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Ashland Community and Technical College

1400 College Drive, Ashland, KY 41101

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Ashland Community and Technical College School Description

Ashland Community and Technical College is changing lives through education and training.

Located in the foothills of eastern Kentucky, Ashland Community & Technical College has been the two-year college of choice for students in the Ashland area since 1938.

As part of Kentucky Community and Technical College System, Ashland Community & Technical College offers university-parallel programs for transfer to four-year institutions and career programs for advancement in many professional and technical fields. In addition, ACTC responds to the needs of local business and industry for state-of-the-art workforce training. Thousands of people in the tri-state area of Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia visit an ACTC campus throughout the year for life-long learning experiences and cultural programs.

Ashland Community & Technical College has an "open door" admission policy. To be admitted as a student at ACTC, submit an application for admission. Submission of other documents may be necessary. Some technical programs (e.g. Nursing) are selective and have certain admission requirements.

Our dedicated, caring faculty help students achieve their goals ervery day. Our students learn in a friendly, comfortable setting.

In addition to quality education, Ashland Community and Technical College offers a variety of cultural, social and learning opportunities. At ACTC you can refine your acting skills by taking part in a production in our J.B. Sowards theatre, build a network of friends with our Award Winning Students in Free Enterprise group or represent your fellow students as a member of the Student Government Association.

Our classrooms and labs are equipped with technology that is in use in the business and industrial environment today. Our students learn on the same equipment type of equipment they will use on the job.

Ashland Community and Technical College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Ashland Community and Technical College.

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Ashland Community and Technical College (ACTC), located in Ashland, Kentucky, United States, is one of 16 two-year, open-admissions colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS).

History

The Ashland Junior College was founded in 1938 to allow students the opportunity to obtain an associates' degree or to complete their first two years of a bachelors' degree. During the same year, the Ashland Vocational School was created by the Ashland Independent School system, providing vocational and technical training.

Authorized by the Kentucky General Assembly and signed by Governor Bert Combs in March 6, 1962, a mandate was placed upon the University of Kentucky to form a community college system. Two years later, the Board of Trustees implements the legislation and established the Community College System, creating centers in Covington, Ashland, Fort Knox, Cumberland, Henderson and Elizabethtown. The Ashland Junior College was renamed the Ashland Community College and became part of the University of Kentucky Community College System. Eight years later, in 1970, Ashland Community College relocated to the College Drive campus.

On July 1, 1997, the Ashland Technical College and the Ashland Community College began preparations to merge under the "Higher Education Act", passed during a special session of the state legislature which also created the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). In the following year, in January 1998, the community college network in the commonwealth left the University of Kentucky to move to the new Kentucky Community and Technical College System. Five years later, on July 1, 2003, the Ashland Community & Technical College merged, consolidating functions.

In 2001, ground was broken for a new campus for the Ashland Technical College in the EastPark Industrial Park along the Industrial Parkway, with funding allocated two years prior. The . campus, referred to as the 'Ashland Community and Technical College Technology Drive Campus, was dedicated on December 19, 2005 at a cost of $10.4 million, although it did not open until August 16, 2004. An additional $18 million in funding was provided in 2005 for phase two, which will include housing for Culinary Arts, recreation areas, a small bookstore and administrative offices, and for phase three, which will include housing for shop areas for diesel, carpentry, auto mechanics and applied process technologies.

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Quick Facts

Location:
Southeast
Setting:
Large Town Setting
Type:
Public
Size:
Medium (2,000 to 5,000 Undergrad)

Students & Campus Life

Full Time Students:
65%
Athletic Programs:
Unavailable
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 8,280
Students Receiving Aid:
90%
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Ashland Community and Technical College Degree Programs

Associate Degree Programs

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Certificate Programs

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Ashland Community and Technical College Students & Campus Life

General

Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 65%
Part-Time 35%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 81%
Other 18%
African-American 1%
Hispanic 0%
Asian 0%

Geography

In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 83%
Out-of-State 17%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Kentucky 83%
West Virginia 9%
Ohio 6%
Texas 0%
Florida 0%
Percent of Students International: 0%

Ashland Community and Technical College Expenses (Tuition & Fees)

Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) In-State Out-of-State  
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
 $ 2,760 $ 8,280  
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
 $ 3,439 63%  
State and Local Grants:
 $ 1,424 66%  
Institutional Grants:
 $ 985 6%  
Student Loans:
 $ 2,391 24%  
Any Aid:
   90%  

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