Tulsa Community College

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Tulsa Community College has served Tulsa and the surrounding community since 1970. The largest two-year college in Oklahoma, TCC serves approximately 30,000 students per semester in credit and continuing education classes. TCC operates four campuses and a conference center situated strategically throughout the Tulsa metropolitan area with an annual budget of approximately $84 million. The College employs 2,712 people, including 275 full-time faculty and 843 adjunct faculty. For the sixth consecutive year, TCC is ranked in the top three percent of more than 1,150 community colleges nationally in the number of associate degrees awarded in all disciplines.

Since its inception, TCC has established a tradition of offering students a personal approach to higher education, an education that is designed to be practical and useful. Of the first-time freshmen enrolling in a public college or university within the Oklahoma State System for Higher Education in recent years, sixty-five percent (65%) of the Tulsa County students begin their college education at Tulsa Community College.

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Tulsa Community College

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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.

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Quick Facts

Location:
Midwest
Setting:
Large City Setting
Type:
Public
Size:
Very Large (+10,000 Undergrad)

Students & Campus Life

Full Time Students:
57%
Athletic Programs:
Unavailable
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 6,009
Students Receiving Aid:
72%
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Students

General
Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 57%
Part-Time 43%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 78%
Other 10%
African-American 9%
Hispanic 2%
Asian 1%
Geography
In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 100%
Out-of-State 0%
Percent of Students International: 3%
Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) In-State Out-of-State  
Published Tuition and Fees:
$ 2,277 $ 6,009  
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 1,434 $ 5,166  
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 843 $ 843  
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
$ 2,470 56%  
State and Local Grants:
$ 890 35%  
Institutional Grants:
$ 905 23%  
Student Loans:
$ 2,067 46%  
Any Aid:
  72%  

Degree Programs at Tulsa Community College

Associate's Level Majors

Certificate Programs at Tulsa Community College

Career Education Majors

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