Tarrant County College (TCC) or Tarrant County College District (TCCD) is a public community college in Tarrant County, Texas. It offers Associate of Arts, an Associate of Science, an Associate of Applied Science, and Associate of Arts in Teaching degrees. As of 2008, the institution was ranked as the sixth largest in Texas among community colleges and universities with student enrollment for credit hours of 98,000. Five physical campuses, a virtual campus (TCC Connect) and a centralized office make up the TCC District. Originally called Tarrant County Junior College (TCJC), the school began on July 31, 1965, after voters approved a bond election for the formation of a junior college district. In 1958, the South Campus was the first campus to open in south Fort Worth; in 1967, the Northeast Campus was built in Hurst. A third campus, Northwest, was added in 1976, in northwest Fort Worth. In 1996, the Southeast Campus was built in Arlington. The fifth, Trinity River Campus, opened in downtown Fort Worth fall of 2009. In 1999, the College District decided to drop the "Junior" from the college name. As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of TCCD includes all of Tarrant County. Notable alumni Charles Baker, actor Leon Bridges, musician Deborah Crombie, author Wendy Davis, politician Stephen Mosher, photographer Post Malone, rapper (dropped out) Jonathan Stickland, businessman and politician Mack White, cartoonist Collegiate High Schools Tarrant County College offers several dual-credit programs that offer an Associates Degree along with a High School Diploma. These schools are called "Collegiate High Schools." Marine Creek Collegiate High School (Northwest Campus) Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences (Trinity River Campus) TCC South Campus - FWISD Early Collegiate High School (South Campus) Collegiate Academy at Tarrant County College (Northeast Campus) Arlington Collegiate High School (Southeast Campus) References External links Official website Photos of Tarrant County College hosted by the Portal to Texas History Universities and colleges in Fort Worth, Texas Two-year colleges in the United States Universities and colleges in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex Education in Arlington, Texas Distance education institutions based in the United States Educational institutions established in 1965 Universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Community colleges in Texas Universities and colleges in Tarrant County, Texas 1965 establishments in Texas