North Central State College is a two-year state college, located in Mansfield

Mansfield, Ohio

Mansfield is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Richland County. The municipality is located in north-central Ohio in the western foothills of the Allegheny Plateau, approximately southwest of Cleveland and northeast of Columbus....

, Ohio

Ohio

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. It is located on the 644 acres (2.6 km²) Mansfield Campus with The Ohio State University

Ohio State University, Mansfield Campus

The Ohio State University at Mansfield is a regional campus of The Ohio State University located in Mansfield, Ohio. It was founded in 1958 as a land-grant college. Its campus is situated in the western foothills of the Allegheny Plateau, the North Central Ohio region, with easy access to Columbus...

. NCSC offers associate's degree

Associate's degree

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s and certification programs in a number of career fields including business, computers, engineering, health science and public service, technology and workforce development.

In 1961, the Mansfield, Ohio, Board of Education established Mansfield School of Technology, the predecessor of North Central State College. This institution's primary purpose was to provide local residents with technical training so that they could advance in the workplace or secure better careers. In 1968, the Ohio Board of Regents authorized Mansfield School of Technology to become North Central Technical College. This new institution expanded its programs beyond Mansfield to include residents of Ashland, Crawford, and Richland Counties. As the college continued to grow and offered a wider array of courses, the institution became known, in 1999, as North Central State College. North Central State College shares facilities with The Ohio State University at Mansfield. The college also offered courses in Shelby, Ohio. In 2005, North Central State College offered nearly thirty Associate degree and thirty certificate degree programs.
The College has articulation

Articulation (education)

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 agreements with a number of four-year institutions in Ohio for students who wish to transfer to other institutions and continue their education without the loss of credits earned.

Mansfield Campus buildings

• Child Development Center, OSU/NC State
• Schuttera Service Center, OSU
• Campus Recreation Center, OSU/NC State
• Ovalwood Hall/Founders Auditorium/Pearl Conard Gallery, OSU
• Bromfield
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   Hall/Conard Learning Center, OSU/NC State
• Eisenhower
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   Hall, OSU/NC State
• Campus Bookstore, OSU/NC State
• Fallerius Technical Education Center, NC State
• Health & Science Center, NC State
• Byron E. Kee Hall, NC State
• John O. Riedl Hall (Administration and Classroom Building), OSU
• Jeffrey Molyet Village Apartments, OSU/NC State
• James W. Kehoe Center for Advanced Learning, a building that is part of North Central State College is located about six miles (9 km) northwest of the main campus on State Route 39 at 175 Mansfield Avenue in Shelby, Ohio
  Shelby, Ohio
  Shelby is a city in Richland County in the U.S. state of Ohio, northwest of the city of Mansfield. It is part of the Mansfield, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 9,821 at the 2000 census.-History:...
  
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See also

• The Ohio State University
  Ohio State University, Mansfield Campus
  The Ohio State University at Mansfield is a regional campus of The Ohio State University located in Mansfield, Ohio. It was founded in 1958 as a land-grant college. Its campus is situated in the western foothills of the Allegheny Plateau, the North Central Ohio region, with easy access to Columbus...
  
  (shares the Mansfield Campus with NC State)