Southwest Tennessee Community College
School Notes Overview:
Southwest Tennessee Community College is the comprehensive, multicultural, public, open-access college whose mission is to anticipate and respond to the educational needs of students, employers, and communities in Shelby and Fayette counties and the surrounding Mid-South region. The college provides citizens with an effective teaching and learning environment designed to raise educational levels, enhance economic development, and enrich personal lives....
School Overview:
- Community College Avg.
| County | Shelby County, TN | - |
| Title IV Eligible | Yes | Yes |
| Carnegie Classification | Associate of Arts Colleges | Associate of Arts Colleges |
| Institution Level | At least 2 yrs but < 4 yrs | At least 2 yrs but < 4 yrs |
| Institution Control | Public | Public |
| Full-Time Undergraduate | 5,691 students | 1,020 students |
| Part-Time Undergraduate | 5,755 students | 1,444 students |
| Total Enrollment | 11,446 students | 2,213 students |
| % Students Receiving Some Financial Aid | 84% | 78% |
| % Students Receiving Federal Grants | 65% | 46% |
| Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received | $2,847 | $2,845 |
| % Students Receiving State/Local Grants | 21% | 29% |
| Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received | $1,397 | $1,273 |
| % Students Receiving Institutional Grants | 5% | 12% |
| Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received | $1,902 | $1,146 |
School Notes:
- Southwest Tennessee Community College has a number of Campuses, Centers, and Sites to make getting your degree more convenient. The Macon Cove Campus at 5983 Macon Cove, Memphis, TN, 38134, is right off the I-40 and I-240 expressways in the eastern part of the city. Southwest's intensive technology programs are based at Macon Cove. Through multiple partnerships, alliances, licensing and certification programs, service grants, and extensive computer training facilities, Southwest has forged strong, mutually supportive ties to business and industry in the metropolitan area. Macon's 100-acre campus offers a suburban ambiance, enhanced by a quiet lake that provides year-round habitat to flocks of ducks and other waterfowl.
- The College Offers Associate of Applied Science, Associate of Arts, and Associate of Science degrees, academic and technical certificate programs, and courses that prepare students for transfer, employment, and career advancement in areas that include allied health sciences, nursing, business, computer technologies, criminal justice, education, and engineering and related technologies, while continually developing new programs in emerging fields.
- Southwest is accredited to award associate degrees by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
In the News:
- Otis L. Sanford: Expectations, achievement in different worlds (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
posted on November 6, 2009 at 04:32:53 am
The Memphis school system "is not falling off the face of the Earth," Dr. Freda Williams reminded me last week. "The Earth just continues to move." So there you have it, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. A capsule explanation for why students in Memphis City Schools keep bringing home a depressing report card to city taxpayers and all of us who want our kids to do better. I would expect ... - UTEP newcomers have Division I experience (El Paso Times)
posted on November 5, 2009 at 06:55:37 am
EL PASO -- Though there is not a senior to be found on its roster, UTEP has a talented, veteran roster this season, a roster that Miner hoop fans know well. - Exchange Club Family Center Names Ratcliff Marketing, Special Events Director (The Memphis Daily News)
posted on November 4, 2009 at 06:07:03 am
Karen Ratcliff has joined the Exchange Club Family Center as director of marketing and special events.Ratcliff will be responsible for overseeing inte.... - Conference USA (USA Today)
posted on November 2, 2009 at 04:10:01 pm
Conference USA-Around Conference USA - UTEP Miners continue to prepare for season (El Paso Times)
posted on November 2, 2009 at 06:23:31 am
EL PASO -- The UTEP men's basketball team has been grinding through practice after practice, day in and day out.
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