Tarrant County College

Tarrant County College (TCC) or Tarrant County College District (TCCD) is a public community college in Tarrant County, Texas. It offers Associate of Arts, an Associate of Science, an Associate of Applied Science, and Associate of Arts in Teaching degrees. Five physical campuses, a virtual campus (TCC Connect) and a centralized office make up the TCC District.[1]

Tarrant County College
MottoSuccess Within Reach
TypePublic community college
Established1965
ChancellorElva LeBlanc (interim)
Administrative staff
2,301
Students46,561
Location
CampusUrban
Websitewww.tccd.edu

Originally called Tarrant County Junior College (TCJC), the school began on July 31, 1965, after voters approved a bond election for the formation of a junior college district. In 1958, the South Campus was the first campus to open in south Fort Worth; in 1967, the Northeast Campus was built in Hurst. A third campus, Northwest, was added in 1976, in northwest Fort Worth. In 1996, the Southeast Campus was built in Arlington. The fifth, Trinity River Campus, opened in downtown Fort Worth fall of 2009. In 1999, the college district decided to drop the "Junior" from the college name.

As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of TCCD includes all of Tarrant County.[2]

Notable alumni

Collegiate High Schools

Tarrant County College offers several dual-credit programs, known as collegiate high schools, that offer an associate's degree along with a high school diploma.

  • Marine Creek Collegiate High School (Northwest Campus)
  • Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences (Trinity River Campus)
  • TCC South Campus - FWISD Early Collegiate High School (South Campus)
  • Collegiate Academy at Tarrant County College (Northeast Campus)
  • Arlington Collegiate High School (Southeast Campus)

References
  1. "Locations". Tarrant County College District. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  2. Texas Education Code, Section 130.201, "Tarrant County Junior College District Service Area".
  3. McGraw, D. (August 31, 2011). "Wendy Davis stuck her neck out for schoolkids". Fort Worth Weekly. Retrieved June 26, 2013.

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