{{Short description|College in Butler Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.}} {{Distinguish|text=Butler Community College in Kansas}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox university | name = Butler County Community College | image = butler cc.jpg | image_size = 350px | motto = "The Smart Place to Start" | established = 1965<ref>{{Cite web |title=Getting Help |url=http://www.bc3.edu/humanresources/pdf/safety.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527190621/http://www.bc3.edu/humanresources/pdf/safety.pdf |archive-date=May 27, 2010}}</ref> | type = Public community college | endowment = | staff = | faculty = 309 | president = Megan M. Coval (interim) | students = 1,967 full-time, 1,689 part-time | undergrad = | postgrad = | doctoral = | profess = | city = Butler | state = Pennsylvania | country = United States | campus = {{convert|323|acre|ha}} | free_label = | free = | colors = Navy Blue and White {{color box|#003893}}&nbsp;{{color box|white}} | mascot = Pioneers | other_name = BC3 | affiliations = Butler County Vo-Tech./Butler School District | footnotes = | website = {{URL|http://www.bc3.edu/}} | coor = | logo = }}

'''Butler County Community College''' ('''BC3''') is a public community college in Butler Township, Pennsylvania. It also offers courses in Cranberry Township, as well as in Lawrence, Mercer, and Jefferson counties. Over 100,000 students have attended.<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to BC3|publisher=Butler County Community College|url=http://www.bc3.edu/aboutbc3/|accessdate=2008-01-29}}</ref>

==Locations== * Main campus in Butler Township<ref>{{cite web |url=https://butlertwp.org:443/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Zoning-Map-2020-09.pdf|title=Butler Township Zoning District Map|publisher=Butler Township|access-date=2024-07-14|quote=B.C.C. College}}</ref> * BC3 @ Cranberry in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania * BC3 @ Lawrence Crossing in New Castle, Pennsylvania * BC3 @ Linden Pointe in Hermitage, Pennsylvania * BC3 @ Brockway in Brockway, Pennsylvania * BC3 @ Armstrong in Ford City, Pennsylvania

Students are able to take courses at multiple campuses if convenient. The 2011 spring semester is the first semester that the Upper Allegheny campus(es) offered courses. In September 2021, college administrators broke ground on a new campus facility in Ford City.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 8, 2010 |title=BC3 expands into 11 more counties in PA |url=http://www.bc3.edu/news/pdf/NEw/BC3%20expands%20into%2011%20more%20counties%20in%20PA.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120035604/http://www.bc3.edu/news/pdf/NEw/BC3%20expands%20into%2011%20more%20counties%20in%20PA.pdf |archive-date=November 20, 2010 |work=Butler Eagle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Statewide Strategy |url=http://www.bc3.edu/news/pdf/NEw/BC3%20expands%20into%2011%20more%20counties%20in%20PA%202.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120035311/http://www.bc3.edu/news/pdf/NEw/BC3%20expands%20into%2011%20more%20counties%20in%20PA%202.pdf |archive-date=November 20, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=28 September 2021|title=Butler Radio|url=https://butlerradio.com/bc3-breaks-ground-on-new-armstrong-facility/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-09|website=butlerradio.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109233528/https://butlerradio.com/bc3-breaks-ground-on-new-armstrong-facility/ |archive-date=2021-11-09 }}</ref>

==Academics== BC3 offers certificates and 2-year degrees in the fields of business, nursing and health, humanities and social sciences, and science and technology.

The college is institutionally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Specific programs are accredited by:<ref>{{Cite web|title=BC3 Accreditations|url=https://www.bc3.edu/about/accreditations.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818022300/http://www.bc3.edu:80/about/accreditations.html |archive-date=2015-08-18 }}</ref>

* Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs * Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) * American Association of Medical Assistants

==Notable alumni== * Timothy L. Pesci (A.S. 1972) – Pennsylvania State Representative 1989–2000<ref name="official">{{cite web|title=Timothy L. Pesci (Democrat)|work=Official Pennsylvania House of Representatives Profile|publisher=Pennsylvania House of Representatives|url=http://www.house.state.pa.us/members/districts/060/060.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000307082143/http://www.house.state.pa.us/members/districts/060/060.htm|archivedate=2000-03-07|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://www.bc3.edu Official website]

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Category:Two-year colleges in the United States Category:Community colleges in Pennsylvania Category:Universities and colleges established in 1965 Category:Universities and colleges in Butler County, Pennsylvania Category:1965 establishments in Pennsylvania Category:NJCAA schools