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Be prepared to transfer to a four-year college or university, or enter your career field immediately after graduation. Whatever your goals are, QCC is here to help you reach them. Find the program that’s right for you and enroll today. 

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Earn a Degree or Certificate

Be prepared to transfer to a four-year college or university, or enter your career field immediately after graduation. Whatever your goals are, QCC is here to help you reach them. Find the program that’s right for you and enroll today. 

Programs of Study

Go to QCC for FREE!

Any age! Any income! The MassEducate and MassReconnect programs allow Massachusetts residents who have not yet earned a bachelor’s degree to attend QCC for free. 

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Make Your Mark

Our innovative centers and knowledgable instructors mean you don’t have to wait to create the next big invention or idea. Get inspired by past students and get ready to put your plans into action.

Mark Piscillo

Class of 1983
Local Food-Service Industry

April Swanson

Class of 2025
General Studies - Biology

Jorgo Gushi

Class of 2022
From Student to Director

Make Your Mark

Our innovative centers and knowledgable instructors mean you don’t have to wait to create the next big invention or idea. Get inspired by past students and get ready to put your plans into action.

Mark Piscillo
I loved sociology. Being in the bar business, you’re dealing with people — having good people skills, developing relationships with people. To me, that’s the most important thing.
Mark's Story
April Swanson
I entered Quinsigamond as a freshman at the age of 29. I wasn't sure exactly what my major was going to be, but after my first Biology class I got to see my first microorganism under a microscope and I was hooked. QCC faculty have been nothing but supportive. It's honestly been wonderful to be a part of.
April's Story
Jorgo Gushi
We enter QCC with a goal, a dream, and along the way we acquire skills needed to be successful in the workforce, and in life. We are taught confidence, communication, teamwork, humanity and awareness of our community.
Jorgo's Story

We’re Worcester’s College

Our students and alumni are all over Massachusetts. Check out student hotspots and alumni-owned businesses in and around Worcester.

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Tiana Diaz at Taj Tropics and Trinkets

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Supporting our community and the people in it

QCC alumna Tiana Diaz knows firsthand what it’s like to be down on your luck and feel like there is nowhere to turn for help, but today the mother of three is running her own successful business, T.A.J. Tropicals & Trinkets, named after her children. The powerhouse entrepreneur took a roundabout way to entrepreneurship, and credits QCC with saving her life and giving her the confidence to be the person she knew she could always be.

Tiana Diaz '13

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Go to QCC for FREE!

Any age! Any income! The MassEducate and MassReconnect programs allow Massachusetts residents who have not yet earned a bachelor’s degree to attend QCC for free. Both programs include an allowance for books and supplies for certain students.

To be eligible for MassEducate or MassReconnect, you must:

  • Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid(FAFSA)
  • Apply to Quinsigamond Community College and enroll in an approved program of study. Applications are open all year long and there’s never an application fee. Classes start on September 4, 2024 for the Fall 2024 semester.
  • Have physically resided in Massachusetts for at least one year, as of the start of your first enrolled term.
  • Have earned a high school diploma or the equivalent**
  • Are enrolled in at least six credits (usually two classes) per semester in an approved program of study leading to an associate degree or certificate.
  • Maintain satisfactory academic progress in accordance with the college's requirements.
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