Tribal Colleges and Universities

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My Administration is also committed to improving educational opportunities for students attending TCUs. TCUs maintain, preserve, and restore Native languages and cultural traditions; offer a high quality college education; provide career and technical education, job training, and other career building programs; and often serve as anchors in some of the country’s poorest and most remote areas.”
(Executive Order 13592)

Presently, there are 32 fully accredited Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) in the United States, with one formal candidate for accreditation. Three are in Associate Status. These TCUs offer 358 total programs, including apprenticeships, diplomas, certificates, and degrees. These programs include 181 associate degree programs at 23 TCUs, 40 bachelor’s degree programs at 11 TCUs, and 5 master’s degree programs at 2 TCUs (AIHEC).

Located mainly in the Midwest and Southwest, TCUs service approximately 30,000 full- and part-time students. According to fall 2010 enrollment data, 8.7 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) college students were attending one of the 32 accredited TCUs. AI/AN students composed 78 percent of the combined total enrollment of these institutions (2010 Review of Federal Agencies’ Support to Tribal Colleges and Universities). The percentages of AI/AN students attending TCUs are increasing yearly. According to a study by the National Center for Education Statistics, the number of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) students enrolled in TCUs increased by 23 percent between 2001 and 2006.

TCUs are both integral and essential to their communities, creating environments that foster American Indian culture, languages, and traditions. They are often the only postsecondary institutions within some of our Nation’s poorest rural areas. TCUs serve a variety of people, from young adults to senior citizens, AI to non-American Indians. They also serve as community resources for crucial social services and add hope to communities that suffer from high rates of poverty and unemployment. And overall, TCUs have developed programs where students are achieving. The American Indian College Fund reports that 86 percent of TCU students complete their chosen program of study, while fewer than 10 percent of AI/AN students who go directly from reservation high schools to mainstream colleges and universities finish their bachelor’s degree.

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TCUs Contact Information by State

 *Signifies accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association

**Signifies accreditation by the Northwest Accreditation Commission

Alaska

  • Ilisagvik College **
    P.O. Box 749
    Barrow, Alaska 99723
    907-852-3333
    Toll-free (Alaska only): 1-800-478-7337
    fax: 907-852-2729
    webspace.ilisagvik.cc/

Arizona

  • Diné College *
    P. O. Box 126
    Tsaile, AZ 86556
    928-724-6671
    fax: 928-724-3327
    www.dinecollege.edu
  • Tohono O’odham Community College *
    P.O. Box 3129
    Sells, AZ 85634
    520-383-8401
    fax: 520-383-8403
    www.tocc.cc.az.us

Kansas

  • Haskell Indian Nations University *
    155 Indian Avenue
    P. O. Box 5030
    Lawrence, KS 66046-4800
    785-749-8479
    fax: 785-749-8411
    www.haskell.edu

Michigan

  • Bay Mills Community College *
    12214 West Lakeshore Drive
    Brimley, MI 49715
    906-248-3354
    fax: 906-248-3351
    www.bmcc.edu
  • Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College*
    111 Beartown Rd, PO Box 519
    Baraga, Michigan 49908
    906.353.4600
    fax: 906.353.8107
    www.kbocc.org
  • Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College *
    2284 Enterprise Drive
    Mount Pleasant, MI 48858
    989-775-4123
    fax: 989-772-4528
    www.sagchip.edu

Minnesota

  • Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College*
    2101 14th Street
    Cloquet, MN 55720-2964
    218-879-0800
    fax: 218-879-0814
    www.fdltcc.edu
  • Leech Lake Tribal College *
    Rt. 3, Box 100
    Cass Lake, MN 56633
    218-335-4200
    fax: 218-335-4215
    www.lltc.edu
  • White Earth Tribal and Community College*
    210 Main Street South
    P. O. Box 478
    Mahnomen, MN 56557
    218-935-0417
    fax: 218-935-0423
    www.wetcc.org

