The Alabama Community College System (ACCS) is the system of public community colleges in the U.S. state of Alabama. It consists of 24 community and technical colleges in the state which offer 2-to-4-year transfer, dual enrollment, technical training, adult education, and community education.
The Alabama Community College System was founded 1963 when the public two-year colleges in Alabama were linked into a single system governed by the State Board of Education. The system was separated from the State Board of Education and put under control of the Department of Postsecondary Education in 1982.
Institutions
+ Alabama Community Colleges Name Established Enrollment County Bevill State Community College 1992 5,410 FayetteMarionWalker Bishop State Community College 1927 4,423 MobileWashington Calhoun Community College 1946 14,641 Limestone Central Alabama Community College 1989 2,225 Tallapoosa Chattahoochee Valley Community College 1973 2,191 Russell Coastal Alabama Community College 1965 10,023 BaldwinChoctawClarkeEscambiaMonroe Drake State Community and Technical College 1961 1,119 Madison Enterprise State Community College 1965 2,353 Coffee Gadsden State Community College 1925 6,456 CalhounCherokeeEtowah Ingram State Technical College (for incarcerated adults) 1965 806 Elmore Jefferson State Community College 1965 13,082 ChiltonJeffersonShelbySt. Clair Lawson State Community College 1949 4,644 Jefferson Lurleen B. Wallace Community College 1969 2,316 ButlerCovington Marion Military Institute 1842 417 Perry Northeast Alabama Community College 1963 3,963 DeKalb Northwest-Shoals Community College 1993 4,788 ColbertFranklin Reid State Technical College 1963 565 Conecuh Shelton State Community College 1994 6,757 Tuscaloosa Snead State Community College 1898 4,160 Marshall Southern Union State Community College 1922 6,678 ChambersLeeRandolph Trenholm State Community College 1963 2,535 Montgomery Wallace Community College – Dothan 1947 5,983 Dale Wallace Community College – Selma 1963 2,310 Dallas Wallace State Community College – Hanceville 1966 6,687 Cullman
See also List of colleges and universities in Alabama
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