Donor Impact Stories

NCMC ranked top community college in Northern Michigan by Wallethub
NCMC is the No. 1 community college in Northern Michigan, according to new rankings from Wallethub. The personal finance committee evaluated 668 community colleges on 19 indicators of cost and quality, including in-state tuition cost, student-faculty ratio, and graduation rate.

Fast Track program adds 44 medical professionals to local workforce in its first year
Just over one year since North Central launched its expedited Fast Track career programming, 44 medical professionals have entered the local workforce by way of Fast Track courses — all while achieving a 94% pass rate on the national certification exam.

NCMC expands health care education with new practical nurse program
North Central is expanding health care education in Michigan with the addition of a Practical Nurse certificate program set to launch in January 2024.

North Central announces plans for 2023 commencement, nurse pinning ceremonies
North Central will celebrate its 2023 graduates with a nurse pinning ceremony at 4 p.m. on Friday, May 5, 2023, followed by the 63rd annual commencement exercises at 7:30 p.m. Both ceremonies will be held inside Petoskey Plastics Arena in the college's Student and Community Resource Center.

North Central to offer full-tuition scholarship to graduating home school senior
North Central will again provide a full-tuition Presidential Scholarship to one graduating senior from a home school within its service area.