| Collin College | |
|---|---|
| Motto | "We have a passion for: Learning, Service and Involvement, Creativity and Innovation, Academic Excellence, Dignity and Respect, and Integrity" |
| Established | 1985 |
| Type | Community college |
| President | Cary Israel |
| Students | 51,000 |
| Location | Collin County, Texas, USA |
| Mascot | Cougar |
| Website | www.collin.edu |
Collin College, formerly known as the Collin County Community College District, CCCCD, or CCCC, is a community college district which serves Collin and Rockwall counties, located north and northeast of Dallas. Founded in 1985, the district has grown as the county has grown: from around 5,000 students in 1986 to about 51,000 in 2011. In March 2007, the college re-branded itself "Collin College." The college changed its domain name to collin.edu in January 2010.
As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of Collin College is the following:[1]
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The Central Park Campus in McKinney opened in 1985 with comprehensive renovations completed in the fall of 2009.[2] New features include a multi-story parking garage, library, classrooms, offices, student development center and clock tower. The new library building totals 73,500 square feet (6,830 m2). The Central Park Campus is a comprehensive campus.
The Spring Creek campus in Plano opened in fall of 1988.[3] By number of students, this campus is the largest, providing general classes and housing the college system's honors,[4] fine arts, and athletics[5] programs. The campus features a 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m2) art gallery,[6] theatre center,[7] gymnasium (Cougar Hall),[8] and tennis facilities (Brinker Center Court).[9]
The Preston Ridge Campus in Frisco opened in July 1995. The campus recently opened its new 70,000-square-foot (6,500 m2) "D" building including 26 general classrooms and four science labs. Collin College's business and high-tech programs are centered at Preston Ridge, and the culinary arts program moved there in 2009.[10]
Collin College also has campuses of smaller capacity in Allen, located in Allen High School,[11] in Plano, for continuing education, and one in Rockwall, (located in neighboring Rockwall County) within the Rockwall Independent School District’s Administration/Education Center.[12]
In January 2010, Collin College opened the doors to its much-anticipated Higher Education Center, located at the intersection of Central Expressway and State Hwy. 121 in McKinney.[15]
The Higher Education Center hosts – among other things – a number of bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs from five North Texas universities: Dallas Baptist University, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Texas Woman’s University, The University of Texas at Dallas and the University of North Texas.
Offerings vary per university. Programs range from communications, teaching, management, Spanish, psychology, child development, counseling, nursing, criminal justice, business administration and accounting.[16]