Quick Facts about National Labor College
(Academic Year 2008-09)
- Founded 1969 - George Meany Training Center
- Degree Granting Institution: 1997
- President: William E. Scheuerman, Ph.D.
- Institutional Control: Private (nonprofit)
- Academic Year Calendar: 2008-09
Campus
- 47 Acres - Acres encompassing NLC's main campus in Silver Spring, Maryland
Address
- 10000 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20903
Faculty & Staff
- Full-Time Faculty: 15
- Adjunct Faculty:15
- Full-Time Staff: 59
- Part-Time Staff: 5
Student Body
12 month unduplicated head counts 2008
- Men 799
- Women 184
- Total 983
Fall 2008 Enrollment
- Total: 221
- Full-time: 19
- Part time: 202
- Number of graduates in 2007- 08: 79
- Student-to-teacher ratio: 12:1
- Academic units: Semester
- Majors: 6
Degree Programs
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Technical / Professional Studies (Online degree)
Certificate Offered
- Union Administration
- Labor Safety and Health
- Organizing
- Labor Education
- Capital Stewardship
- Leadership for Change
- Computer Skills and Technology in Education
- Organizing in the Digital World
- Leadership and Technology in Education
Average Degree Class Size: 10
Average Degree Courses Offered per semester: 25
2008 Demographics:
- Male: 81%
- Female: 19%
- Average age: 42
- DC Residence: 0.5%
- MD Residence: 7%
- VA Residence: 12.5%
Ethnic Identity:
- Nonresident Alien: 2%
- Hispanic/Latino: 7%
- American Indian or Alaska Native: 1%
- Asian: 1%
- African-American: 9%
- White: 56%
- Others: 24%
Tuition & Fees (2010)
- $199.00 per credit hour for AFL-CIO affiliated union members
- $249.00 per credit hour for non AFL-CIO affiliated union members
- $249.00 per credit for Working America/union family members
- $1137.00 per credit hour for non-union members
- $ 60.00 Application fee
- $ 15.00 Technology fee (per credit)
- $ 25.00 to $50.00 Materials fee (per course)
- $ 25.00 Student activity fee (each semester that includes a residential component)
- $200.00 Portfolio assessment
- $150.00 Specialty portfolio assessment fee
- $ 50.00 Partnership/Joint enrollment fee (per credit)
- $ 25.00 Work in progress (continuation course each semester for senior project and capstone courses)
- $250.00 Graduation fee
Resources & Services
- Computer lab
- Writing lab
- Bookstore
- Library
- Gym/Fitness Center
- On Campus Wireless Access: 100%
- George Meany Memorial Archives
NLC's 2007-2008 fiscal year revenues $18,320,000
Number of student rooms in the campus: 165
Number of residence halls, which include separate bathroom, bedroom, and study room: 4