Tulsa Community College

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Tulsa Community College


Established:	1970
Type:	Public
Endowment:	$849,397
President:	Thomas K. McKeon
Students:	27,125
Location:	Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Campus:	Urban
Website:	www.tulsacc.edu

Tulsa Community College is a community college in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is the largest two-year college in Oklahoma with an operating budget of over $80 million. It was founded in 1970 under the original name of Tulsa Junior College, and has four campuses: Metro, Northeast, Southeast, and West, all in Tulsa.

At present it serves 27,000 students annually in credit courses and 5,000 more in corporate training and continuing education classes.

Diversity

25 percent of TCC’s enrollment is made up of minority populations. TCC ranks 2nd in the nation in granting associate degrees to Native American students. TCC provides multi-cultural experiences for students such as the Red Fork Native American Film Festival, Global Festival, Hispanic Luncheon, and Day of Vision, as well as a multi-cultural curriculum emphasis. TCC students, through the College's community outreach and service learning programs, have made service contributions worth $1.5 million to the Greater Tulsa community over the past three years.

The Arts

The Signature Symphony at TCC plays throughout the year at the VanTrease Performing Arts Center for Education on the Southeast Campus, offering classical and pops.

Academics

TCC nursing graduates have a first-time 93 percent pass rate for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses. TCC’s veterinary technology graduates maintain a 98 percent national and 100 percent state pass rate on credentialing examinations. TCC’s 2005 graduates rank the highest in Oklahoma and surpass the national averages in all testing categories. Approximately 1,100 students are enrolled in Honors classes. TCC ranks 18th in the nation among 1,150 two-year colleges in the number of associate degrees granted. TCC ranks among the top 30 colleges nationally in granting education degrees. In fall 2005, TCC had 940 education majors. Twenty percent of the state’s nurses are graduates of TCC’S nursing program, which is committed to helping meet the critical shortage of nurses in Oklahoma.

Accreditation

Tulsa Community College is accredited by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the Higher Learning Commission. The College is a member of the American Association of Community Colleges, the North Central Council of Two-Year Colleges and is also approved by the federal government to offer education under the Veterans and Social Security laws. [1]