“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.
Research and Resources
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
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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
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