ACM at a Glance

The College

  • President: Cynthia S. Bambara, PhD
  • Trustee Chair: Kim Leonard
  • Vision: We will be the college of choice that transforms lives, strengthens communities, and makes learners the center of everything we do.
  • Mission: We deliver diverse and relevant education centered around student success in a supportive and engaging community.
  • Founded: 1961 as Allegany Community College  
  • Affiliation: Maryland Association of Community Colleges
  • Accreditation: Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Maryland Higher Education Commission. ACM Bedford County Campus and its academic programs certified by Pennsylvania Department of Education.
  • Locations: Seven locations in Cumberland and Oakland, Md., Everett and Somerset, Pa.  
  • Degrees and Certificates: 48 two-year degree programs (AA, AS, AAS and AAT), 31 certificate programs,10 letter of recognition programs
  • Personnel: 98 full-time and 67 part-time faculty, 30 non-credit instructors, 14 administrative personnel, 193 professional and support personnel 
  • Community Prestige: Carnegie Community Engagement Classification recipient
  • College Magazine: ACCESS ACM
  • Student Magazine: Expressions Student Literary Magazine

Our Students (post-secondary)  

  • Student Need: 80% are first-generation students, 88% receive financial assistance
  • Residency: 37.3% in-county, 17% in-state and 45.7% out-of-state students 
  • Enrollment Status: 44.7% full-time and 55.3% part-time students
  • Gender Distribution: 27.5% were male and 72.5% were female 
  • Mean and Median Age: 27 and 22 for credit students 
  • Race/Ethnicity Distribution: 74.5 White/Caucasian, 15% Black/African American, 3.9% Multiracial/non-Hispanic, 3.2% Hispanic/Latino, 1.6% Nonresident, 0.7% Unreported and 0.1% Naive Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 

College Enrollment 

  • Credit Program Enrollment: over 3,100 (unduplicated, academic year 2023-34 )
  • Continuing Education and Workforce Development Enrollment: over 6,900 (unduplicated, FY23)
  • Early College/Dual Enrollment: 1,490 (FY23)
  • Student to Faculty Ratio: 11:1 
  • Average Class Size: 13 

Athletics

  • Teams: Baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, cross country, men's and women's soccer, softball, and volleyball.
  • Awards: Men's basketball team participated in the NJCAA National Tournament 14 times: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1996 (2nd), 1998, 2001 (2nd), 2002, 2003, 2009, 2019, and 2024. Baseball team participated in the NJCAA World Series nine times: 1984, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2006 and 2009. Women's basketball participated in the NJCAA National Tournament four times: 1986, 1993 (2nd), 2009 and 2011. Men's tennis participated in the NJCAA National Championships three times: 1971, 1976 and 1977.  
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