152 Colorado St.
Muscatine, IA 52761

Founded in 1929, Muscatine community college is a 1,200+ student campus home to both liberal arts transfer degree programs and professional certificate programs of study. The school's most recent addition, the 8,000 square foot Muscatine Industrial Training Center, provides the latest in manufacturing training for current and future employees. The $1.2 million Center is currently home to the school's welding, hydraulics, pneumatics, robotics, and computer numeric control courses and provides tech-oriented training workshops, certificate programs, and associate degree programs of study to Muscatine Community College students. Thanks to partnerships with local companies including Monstanto, Carver Pump, Grain Processing Corp., and HJ Heinz, the Center is stocked with state-of-the-art equipment, allowing students to learn their trade on the very machines they'll be using in the real world.

As a member of the Muscatine Learning Consortium -- a partnership of 10 local companies and the Eastern Iowa Community College District designed to address the needs of the surrounding business community -- Muscatine Community College can offer basic skills workshops, customized business training programs, professional re-licensure courses for working adults. The partnership not only trains future employees domestically, it also operates programs in India, South Africa, and the Ukraine and works to bring internationally-renowned artists and leaders to Muscatine's campus.

Muscatine Community College is also a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and the Iowa Junior College Athletic Association. The campus boasts eight varsity athletic teams as well as a campus-wide intramural sports program. Muscatine is also home to 16 student organizations including a student senate, student ambassadors club, and a chapter of the international honors fraternity for two-year college students, Phi Theta Kappa. Muscatine Community College also operates personal enrichment courses for older adult learners and summer enrichment camps for local high school students. Students who prefer to complete their coursework through online study may opt for e-courses through Muscatine Community College or any of the other six community colleges in The Iowa Community College Online Consortium.

Quick Facts:

Each year, Muscatine Community College hosts continuing education travel-study trips for adult learners. Destinations in years past have included Rio de Janeiro, Paris, the French Riviera, London, Bankok, Amsterdam, and Rome.

Students with exceptional academic records may be eligible for the Muscatine Honors Program where they'll receive access to specialized Honors-only seminars and the opportunity to complete an Honors senior project.

Muscatine Community College hosts a number of professional organizations for students including chapters of the Business Professionals of America and Delta Epsilon Chi, the Distributive Education Clubs of America.

Students interested in the creative arts will find several outlets here. Muscatine Community College is home to a student-run newspaper, choir and theatrical troupe.

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