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.
