A Great Place to Start
With six locations and more than 100 certificates and programs, Collin has firmly established itself as the premier academic institute of North Texas. Whether you are a student just beginning your academic career, a transfer student, a professional seeking certification training, making a career change or you simply want to take a course for enrichment, Collin delivers a solid education for today's increasingly competitive world.
Collin...A Partner to Business and Community
Collin County Community College District continually provides responsive, customized programs for the wide spectrum of needs that today's global economy demands. Consider all of the Collin benefits:
Award-Winning ProgramsHonors include a National Bellwether Instructional Award for our Service Learning and Learning Communities programs, a Campus Compact's National Collaboration Award for Service Learning, an AAUW Progress in Equity Award for the NETWORKS program and a third Gala Award at the American College Dance Festival. For more information, visit Learning Communities or Service Learning. In addition, the college received the coveted "Best of the Web" award from the Center for Digital Government for its "e-schedule", a downloadable catalog/schedule system. Honored as the best in the nation for higher education, this system helps students build their credit course schedules or view the current catalog electronically.
Collin College Foundation: Gifting OpportunitiesThe Collin College Foundation offers donors a variety of ways to participate with the college in sustaining the excellence. Your contribution can benefit student scholarships and program enhancements. For more information on how to give to the college, visit the Collin College Foundation.
Customized TrainingPartnered with corporations and public entities, Collin delivers job-specific training at any one of our many locations or directly to corporate sites. For more information, visit Continuing Education and Workforce Development.
Teacher Certification Program
Collin's Alternative Teacher Certification Program was one of only 10 in the nation to receive a Teaching By Choice Award from the American Association of Community Colleges. Collin's Alternative Teacher Certification Program was the first of its kind at a community college in the nation. For more information about this acclaimed initiative, visit Collin's Teacher Certification Program.
Premier InstitutionCurrent accolades include recognition as a model institute by Moody's Investor Service, a $887,146 skills development grant from the Texas Workforce Commission, and Collin participation in a $2.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. For current news and events, visit the Collin College Newsroom.
