Programs for High School Students
Don’t Wait to Start Your College Career! Students still currently enrolled in high school can find a bigger world of academic challenges at NCC. No need to put off the start of your college journey — we’re ready for you today!
Apply the credits toward a degree at NCC or transfer earned credits to another college. The credit you earn now will wait for you. If your high school allows, you may be able to use the credits to fulfill high school requirements and college requirements simultaneously.
Complete highly transferable courses that most college degree programs require. Explore a course in a major you are seriously considering for your future.
College coursework stands out on a freshman college application and demonstrates that you have challenged yourself academically.
Early College may compress the time it takes to complete high school and the first two years of college.
- Earn college credits at a fraction of the cost of a four-year university.
- Early College credits are offered at a 50 percent discount compared with regular NCC credits.
Through a scholarship program funded by the State of NH, all eligible high school students* can take up to two tuition-free courses per academic year. Courses are no longer limited to STEM/CTE areas.
*Students must be NH residents and be high school sophomores, juniors or seniors or homeschool students 15 years old and older.
Early College – On Campus
Early College on a College Campus invites New Hampshire high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors as well as home-schooled students age 15 and older to take regular college classes alongside college students on the NCC campus! With guidance from NCC advisors, students select general education courses or take a series of courses in a specific curriculum.
| All early college students are required to register for classes with an early college advisor. Also, any early college student wishing to add or drop a course must consult with an early college advisor. |
The award of high school credit for college coursework is arranged through a students’ school and does not involve the college. Please see your high school guidance counselor for pre-approval of dual-enrollment credit.
Early College – At Your Highschool (Running Start)
Early College at Your High School enables high school students to take community college courses for dual high school and college credit.
Courses offered through Early College at Your High School are college courses taught at high schools by teachers who have college-level teaching credentials and use a college syllabus and course materials. These courses are taken as part of the daily class schedule.
- Tuition is only $150 per course – a huge savings from the regular cost of college courses
- Get an affordable jump start to a college degree and career skills
- Transfer credits to many colleges and universities – see where Early College credits have transferred (PDF)
Early College at Your High School offers college courses at the high school taught by CCSNH-credentialed high school faculty as part of the daily class schedule.
Scholarships for NH Students
Through a scholarship program funded by the State of NH, all eligible high school students* can take up to two tuition-free courses per academic year. Courses are no longer limited to STEM/CTE areas.
*Students must be NH residents and be high school sophomores, juniors or seniors or homeschool students 15 years old and older.
