Facts and Figures
Chattahoochee Technical College was founded in 1963, and is named for the Chattahoochee River. Prior to the 2009 merger, there were over 6000 students enrolled in 27 programs of study, making CTC Georgia's largest technical college by enrollment. Combined with the campuses which joined it, there were over 10,000 students. As of January 2010, there were 11,365 enrolled, an increase of 27.3% from the 8,931 of winter quarter 2009.
The Blue Heron was the official mascot of Chattahoochee Technical College, created in 2004 by marketing management student Kevin M. Moss (2005 alumnus), who later went on to serve as secretary/treasurer of CTC's student government (2004–2005) and student-body president (2007–2008) of nearby Southern Polytechnic State University's student government. The Golden Eagle is the new mascot of the combined school.
Students of the school's video production major produce some of the programming seen on Cobb edTV, the local Educational-access television channel seen on Comcast cable TV (or Charter Cable in Smyrna).
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