NORTHEAST STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE H-6

PO Box 246
Blountville, TN 37617-0246
Tel: (423)323-3191
Admissions: (423)354-2589
Fax: (423)323-0215
Web Site: http://www.northeaststate.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Tennessee Board of Regents. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1966. Setting: 100-acre small town campus. Endowment: $2.4 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $3036 per student. Total enrollment: 5,084. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 22:1. 2,824 applied, 100% were admitted. 10% from top 10% of their high school class, 20% from top quarter, 40% from top half. Full-time: 2,798 students, 56% women, 44% men. Part-time: 2,286 students, 53% women, 47% men. Students come from 3 states and territories, 3% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 3% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 47% 25 or older, 5% transferred in. Retention: 58% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, co-op programs.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Option: electronic application. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA. Placement: SAT or ACT required. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous. Preference given to state residents.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $10. State resident tuition: $1952 full-time, $83 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $7798 full-time, $336 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $260 full-time, $12 per credit hour part-time, $18. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group. Social organizations: 23 open to all. Most popular organizations: Phi Theta Kappa, Student Government Association, Student Tennessee Education Association, Students in Free Enterprise, Student Ambassadors. Major annual events: Spring Fling, Club Fair, Fall Finale. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. Wayne G. Basler Library plus 1 other with 44,997 books, 54,217 microform titles, 438 serials, 8,591 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $657,380. 910 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Blountville is located in the center of the Tri-Cities triangle of Bristol-Kingsport-Johnson City, approximately 15 miles from each city. Chemical, defense, manufacturing, and banking industries are numerous. The medical industry is a growing part of the economy. The Northeast Tennessee area is bordered by Virginia and North Carolina and is less than a day's drive to both East Coast recreation areas and large metropolitan areas such as Atlanta, GA, and Washington, DC. A system of TVA lakes offer warm weather recreation and snow skiing is a short drive away in the winter. Part-time employment is available.