Tompkins Cortland Community College

Specialties

Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) is one of 30 community colleges and 64 campuses in the State University of New York system. Located in Dryden, the college serves more than three thousand students in credit programs and another three thousand in non-​credit workshops and customized training.

The college offers 54 academic programs in business, computers, health, communications, liberal arts, criminal justice, and human services. Specific degree programs include broadcast production, computer forensics, engineering science, new media, sport management, hotel and restaurant management, wine marketing, and several liberal arts programs, including education and general studies.

The college attracts a diverse student body from most counties in New York State, several other U.S. states, and nearly 70 countries. The learning environment is enriched by students of all ages and backgrounds. About half of the college’s graduates transfer as juniors to bachelor’s degree programs at a wi

History

Established in 1968.

The College was founded in 1967 and opened in 1968 in Groton, New York. The College moved to its current Dryden, New York campus in 1974. A multi-​million dollar construction project complete in 2007 recently added a new athletics facility, a student center, and expanded and enhanced the college’s library.