BC3 @ Cranberry open house set for Thursday
BC3 @ Cranberry will hold an open house from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at 250 Executive Drive, Cranberry Township.
Prospective students can learn more about BC3 @ Cranberry’s transfer and career programs, tuition and fees, financial aid, scholarship opportunities and support services such as free tutoring during the open house.
BC3 @ Cranberry will waive its $25 application fee at the open house. Prospective students can RSVP at bc3.edu/open-house.
BC3 @ Cranberry is the only one of BC3’s six locations to offer career programs in graphic design and in digital audio and video production. Students in BC3 @ Cranberry’s career programs can develop the skills needed to enter the workforce immediately upon graduation.
BC3 @ Cranberry’s credits can be applied toward a bachelor’s degree at public, private and online four-year colleges and universities.
Visitors to BC3 @ Cranberry’s open house also can meet faculty and staff, tour the facility and learn about the college’s 12:1 student-to-faculty ratio.
BC3’s affordability, financial aid and scholarships enabled 68% of the college’s Class of 2024 to graduate debt-free.
Butler County residents attending BC3 @ Cranberry this fall are paying $197 per credit in tuition and fees for an in-person course.
Butler County residents attending BC3 @ Cranberry can receive up to $9,994 in federal and state grants, and residents of Pennsylvania counties other than Butler, a maximum of $11,626 in 2024-25, according to Juli Louttit, the college’s director of financial aid.
The BC3 Education Foundation has awarded 157 named scholarships for the 2024-25 academic year to BC3 students from 11 western Pennsylvania counties, in total $230,000, according to Bobbi Jo Cornetti, the foundation’s development coordinator.
Bill Foley is coordinator of news and media content at Butler County Community College.
