Southwest Tennessee Community College

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School Location

737 Union Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103

General information

(901) 333-5000

Type of institution:	Public, 2-year
Federal Aid:	Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered:	Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificates, Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificates, Associate degrees
Carnegie classification:	Associate's--Public Urban-serving Multicampus
Number of students:	10,617 (2007)
2009-2008 Undergraduate application fee:	$ 10

About this School

Southwest Tennessee Community College is a junior college operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents in Memphis, Tennessee. It is the result of a merger between two institutions started by the Regents in the 1960s, the former Shelby State Community College and the former State Technical Institute at Memphis ("STIM"). This was an attempt to reduce the overhead of maintaining two separate institutional managements and a recognition of the increasing convergence of academic and technical educations. It also has made credits earned at the former Technical Institute more readily transferable to other institutions of higher learning, an additional goal. SWTCC is the largest community college operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents, and also the only one with a predominantly black student body.

Tuition and Fees	2009-2008	2008-2007	2007-2006
Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
In-State	$ 2,791	$ 2,649	$ 2,485
Out of State	$ 10,291	$ 9,725	$ 9,161
Books and Supplies	$ 800	$ 800	$ 800
On-Campus
Room and board	----	----	----
Other Expenses	----	----	----
Off Campus
Room and board	$ 5,860	$ 5,860	$ 5,860
Other Expenses	$ 1,400	$ 1,400	$ 1,400
Off Campus w/ family
Other Expenses	$ 1,400	$ 1,400	$ 1,400

Financial aid 2006-2007

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of Aid	Percentage of students receiving aid	Average amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship)	58%	$ 2,847
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship)	18%	$ 1,397
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship)	4%	$ 1,902
Loans to students	0%	----

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