Fast Facts

Report to the Community

Each year, Inver Hills Community College releases a Report to the Community .

Our students, our campus (FY 2012)

• 9,850 credit students were enrolled in fiscal year 2012.
• 60% of our students are traditional college age and 39% are adult learners.
• 62% of credit students are enrolled part-time. A majority of community college students nationwide attend college part time, and an even larger number work more than 20 hours a week.
• Students of color represented 28% of our student population. The percentage of students of color has been steadily increasing over the last several years.
• 60% of our students came from a home where neither parent holds a bachelor’s degree; 21% of our students came from a home where neither parent has any postsecondary education. One of the biggest challenges first-generation students face is a lack of understanding how to pay for college and obtain financial aid.
• 57% of our students are classified as “low-income” students. On a national level, most community college students receive state and federal aid to attend school.
• 4,954 individuals received continuing education and customized training through our Center for Professional and Workforce Development. We train employees working for 3M, the St. Paul Fire Department, Prairie Island Nuclear Plant and General Dynamics, to name a few.
• We offered 2,195 for-credit classes; 18% were offered exclusively online. We offer 11 programs that can be completed entirely online, from start to finish.
• The college offered 59 academic disciplines, 35 two-year degree options and 26 certificates.

Top declared majors

Associate in Arts (MN Transfer Curriculum), Nursing, Contemporary Business, Paralegal, Law Enforcement, Human Services.

Inver Hills online

Inver Hills is fully accredited for delivery of programs online. More than 180 web-based or hybrid classes are offered each fall and spring semester. Complete programs available online: A.A. degree; A.S. degree in Contemporary Business; A.A.S. degree in Contemporary Business Practice; A.S. degree in Human Service Worker; Child Care Teacher Certificate; Criminal Justice Postgraduate Certificate; Customer Service Certificate; Human Resource Management Certificate; Human Services Assistant Certificate; Project Management Certificate; Professional Writing Certificate; and Sales and Marketing Certificate.

Center for Professional and Workforce Development

The Center for Professional and Workforce Development provides professional continuing education and industry certification courses for the workforce as well as employee training for businesses - customized to their specific needs and offered on campus or on site.

Academic programs

Associate in Arts (A.A.)
Accounting (A.S.)
Art (A.F.A.)
Biology (A.S., A.A.)
Building Inspection Technology (certificates)
Business (A.S., A.A.S., certificates)
Chemistry (A.S., A.A.)
Community Health Worker (certificate)
Computer programmer (A.A.S.)
Computer Science (A.S.)
Construction Management (A.S., certificate)
Criminal Justice (A.S., certificate)
Education (A.S.)
Emergency Medical Services (A.S., certificates)
Engineering (A.S.)
English (certificate)
Environmental Science (A.S.)
Exercise Science (A.S.)
Gender and Women Studies (A.A.)
History (A.A.)
Human Services (A.S., certificates)
Individualized Professional Studies (A.S.)
Law Enforcement (A.S.)
Legal Administrative Assistant (A.S., certificate)
Mathematics (A.A.)
Microcomputer Software Support Specialist (A.A.S., certificate)
Music (A.F.A.)
Network Technology and Security (A.A.S., certificates)
Nursing (A.S.)
Nursing Assistant (certificate)
Paralegal (A.S., certificate)
Physical Education (A.S.)
Political Science (A.A.)
Psychology (A.A.)
Sociology (A.A.)
Theatre (A.F.A.)