History
On June 22, 1965, the State Board of Education approved Columbia as the site of Tennessee’s first community college. The Maury County Quarterly Court approved a resolution to purchase the 204-acre (83 ha) Hickman farm and pledged $250,000 to aid in the construction of the college. The first students enrolled in 1966 and attended classes in temporary sites throughout the city prior to completion of the administration, gymnasium, library, maintenance, student center, and science buildings in 1967. The new campus was dedicated on March 15, 1967 by President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson and the first class graduated in June 1968.
In January 1988, Columbia State began offering courses in the Yates Vocational Center in Franklin. In 1994, the facility was transferred to the Tennessee Board of Regents, providing a permanent location for the college’s Franklin campus. Three additional semi-permanent sites have since been established in leased facilities: the Lawrenceburg campus, opened in 1988; the Lewisburg campus, opened in 1996; and the Clifton campus, opened in 1997.
Today around 10,000 students per year matriculate from Columbia State. It awards more than $10 million in financial aid. It has more than 50 programs and an opportunity for students to earn an associate of art, associate of science or associate of applied science degree.
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