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Henry Ford College

Henry Ford College (HFC) is a public community college in Dearborn, Michigan. The institution, established in 1938 by the Dearborn Fordson Public Schools Board of Education, is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. The institution was originally named Fordson Junior College. It adopted the name Dearborn Junior College in 1946, then Henry Ford Community College (HFCC) in 1952, after the Henry Ford Trade School which closed and whose assets were transferred to the Dearborn School Board of Education. The name was changed to Henry Ford College in 2014.

Identifiers

OPEID6 Six-digit base OPE ID (without the two-digit branch suffix)
2270
OPEID Office of Postsecondary Education Identifier, used for federal financial aid program participation
227000
IPEDS UNITID Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System identifier assigned by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
170240
DAPIP ID Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs identifier from the U.S. Department of Education
122588

Location

Dearborn, MI, 48128-1495

42.324639, -83.236056

Accreditation

Higher Learning Commission

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