countries. In 2018, Montgomery College students transferred to 375 four-year colleges and universities in 48 states and Puerto Rico.