The Community College System of New Hampshire (CCSNH) takes responsibility for overseeing the traditional public community colleges throughout the state. The exact technical schools associated within each community college vary from one to the next, so don't assume that a community college in Concord will offer the same technical training as a community college in Berlin or Nashua. More detailed information is available from the CCSNH website online or from each of the individual schools.
Skills taught at the technical schools at each community college can vary greatly between fields. Most of the schools offer nursing and dental programs in the health care field, while also offering programs in computers and technology. These community colleges also offer the normal range of programs for an associate's degree for students who plan on going to four-year colleges and universities. Practical skills like welding and automotive technology are offered by some of the colleges in this system, but may require additional research to find the ideal match.
Officially 11 colleges make up the community college system in New Hampshire. White Mountains Community College boasts of locations in Berlin, Littleton, Conway and Woodsville. As of 2011, River Valley Community College remains the only other with campuses in more than one city, with campuses located in both Claremont and Keene. Rounding out the list of New Hampshire Community Colleges are Lakes Region CC in Laconia, New Hampshire Technical Institute (NHTI) in Concord, Great Bay CC in Portsmouth, Manchester Community College and Nashua Community College.
Students looking for good technical school classes don't have to limit themselves to the traditional brick and mortar community colleges in New Hampshire. Online schools and for-profit technical schools like ITT Tech and the University of Phoenix offer classes online to students in New Hampshire. Students need to do research since degrees from these schools may not be enough, as these tend to be nationally accredited instead of regionally accredited. Although it sounds backward, regional credits will often transfer to other regional or nationally accredited colleges, while the credits from a nationally accredited college will almost never transfer to a regionally accredited college, which includes most traditional four-year colleges and universities.