PO Box 9000
Norfolk, Virginia 23509-9000

Founded in 1968 as a part of the Virginia community college System, Tidewater Community College (TCC) serves the South Hampton Roads region with campuses in Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach, a regional Visual Arts Center in Olde Towne, Portsmouth, the TCC Jeanne and George Roper Performing Arts Center in the downtown Norfolk theater district, and a regional Advanced Technology Center on its Virginia Beach Campus. Forty-five percent of the region's residents who attended a college or university in Virginia last fall were enrolled at Tidewater Community College.

Tidewater Community College is the largest provider of higher education and workforce development services in Hampton Roads, enrolling over 38,000 students annually -- the second largest undergraduate student body in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The 35th largest Community College in the nation, Tidewater Community College is among the 20 fastest-growing large two-year institutions in the United States. The college's economic impact on the South Hampton Roads region is $300 million annually; it generates some 3100 jobs in the local economy. For each dollar in public support provided to it, Tidewater Community College generates $3.54 in revenue for the region.

The Virginia community college is committed to meeting the region's education and training needs as it advances the quality of life of the region through an educated, globally aware, and technologically engaged citizenry. It has been nationally recognized for its work in incorporating the best of technological advances into the teaching and learning process, and was recently cited by the American Council on Education as one of eight "Promising Practices" colleges and universities in the country for its work in international education. Tidewater Community College students do as well as the native university students when they transfer to four-year schools, and area employers consistently register high levels of satisfaction with the performance of their employees who are Tidewater Community College graduates.

Quick Facts:

A comprehensive range of programs and services recognized for excellence by leaders of business, industry, and government, and by educators in K-12 education and four-year colleges and universities.

Tidewater Community College, founded in 1968, is one of 23 two-year colleges that make up the Virginia Community College System (VCCS).

The college transfer programs include first and second year courses in arts and sciences and pre-professional programs designed to meet standards acceptable for transfer to baccalaureate (four-year) degree programs.

As one of the fastest growing community colleges in the nation, Tidewater Community College offers hundreds of courses and over 150 degree and certificate programs to some 38,000 students each year.

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