Alabama Community College System

The Alabama Community College System (ACCS) is the system of public community colleges in the U.S. state of Alabama. It consists of 24 community and technical colleges in the state which offer 2-to-4-year transfer, dual enrollment, technical training, adult education, and community education.^[4]

Alabama Community College System

Type	Public community college system
Established	1963; 62 years ago (1963)[1]
Chancellor	Goodrich 'Dus' Rogers[2]
Vice-Chancellor	Valerie Gray[2]
Students	168,000 [3]
Website	www.accs.edu

The Alabama Community College System was founded 1963 when the public two-year colleges in Alabama were linked into a single system governed by the State Board of Education. The system was separated from the State Board of Education and put under control of the Department of Postsecondary Education in 1982.^[1]

Institutions

Bevill

Bishop

Calhoun

Central

Chattahoochee

J.F. Drake

Enterprise State

Gadsden

J.F. Ingram

Jefferson

Lawson

Lurleen B. Wallace

Marion

Northeast

Northwest-Shoals

Reid State

Shelton State

Snead State

Southern Union

Trenholm

Wallace - Dothan

Wallace - Selma

Wallace State

Coastal-Bay Minette

Coastal-Atmore

Coastal-Fairhope

Coastal-Gulf Shores

Coastal-Brewton

Coastal-Gilbertown

Coastal-Monroeville

Coastal-Thomasville

Coastal-Jackson

Location of ACCS campuses. For colleges with multiple campuses, the largest campus is labeled. Red dots represent member institutions of Coastal Alabama Community College.

Alabama Community Colleges

Name	Established	Enrollment[5]	County
Bevill State Community College	1992	5,410	Fayette Marion Walker
Bishop State Community College	1927	4,423	Mobile Washington
Calhoun Community College	1946	14,641	Limestone
Central Alabama Community College	1989	2,225	Tallapoosa
Chattahoochee Valley Community College	1973	2,191	Russell
Coastal Alabama Community College	1965	10,023	Baldwin Choctaw Clarke Escambia Monroe
Drake State Community and Technical College	1961	1,119	Madison
Enterprise State Community College	1965	2,353	Coffee
Gadsden State Community College	1925	6,456	Calhoun Cherokee Etowah
Ingram State Technical College (for incarcerated adults)	1965	806	Elmore
Jefferson State Community College	1965	13,082	Chilton Jefferson Shelby St. Clair
Lawson State Community College	1949	4,644	Jefferson
Lurleen B. Wallace Community College	1969	2,316	Butler Covington
Marion Military Institute	1842	417	Perry
Northeast Alabama Community College	1963	3,963	DeKalb
Northwest-Shoals Community College	1993	4,788	Colbert Franklin
Reid State Technical College	1963	565	Conecuh
Shelton State Community College	1994	6,757	Tuscaloosa
Snead State Community College	1898	4,160	Marshall
Southern Union State Community College	1922	6,678	Chambers Lee Randolph
Trenholm State Community College	1963	2,535	Montgomery
Wallace Community College – Dothan	1947	5,983	Dale
Wallace Community College – Selma	1963	2,310	Dallas
Wallace State Community College – Hanceville	1966	6,687	Cullman

See also

• List of colleges and universities in Alabama