1500 Houston Street
Fort Worth, TX 76102

Tarrant County College is an "open door" Texas College with enrollment generally open to anyone who is a high school graduate; others can be admitted on an individual basis. Tarrant County College serves the citizens of Tarrant County. The Texas College has four major campuses in the cities of Hurst (Northeast Campus), Fort Worth (Northwest and South Campuses), and Arlington (Southeast Campus), with administrative offices in downtown Fort Worth at the May Owen Center.

The Offices of Continuing Education Services located on all four campuses of this Texas college provide a wide range of vocational and avocational non-credit courses, workshops, forums, seminars, etc., for the general public; these include the Senior Education Program, specifically for adults 55 and older, and College for Kids.

Tarrant County College offers three types of associate degrees and a number of certificates of completion. There are both Associate of Arts degrees, along with Associate of Applied Science degrees available, as well as various certificate programs to complete a course of study.

Quick Facts:

Many students transfer once they complete their coursework at Tarrant County College. Students apply the semester before they graduate with their associate's degree.

The Continuing Education, Corporate and Workforce Services at Tarrant County College offers opportunities for individuals to stay current in new developments in their present occupations or to further their education for new careers or new fields of interest.

Texas resident students age 65 or older may be exempt from payment of all tuition at Tarrant County College.

Through distance learning, students may take some classes from their own home on their own computers. They are only required to come to the Tarrant County College campus for exams.

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