Tri-County Community College — College Profile

About

Nestled in the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, Tri-County Community College (TCCC) is best known for providing affordable, highly accessible career pathways and hands-on technical training tailored to the regional workforce. The college boasts premier academic programs in high-demand fields like Associate Degree Nursing, Emergency Medical Science, and Cosmetology, alongside robust College Transfer tracks that offer seamless pathways to four-year universities. Students thrive in a close-knit, supportive campus culture characterized by exceptionally small class sizes, personalized faculty mentorship, and an active student government. A truly distinctive highlight of the TCCC experience is its state-of-the-art Center for Applied Technology, which partners directly with local employers to ensure graduates enjoy immediate, high-paying job placement in the surrounding tri-county community.

Wikipedia:Tri-County Community College is a public community college in Murphy, North Carolina. It was founded in 1964 to serve Cherokee, Clay, and Graham counties and is part of the North Carolina Community College System.

Location

Murphy, NC, 28906 · Rural campus

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Nearest airport from college

ATL · Atlanta

102 mi away

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Cost & aid

Cost of attendance

These figures are federal data and may be out of date.

In-stateOut-of-state

Tuition & fees$2,636$8,780

Books & supplies$1,470$1,470

Cost of attendance$18,830$24,974 est.

Average net price$7,799Not published

Out-of-state prices

Tuition & fees$8,780

In-state: $2,636

Books & supplies$1,470

Cost of attendance$24,974 est.

In-state: $18,830

Average net priceNot published

In-state: $7,799

est. = the in-state cost of attendance with out-of-state tuition swapped in; no out-of-state figure is published.

Source: U.S. College Scorecard

Net price by family income · in-state students, 2023-24

$0–30k

$7,220

$30–48k

$7,224

$48–75k

$8,984

$75–110k

$10,013

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Source: U.S. College Scorecard

Outcomes

Completion

Within 6 yrs

54%

Entered 2017–18

8 yrs after starting · first-time, full-time students

34% graduated · 15% transferred · 3% still enrolled · 49% left or unknown

Earnings · measured 2020 & 2021

6 yrs after entry$27,374

10 yrs after entry$32,232

Debt

Middle 50% owe$3k–$11k

Green marks a figure above the typical Associate's — high transfer: 31% graduate within 6 yrs.

Admissions

No admissions data available for this college.

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Student Body

Gender

Men 31%Women 69%

Who enrolls

Faculty ratio

13 : 1

Pell grant

29%

First-gen

46%

Family income

$20,534

Independent

46%

Age at entry

25.0

Part-time

59%

Race & ethnicity

White

82%

Hispanic

Black

Asian

Two or more

AI/AN

Unknown

Varsity sports

No data. This school isn't in the U.S. Department of Education's athletics (EADA) file, so we can't list its teams. That doesn't mean it has none.

Institutional

Resources

Endowment

$300,784

Full-time faculty

18%

Faculty salary

$5,534/mo

Teaching spend

$9,263

per student

Federal loans

Classification

Carnegie type

Associate's — high transfer

Undergraduate profile