College History

Tarrant County College was established by a countywide election on July 31, 1965, as Tarrant County Junior College, the name change coming in 1999. The South Campus opened in 1967, followed by Northeast (1968), Northwest (1976), and Southeast (1996). The newest facility, the Trinity River Campus in downtown Fort Worth, opened in fall of 2009. The College District is governed by a seven-member Board of Trustees elected for staggered six-year terms in single member districts.

Enrollment growth has been steady and sometimes spectacular. The South Campus, at 4,772, had the largest opening-day enrollment of any community college in the nation up to that time. Overall credit student enrollment passed the 20,000 mark in 1980 and exceeded 44,000 in the fall of 2009. As of 2009, TCC is the sixth-largest college or university in Texas.