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By: Briana Heaney, News Editor
Saint Louis Community College (STLCC) is planning on further expanding their Nursing Program beginning with the Fall 2020 semester. The programs that are based out of the Meramec and Forest Park campuses will be welcoming the same number of students, however the Wildwood and Florissant Valley campuses will be offering a 20 percent increase in student spots starting with the fall semester.
This is part of an initiative to increase the schools nursing program by 75 percent over the next five years. Currently, STLCC has a total of 432 students enrolled in the nursing program according to a press release from the college dated Jan. 9.
Meramec was the home of Saint Louis Community College’s first Nursing Program in 1963. Two years later, the Forest Park campus followed with a nursing program and by 1970 all three of the original campuses offered a nursing program.
According to an official STLCC press release, “Saint Louis Community College is known for the strength of its nursing program.” Applications are still being accepted for the fall 2020 semester. The cost for the program is approximately $19,000 for two years and is a 78 credit-hour program, according to STLCC. For more information go to: https://www.stlcc. edu/programs-academics/pathways/ health-sciences/nursing/.
