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 distance learning options. For almost 45 years Tri-C® has provided high quality, affordable education and programs to more than 700,000 members of our community.
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 more than 1,000 credit courses in more than 70 career, certificate and university transfer programs. Students can choose from more than 1,000 credit courses in more than 80 career and technical programs and liberal arts curricula. More than 200 distance learning courses and more than 130 off-campus credit courses are available at various locations throughout the community; and more than 600 non-credit workforce and professional development courses are offered each year.
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 more than 1,000 credit courses in more than 80 career and technical programs and liberal arts curricula.
- More than 600 non-credit workforce and professional development courses are offered each year.
- 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 years
- Student ages range from 15 to 75-plus
- 62 percent are women
- 35 percent are from minority groups
- 59 percent study part-time
- 59 percent are enrolled in technical job training courses
- 34 percent are taking courses to prepare for transfer to a four-year institution
- 23 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.
- 62 percent earn a degree in a technical area.
- 38 percent graduate in liberal arts.
- Of the 86 percent of graduates from career programs who find employment, 83 percent are in jobs that relate to their field of study.
- 87 percent of graduates would recommend or strongly recommend Tri-C to someone seeking the same kind of program they studied.