• Two CCBC Nursing students practice taking blood pressure in the Nursing skills lab

Allied health and nursing online options

What drives people to become health care professionals? It can be an intense and demanding career, but it is also extremely rewarding in terms of both satisfaction and compensation.

Still, the demand for well qualified health care professionals in numerous fields has never been greater, and CCBC’s highly regarded–yet seriously affordable–allied health and nursing programs are a great starting point.

CCBC’s online Allied Health and Nursing programs award credentials ranging from Workforce Training Certifications to A.S. degrees through a blend of flexible online learning and onsite lab clinical experiences.

These programs give you:
  • The convenience, flexibility and independence of online learning paired with rigorous, onsite clinical experiences and assessments.
  • The highest level of expertise and a well-earned reputation: CCBC is recognized by multiple accrediting bodies and is well known throughout the region for excellence in health care training.
  • Preparation for licensure: our programs focus on preparing you to become a licensed, job-ready health care professional.
  • Preparation for transfer to continue your education, through transfer agreements with numerous four-year colleges.

CCBC offers these allied health and nursing online degree and certificate options:

Program Credential Delivery Method Time to Completion
Health Informatics and Information Technology Associate of Applied Science Fully online 2 years
Nursing Associate of Science Blended 2 years
Medical Coding Credit Certificate Fully online
18 months
Medical Billing Continuing Education Certificate Fully online 6 to 9 months
Medical Coding Continuing Education Certificate Fully online 12 to 15 months
Medical Front Office Continuing Education Certificate Fully online 5 to 9 months
Polysomnographic (Sleep) Technologist Continuing Education Certificate Fully online 12 to 15 months
CCBC also offers these programs onsite. Choose the option that’s best for you!


State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements

CCBC is authorized to offer online classes to out-of-state students.

As a member of the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA), the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) is approved to offer online learning courses and programs to students in all NC-SARA states. This agreement allows students to have a wider variety of education offerings as well as improved resolution of student complaints. Please note that, currently, California is not an NC-SARA state, but CA students attending CCBC still can receive Title IV funds.

For a list of higher education contacts to resolve complaints per state, please use the U.S. Department of Education site. Choose the state that you are in, and then search for the Higher Education contact.