Community Colleges
The Dallas and Tarrant counties public community colleges - the nearest of them Mountain View in Dallas, North Lake in Irving, Cedar Valley in Lancaster, the Southeast campus of Tarrant County College in Arlington, and El Centro in Dallas - counted 144,370 students in 2012 (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, fall preliminary estimate). Additionally, three technically oriented post-secondary schools are within 30 minutes.
In addition to their degree programs, many of these colleges and universities offer business consulting, employee training specific to a company's skill demands, community health care services, economic and land development research, computer and information services and library facilities open to the community.
Dallas County Community College District offers business-focused programs for companies, such as ISO 9000 certification, customer service/call center training and small business startup advising. A similar program is offered in Tarrant County through the Tarrant County College Small Business Development Center.
Public Community Colleges in Dallas-Fort Worth
| University |
City |
~ Miles*
from central
Grand Prairie |
2012 preliminary
fall enrollment |
| Brookhaven College |
Farmers Branch |
20 |
11,144 |
| Cedar Valley College |
Lancaster |
19 |
6,240 |
| Eastfield College |
Mesquite |
23 |
13,034 |
| El Centro College |
Dallas |
14 |
10,916 |
| Mountain View College |
Dallas |
7 |
8,749 |
| Tarrant County College - Northeast Campus |
Hurst |
15 |
16,957 |
| North Lake College |
Irving |
10 |
10,634 |
| Tarrant County College - Northwest Campus |
Fort Worth |
25 |
13,615 |
| Richland College |
Dallas |
25 |
17,698 |
| Tarrant County College - South Campus |
Fort Worth |
18 |
12,576 |
| Tarrant County College - Southeast Campus |
Arlington |
7 |
14,397 |
| Tarrant County College - Trinity River Campus |
Fort Worth |
21 |
8,410 |
| Total |
|
|
144,370 |
* Approximate miles
Source: Texas Coordinating Board (
www.thecb.state.tx.us)
Community College web sites