Frederick Community College Facilities Master Plan Chapter 1 Overview of the College 1-1 May, 2023 CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW OF THE COLLEGE (Facilities Master Plan Context) Introduction Frederick Community College (FCC) is a comprehensive, public, associate degree-granting institution in Frederick County, Maryland. The approximately 95-acre FCC main campus is located in the City of Frederick. It is less than an hour’s drive from Washington D. C. and Baltimore, Maryland. The main campus is comprised of 19 buildings including four storage facilities and a parking deck. The main campus is located at 7932 Opossumtown Pike, Frederick, Maryland 21702. The Monroe Center is an extension campus located at 200 Monroe Avenue in Frederick, Maryland 21701. FCC was founded in 1957 and is governed by a seven-member board of trustees. The trustees are appointed by the Governor of Maryland with Senate consent. FCC is fully accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and was reaccredited in 2016. The average age of an FCC student is 25; about 67% are part-time and 71% of FCC students intend to transfer to a four-year college to attain a bachelor’s degree. At the onset of this facility master planning process, FCC’s most recent annual operating budget is about $60 million. The funding comes from student tuition (30%), the State of Maryland (27%), and Frederick County Government (36%).1 Frederick Community College Vicinity Map Any proposed capital improvement request 1 https://www.frederick.edu/about-fcc/presidential-search.aspx; p.9 must be consistent with the State’s Community College Construction Grant Program (CCCGP). Frederick Community College (FCC) must have an approved current facilities master plan and an approved facility program consistent with Section 3-602(d) of the State Finance and Procurement Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland. The programmatic need must be fully described and justified. It must be well grounded in FCC’s mission, vision, and philosophy; local front-line interface with the K12 public school system, articulated transfer agreements with four-year institutions; and the workforce development needs of Frederick County and the State of Maryland; and FCC’s Board of Trustees commitments as fiduciaries. Any proposed capital improvement request
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