Coahoma Community College

Coahoma Community College (CCC) is a public historically black community college in Coahoma County, Mississippi. The college was founded in 1949 and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. It offers associate degree and certificate programs in more than 70 areas of focus.

Coahoma Community College
Former names
Coahoma County Agricultural High School
Coahoma Junior College and Agricultural High School
TypePublic historically black community college
Established1949 (1949)
Academic affiliation
Space-grant
PresidentValmadge Towner
Students1,612 (2020)
Location,
United States

34°15′21″N 90°34′11″W
CampusRural, 99 acres (400,000 m2)
ColorsMaroon and white
   
NicknameTigers
Sporting affiliations
NJCAA, MACCC
Websitewww.coahomacc.edu

The 99-acre (400,000 m2) campus lies in an agrarian setting along Clarksdale-Friars Point Road near the Mississippi River and serves Coahoma, Bolivar, Quitman, Tallahatchie, and Tunica counties.

CCC's athletic teams, the Tigers, compete in the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference (MACCC) of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA).

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