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Cuyahoga Community College |
700 Carnegie Ave
Cleveland, OH 44115 |
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Company Description |
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Cuyahoga Community College opened in 1963 and was Ohio's first community college. It now serves more than 55,000 credit and non-credit students each year at three traditional campuses, two Corporate College locations, 50+ off-campus sites, and via television and the Internet. More than 700,000 county residents have passed through Tri-C's doors, representing one in five county residents.
Tri-C, Ohio's largest community college, offers associate degrees, certificate programs and the first two years of a baccalaureate degree. Students can choose from nearly 1,000 credit courses in more than 70 career, certificate and university transfer programs. Approximately 80 off-campus credit courses are available at various locations near home, at work sites, on cable television, and via the Internet; and more than 500 non-credit workforce and professional development courses are offered each semester through Corporate College and Workforce Development.
Tri-C offers a top quality education and flexible learning options at the lowest tuition in Northeast Ohio. The College also generates spending of about $500 million annually in Northeast Ohio and sustains more than 25,000 jobs.
In addition, more than 500,000 Northeast Ohio residents attend college-sponsored cultural, community and sports programs each year. The College is home to Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland, the nation’s premier educational jazz festival, and also hosts popular cultural arts programs at Playhouse Square and at campus theaters. Here are a few other facts about Tri-C, as well as a student and alumni profile.
A few facts about the College
Tri-C is Ohio's oldest and largest public community college, opening in 1963.
The College serves more than 55,000 credit and non-credit students annually.
More than 700,000 area residents have attended Tri-C.
Tri-C offers nearly 1,000 credit courses in more than 70 career and technical programs and liberal arts curricula.
More than 500 non-credit workforce and professional development courses are offered each semester.
Tri-C's campuses in Parma, Highland Hills, and downtown Cleveland, and its Corporate College locations in Warrensville Heights and Westlake, provide state of the art facilities and equipment.
Student Profile
Average age is 29.3 years
Student ages range from 15 to 75-plus
64 percent are women
38 percent are from minority groups
59 percent study part-time
61 percent are enrolled in technical job training courses
36 percent are taking courses to prepare for transfer to a four-year institution
25 percent attend classes only in the evening and on weekends
Overall student-teacher ratio is 18:1
Alumni Profile
Approximately 1,500 graduate each year.
Over 85 percent find jobs in Northeast Ohio.
57 percent earn a degree in a technical area.
43 percent graduate in liberal arts.
Of the 90 percent of graduates from career programs who find employment, 84 percent are in jobs that relate to their field of study.
86 percent of graduates would recommend or strongly recommend Tri-C to someone seeking the same kind of program they studied. |
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Why People Like to Work for Us |
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At Cuyahoga Community College
(Tri-C) we believe that our diversity
is one of our greatest strengths.
We continue to develop strategies
to celebrate diversity through the
continued outreach, recruitment
and hiring of diverse faculty, support
and professional staff to
support and better serve the needs
of our multicultural population.
Visit our web site www.tri-c.edu to see the many reasons why you would want to join our team. |
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Company Statistics |
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| Year founded | 1963 |
| Number of employees | 3,000 |
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Company Characteristics |
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- The company is very sound financially.
- We have a strong track record of promoting people based on performance, results, and willingness to relocate.
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