2005 White Drive
P.O. Box 3350
Batesville, AR 72503

The University of Arkansas community college at Batesville (UACCB) is a public Community College located in Batesville, Arkansas. It's an accredited two-year university offering various Associates of Arts and Associates of Science degrees.

The facility was founded in 1991 as Gateway Technical College, offering courses in electrician and mechanical fields. The University of Arkansas system absorbed Gateway in 1997, offering both vocational courses as well as courses towards associates degrees and college courses toward requirements at four-year schools.

The general education curriculum is a hub of the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville student experience. It is the primary avenue through which students improve their ability to think, reason, compute, communicate, and adapt to change. The entire UACCB faculty and staff are committed to reinforcing, enhancing, and supporting the knowledge and skills acquired through this body of courses and are further committed to introducing general skills and knowledge not necessarily covered in depth in other classes.

University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville is always striving for constant improvements, not only to its academics, but to its facilities as well. In 1999 an 11,000-square-foot Arts and Sciences building, as well as various landscaping and parking additions were added to the campus. A 37,000-square-foot auditorium and conference facility named Independence Hall was completed in 2001 and in 2002, the College acquired adjacent 24 acres of unimproved land and constructed a 14,000-square-foot Physical Plant.

Quick Facts:

UACCB is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association.

The University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville strives to pay special attention to first year students by offering them new student orientation and registration, a Strategies for College Success course, computerized tutorials, on-line career assessment, study/meeting areas, and centralized academic advising.

The General Education Program for Associate of Applied Science students is designed to be completed in the first three semesters of full-time attendance. The requirements in English and mathematics are to be met before 30 hours of technical course work are completed.

The Arkansas college's mission statement is to provide learning experiences that improve the lives of those it serves. The faculty and staff continuously identifies and responds to the diverse educational needs of students, workforce and community.

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