Montana

  • Blackfeet Community College **
    P. O. Box 819
    Browning, MT 59417
    406-338-7755
    fax: 406-338-3272
    www.bfcc.org
  • Chief Dull Knife College **
    P. O. Box 98
    Lame Deer, MT 59043
    406-477-6215
    fax: 406-477-6219
    www.cdkc.edu/
  • Aaniiih Nakoda College ** (Formerly Fort Belknap College)
    P. O. Box 159
    Harlem, MT 59526
    406-353-2607
    fax: 406-353-2898
    www.fbcc.edu/
  • Fort Peck Community College **
    P. O. Box 398
    Poplar, MT 59255
    406-768-6300
    fax: 406-768-5552
    www.fpcc.edu
  • Little Big Horn College **
    P. O. Box 370
    Crow Agency, MT 59022
    406-638-3100 (main number)
    fax: 406-638-3169
    www.lbhc.edu
  • Salish Kootenai College **
    P. O. Box 117
    Pablo, MT 59855
    406-275-4800
    fax: 406-275-4801
    www.skc.edu
  • Stone Child College **
    RR1, Box 1082
    Box Elder, MT 59521
    406-395-4875
    fax: 406-395-4836
    http://www.stonechild.edu

Nebraska

  • Nebraska Indian Community College *
    College Hill
    P. O. Box 428
    Macy, NE 68039
    402-837-5078
    fax: 402-837-4183
    www.thenicc.edu
Nebraska (cont.)

  • Little Priest Tribal College *
    P. O. Box 270
    Winnebago, NE 68071
    402-878-2380
    fax: 402-878-2355
    www.lptc.bia.edu/

New Mexico

  • Navajo Technical College * (Formerly Crown Point Institute of Technology)
    P. O. Box 849
    Crownpoint, NM 87313
    505-786-4100
    fax: 505-786-5644
    www.navajotech.edu
  • Institute of American Indian Arts *
    83 Avan Nu Po Road
    Santa Fe, NM 87505
    505-424-2300
    fax: 505-424-0050
    www.iaia.edu/
  • Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute*
    P. O. Box 10146
    9169 Coors Road, NW
    Albuquerque, NM 87184
    505-346 2347
    fax: 505-346-2343
    www.sipi.edu

North Dakota

  • Cankdeska Cikana Community College* (Formerly Little Hoop Community College)
    P. O. Box 269
    Fort Totten, ND 58335
    701-766-4415
    fax: 701-766-4077
    www.littlehoop.edu/
  • Fort Berthold Community College *
    220 Eighth Avenue North
    P. O. Box 490
    New Town, ND 58763
    701-627-4738
    fax: 701-627-3609
    www.fortbertholdcc.edu
  • Sitting Bull College *
    1341 92nd Street
    Fort Yates, ND 58538
    701-854-3861
    fax: 701-854-3403
    www.sittingbull.edu
  • Turtle Mountain Community College *
    P. O. Box 340
    Belcourt, ND 58316
    701-477-7862
    fax: 701-477-7807
    www.turtle-mountain.cc.nd.us
  • United Tribes Technical College *
    3315 University Drive
    Bismarck, ND 58504
    701-255-3285
    fax: 701-530-0605
    www.uttc.edu

South Dakota

  • Oglala Lakota College *
    490 Piya Wiconi Road
    Kyle, SD 57752
    605-455-6022
    fax: 605-455-6023
    www.olc.edu
  • Sinte Gleska University *
    P. O. Box 409
    Rosebud, SD 57570
    605-856-5880
    fax: 605-856-5401
    www.sintegleska.edu
  • Sisseton Wahpeton College *
    P. O. Box 689
    Sisseton, SD 57262
    605/698-3966
    fax: 605/698-3132
    www.swc.tc/

Washington

  • Northwest Indian College **
    2522 Kwina Road
    Bellingham, WA 98226
    360-676-2772
    fax: 360-738-0136
    www.nwic.edu

Wisconsin

  • College of Menominee Nation *
    P. O. Box 1179
    Keshena, WI 54135
    715-799-5600
    fax: 715-799-1308
    www.menominee.edu
  • Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College *
    13466 West Trepania Rd
    Hayward, WI 54843
    715-634 4790
    fax: 715-634-5049
    www.lco.edu

Associate Status

Oklahoma

  • College of the Muscogee Nation
    PO Box 917
    Okmulgee, OK 74447
    918-758-1480
    fax: 918-549-2880
    www.mvsktc.org
  • Comanche Nation College
    1608 SW 9th Street
    Lawton, OK 73501
    580.591,0203
    fax: 580.353.7075
    www.cnc.cc.ok.us

Wyoming