Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (BMCC)

12214 W Lakeshore Dr, Brimley, MI

Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, located in Cloquet, Minnesota, is a public two year institution founded in 1987. The school is part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System, and was founded through a Tribal-State partnership that also includes the school in the American Indian Higher Education Consortium.  The school was created in order to meet the educational needs of American Indians in the region and is the only tribal community college in the state

Academics

FDLTCC offers a small number of degree and large number of certificate programs that allow for academic transfer or career training opportunities. Academic transfer programs allow students to pursue education at lower cost by completing the freshman and sophomore years at FDLTCC followed by applying to four year institutions to complete the final two years and earn a bachelor's degree.

Career training programs confer certificates or associate degrees, take between one and two years to complete, and provide an education and training in a high demand industry or field for the purposes of long term employment.

Programs offered include:

• Finance
• Nursing
• Liberal Arts
• Environmental Science
• Political Science

Admissions and Financial Aid

Individuals interested in enrollment at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, may do so through he school's open enrollment policy that requires students to be at least eighteen or have a high school diploma, and to provide a completed application, pay fees, and to submit transcripts and test scores if available.

If standardized test scores are unavailable, students will be asked to take a placement exam. Participation in orientation is encouraged, as is meeting with a counselor prior to the first semester. Financial aid is available in the form of loans, grants and scholarships awarded based on need as determined by a completed Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).