Hudson County Community College

25 Journal Square, known as Pathside, is a former HCCC building slated to become Jersey City Museum [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The primary campus in Journal Square consists of several buildings located throughout the neighborhood. It is accessible via the PATH rapid-transit railroad system [ 5 ] and bus service at the Journal Square Transportation Center . As of 2025, the campus consists of ten buildings. [ 2 ] Additionally, the campus has a parking stacker lot at 119 Newkirk Street on the site of a former classroom building. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Currently, the Center for Student Success is under construction at 2 Enos Place, which will replace Building A. [ 8 ] More information Building, Name ... Building Name Address Primary Usage A 70 Sip Avenue [ a ] Student Services C/D 162-168 Sip Avenue Bookstore , Classrooms E Culinary Conference Center 161 Newkirk Street Culinary Arts F 870 Bergen Avenue Health Sciences G Student Center 81 Sip Avenue Student Center J 2 Enos Place Classrooms L Gabert Library 71 Sip Avenue Library , Classrooms, Offices S STEM Building 263 Academy Street STEM -related classrooms X 26 Journal Square Administrative Close The North Hudson Campus consists of one seven-story building in Union City . The building, Building N, is located at 4800 JFK Boulevard . Each floor consists of different uses, including a bookstore, offices, student services, a library, classrooms, labs, and some administrative functions. The building is located next to, and connected via a skybridge to the Bergenline Avenue station at Kennedy Boulevard and 48th Street in Union City . [ 10 ] [ 2 ] Additionally, there are various off-site locations spread throughout the New York metropolitan area for nursing and radiography , including Bayonne , Jersey City, Hoboken , Kearny , Newark , Staten Island , and Summit . Additionally, HCCC offers off-campus classes in Bayonne High School , Kearny High School , and Union City High School .

[ 2 ] HCCC has a partnership with Hudson County Schools of Technology for the Secaucus Center, a vocational school located at 1 High Tech Way in Secaucus located near Secaucus Junction , where Early College classes are offered to high schoolers and general public classes are offered in the evenings. [ 11 ]

Under grants from the Exxon Educational Foundation and Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, feasibility studies were conducted by each group in 1972 and 1973, respectively. The results from a comprehensive feasibility study by the New Jersey Department of Higher Education coordinated by Gregory M.Scott, then asst. director of community colleges showed that there was a need for a community college in Hudson County. [ 12 ] Around the same time, the Community Action Program, headed by Nicholas Mastorelli and Ramon Bonachea, in a study funded by the department of higher education echoed the need for a higher education center in the North Hudson area. This led to the establishment of the Hudson Higher Education Consortium, headed by Joseph O'Neill, included three Hudson County based post-secondary institutions: Saint Peter's College in Jersey City, Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken and New Jersey City University in Jersey City. [ 12 ] As the result of an act passed by the New Jersey Legislature [ 12 ] that allowed a county lacking a community college to establish a commission on community college, the school opened its doors in September 1974. [ 12 ] This was three months after the department of higher education completed its feasibility study, and HCCC was established as the first " contract " [ 13 ] college in New Jersey, and the second in the United States. As the third higher-education institution in Jersey City, the college began by offering educational programs that were reflective of the current job market, and the curriculum provided students with career and occupational oriented certifications and Associate degrees in Applied Science. [ 13 ] In the spring of 1981, the college was accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools , [ 14 ] and its official name became the Hudson County Community College .

[ 12 ] The North Hudson Center In 1992, the county of Hudson committed to reorganize Hudson County Community College, with plans to improve services, expand enrollment and provide an urban style campus; this included a renovation to the former Public Service Building at 25 Journal Square, which was converted into classrooms and a library. [ 13 ] A conference room was named for Mary Teresa Norton , a longtime congresswoman for Hudson County, in 1996. [ 13 ] It was last reaccredited in 2009. [ 15 ] Amidst changes in the economy regarding the job market in 2009–10, many New Jersey schools saw an increase in enrollment. Hudson County Community College had one of the largest in the state, [ 16 ] at 11%. In 2011, HCCC graduated more than 1,000 students, its largest class since its founding. [ citation needed ] Library In 2008, it was announced that part of HCCC's $200 million capital expansion program would be spent for the construction of The North Hudson Higher Education Center. [ 10 ] The seven-story 92,330 square feet (8,578 m 2 ) facility which includes classrooms, offices, common areas, a Learning Resource Center and an outdoor plaza [ 10 ] [ 17 ] opened for the 2011 fall semester and is the first expansion of HCCC since the 2007 opening of the Culinary Arts Institute. [ 18 ] In 2012, a new 112,000 square feet (10,400 m 2 ) multi-functional library building across from Journal Square was opened to the public. [ 19 ] A new STEM building near Bergen Square is expected to open in fall 2017. [ 20 ] Most HCCC students who pursue bachelor's degrees do so at regional state universities such as New Jersey City University , Rutgers–Newark and Montclair State University . In an agreement reached in March 2012, HCCC students who attain an associate degree can continue their education at nearby private Saint Peter's College while paying tuition and fees equivalent to a state college, at considerable savings.