The new Southeast Center is open!

With affordable, in-demand degree and certificate programs offered on site, follow your flame to the Southeast Center.

Delaware County Community College transformed the former Archbishop Prendergast High School in Drexel Hill into a comprehensive multi-use facility that provides affordable and quality education, training, and community programs to area residents.

Location Details

Certificates and Associate Degree Programs

Center for Culinary Arts and Hospitality Studies

Kelleher Annex for Workforce Development

An Early Learning Center in partnership with the YMCA of Eastern Delaware County

Community Education and Training

Student Support Services

Classrooms and Specialty Labs

Student Activities and Events

Southeast Center Renderings

Funding and Community Partnerships for the Southeast Center

The Southeast Center is supported through both public investments and institutional fundraising.

The project received $12.25 million in Commonwealth support through the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP), a $2 million commitment from Visit Delco for Culinary Arts and Hospitality Studies, $2 million in federal funding obtained by U.S. Senator John Fetterman and U.S. Representative Mary Gay Scanlon, and $1 million in federal support secured by U.S. Senator Bob Casey for the Early Childhood Learning Center. Finally, as part of the 2023 Bond Series, Pennsylvania is committed to $33.25 million toward Southeast Center funding.

By the end of 2025, the College’s Building Community philanthropic initiative, launched in 2021 to strengthen educational facilities, expand workforce preparation, and support student success through scholarships, raised over $8.5 million. The next phase through “Tools for Tomorrow” (dccc.edu/campaign) is now focused exclusively on completing the initial capital build-out of the Southeast Center to provide professional-grade equipment, technology, and space enhancements while programs are scaling.