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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.
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(Nationwide) |
| County |
Shelby County, TN |
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| 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 |
5,656 students |
999 students |
| Part-Time Undergraduate |
5,900 students |
1,410 students |
| Total Enrollment |
11,556 students |
2,175 students |
| % Students Receiving Some Financial Aid |
65% |
78% |
| % Students Receiving Federal Grants |
59% |
47% |
| Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received |
$2,869 |
$2,810 |
| % Students Receiving State/Local Grants |
13% |
28% |
| Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received |
$939 |
$1,211 |
| % Students Receiving Institutional Grants |
7% |
11% |
| Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received |
$1,185 |
$1,117 |
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- 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.
- Profile last updated:02/23/2008.
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