1900 Hazel Street
Pine Bluff, AR 71603

The mission of Southeast Arkansas College (SEARK College) in Pine Bluff (Jefferson County) is to provide comprehensive community college education and services, with an emphasis on technical education and workforce development, for the citizens of Jefferson, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Grant, and Lincoln counties.

Educational programs and services at SEARK College include technical career education, workforce development, university transfer education, general education, adult education, continuing education, and community services. SEARK College provides nursing and Allied Health, criminal justice, computer training, and academic transfer programs, among others.

As of 2007, its average enrollment is 2,200 students per semester with a faculty and staff of 132. Southeast Arkansas College also partners with the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff to provide workforce training for the existing workforce and to provide basic skills and specialized training for the unemployed.

Quick Facts:

Southeast Arkansas College is the proud recipient of the 1998 Quality Commitment Award as awarded by Arkansas Quality Award, Inc. This is the second year in a row that the college has been recognized, as SEARK received the Quality Interest Award in 1997.

The predecessor of Southeast Arkansas College was Arkansas Vocational-technical school, which began offering postsecondary vocational-technical programs on September 21, 1959.

To better reflect the college's service area, it changed its name from Pines Technical College to Southeast Arkansas Technical College on July 1, 1996. The word "Technical" was removed from the college's name on July 8, 1998.

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