page_title: Hudson County Community College
section_title: Academics
hierarchical_section_title: Hudson County Community College / Academics
caption_attribution_description: English: HCCC Culinary school in Jersey City.
context_page_description: Hudson County Community College is a public, community college in Hudson County, New Jersey.
context_section_description: The college offers degrees or certifications in Art, Business, Computer Science and Technology, Criminal Justice, Culinary Arts, Education, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Science, Human Services, Nursing, Psychology and Sociology. The Culinary Arts Institute has received national recognition, and is one of only two programs in the New York-New Jersey area that is fully accredited by the American Culinary Federation Accrediting Commission. The five-story $75 million institute also houses the Culinary Conference Center. Many local businesses, organizations and governments have received specialized training in Hudson County Community College for their employees in the Center for Business and Industry. The Center for Business and Industry also has ESL classes for Spanish speakers, as well as ones for Urdu speakers, to satisfy the surrounding and attending Hispanic and Pakistani population.
  The New Jersey STARS program allows the top 20% of high school graduates free two-year tuition for matriculated students while attending a community college in New Jersey. The program has extended into NJ STARS II, which provides a partial scholarship towards New Jersey four-year universities. The institution also offers a program that allows individuals that hold a bachelor's degree to fast-track becoming fully licensed teachers, without having to undergo the traditional training program for teachers.
  Hudson County Community College (HCCC) is collaborating with participating New Jersey community colleges and New Jersey City University (NJCU) to offer New Pathways to Teaching in New Jersey (NPTNJ). The program provides an opportunity for people who have a BS, BA, or higher degree and who did not complete a traditional teacher preparation program, to become teachers.Phi Theta Kappa, a society for two-year colleges and academic programs, is Hudson County Community College's international honor society.
caption: Hudson County Community College's Culinary Institute on Newkirk Street and Sip Avenue in Jersey City
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