Tarrant County College

Tarrant County College (TCC) or Tarrant County College District (TCCD) is a public community college in Tarrant County, Texas. It offers five transferrable degrees as well as degrees and certificates in occupational and technical programs. The district consists of five physical campuses, a virtual campus (TCC Connect) and a centralized office. The school began on July 31, 1965 after voters approved a bond election for the formation of a junior college district. In 1958, the South Campus was the first campus to open in south Fort Worth; in 1967, the Northeast Campus was built in Hurst. A third campus, Northwest, was added in 1976, in northwest Fort Worth. In 1996, the Southeast Campus was built in Arlington. The fifth, Trinity River Campus, opened in downtown Fort Worth fall of 2009. As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of TCCD includes all of Tarrant County. Notable alumni Charles Baker, actor Leon Bridges, musician Deborah Crombie, author Wendy Davis, politician Stephen Mosher, photographer Post Malone, rapper Jonathan Stickland, businessman and politician Mack White, cartoonist