Miami Dade College

Miami Dade College (Miami Dade, MDC or Dade)^[7] is a public college in Miami, Florida. Founded in 1959, it has a total of eight campuses^[8] and twenty-one outreach centers throughout Miami-Dade County. It is the largest college in the Florida College System with more than 100,000 students.^[9]^[10] The college enrolls a significantly larger number of Hispanic students compared to other colleges and universities in the state of Florida.^[11] The college serves a higher number of minority students than any other college in the nation.^[12]

Other name

Dade

Dade Junior College
Miami Dade Junior College
Miami Dade Community College

Public college

1959 (1959)

Florida College System

CUMU

$491.7 million (2019)^[1]

Madeline Pumariega^[2]

6,500^[3]

47,245 (all undergraduate)^[4]

Miami

Florida

United States

Urban

Blue & Gray ^[5]

Finn the Shark^[6]

www.mdc.edu

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(SAS): A limited admission opportunity for Miami-Dade Public School students. High school classes are held at Kendall, Hialeah, Wolfson, and North Campus alongside regular college credit courses, and students choose three college classes per semester to take in place of traditional high school electives. College books and tuition are paid for by the county, and there is no cost to students. Bus service is also provided throughout the county to the schools. The goal is to allow students to earn their Associate in Arts or Associate in Science degree while earning their high school diploma. MDC also has a virtual college, where a degree can be attained completely over the internet.

School for Advanced Studies

: The college offers dual enrollment for students who currently are attending Miami-Dade County public high school, private high schools, or home school. Dual enrollment allows students to enroll in a college course. The credits that are gained will be used toward both high school graduation and are accepted toward an associate or bachelor's degree at Miami Date college.^[60]

Dual enrollment

Home Education Dual Enrollment Program: Miami Dade College offers dual enrollment options for homeschool students ranging from grades 6 to 12, who are formally registered with the Miami-Dade County Public School's Home Education Program. In accordance with Florida's policies on dual enrollment, all tuition, books, and fees are covered for eligible Home Education students. To qualify for enrollment in college-credit courses, students must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and achieve qualifying scores on standardized tests such as the ACCUPLACER, PERT, ACT, or SAT for courses that mandate certain competencies. Additionally, these students are expected to demonstrate sufficient emotional and intellectual maturity to handle the rigors of a college-level course.

Miami Dade Honors College: Beginning in May 2019, Miami Dade College began collaborating with the to provide more enrollment opportunities for student.^[61] This agreement will guarantee Miami Dade Honors College students acceptance and merit-based financial support at the University of Miami if they meet transfer requirements. This 10-year agreement will run until May 31, 2028. The enrollment for the fall semester will be limited to 300 MDC students. The enrollment for the spring semester will be limited to 150 MDC transfers.

University of Miami

Athletics[edit]

Miami Dade College competes in five sports, men's basketball, men's baseball, women's basketball, women's softball, and women's volleyball. Men's and women's soccer will be added in the fall of 2024. In total, they have 85 student athletes made up of 38 men and 47 women.^[62]

Miami Dade's Baseball team program started in 1962. Although at the time, Kendall campus, North campus, and Wolfson campus had their own individual fielded teams. However, once the school changed to a four-year college from a community college, they united to make a baseball team.^[63]

Miami Dade college's athletic teams have won 35 NJCAA national titles, 15 in women's sports.^[64]

The school's athletic teams competed in the Southern Conference of the Florida State College Activities Association, a body of the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 8. Due to their players and good ranking, Miami Dade College was a "can't miss stop" for MLB scouts.^[65]