Quick Facts

TCC has five campuses throughout in Fort Worth, Arlington and Hurst. The newest, Trinity River Campus, opened in fall 2009 in downtown Fort Worth.

Other sites include the TCC Opportunity Center, TCC Corporate Training Center AllianceTexas, and several learning centers.

TCC was established in 1965, when South Campus opened in Fort Worth.

TCC is the sixth largest college or university in Texas, in terms of enrollment.

Approximately 1 in every 19 Tarrant County residents takes a class at TCC each year.

TCC offers four types of degrees-Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, Associate of Arts in Teaching, Associate of Applied Science- in addition to certificates of completion and several continuing education programs.

College programs cover more than 80 technical and transfer areas.

Mission statement: Tarrant County College provides affordable and open access to quality teaching and learning.

Figures

Student-faculty ratio: 24:1

Districtwide full-time employees: approximately 1,700

Districtwide full-time faculty: more than 650

Districtwide adjunct faculty: more than 1,000

Fall 2009 Students enrolled in Distance Learning courses: 10,233

Credit Students

Fall 2009 enrollment: 44,355

Average age of student: 25.8 years

Student genders:

• 41.8% Male
• 58.2% Female

Student ethnicities:

• 16.1% African-American
• 55.4% Anglo
• 6.2% Asian
• 20.6% Hispanic
• .5% Native American
• 1.2% Other