Western Colorado Community College (WCCC) is a division of

Colorado Mesa University Colorado Mesa University is a public university in Grand Junction, Colorado. The university's other locations include Bishop Campus, which houses Western Colorado Community College in northwestern Grand Junction, and a regional campus in Mon ...

Grand Junction, Colorado Grand Junction is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Mesa County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 65,560 at the 2020 United States Census, making Grand Junction the 17th mo ...

specializing in vocational studies. Unlike other institutions deemed "

community college A community college is a type of educational institution. The term can have different meanings in different countries: many community colleges have an "open enrollment" for students who have graduated from high school (also known as senior se ...

," WCCC is not a separate entity from its parent institution. A student takes

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courses at CMU but completes his or her program of study at WCCC. Associate degrees from WCCC are awarded by

Facts

*The official name of the grounds where WCCC is located is now known as the Bishop Campus. *WCCC is composed of six buildings—Youngblood Building, Building B, Bishop Health Sciences, Archuleta Center, Archuleta Center B, and School District 51's Valley School—all located entirely on the Bishop Campus. There is a South Campus, located about five miles away, which houses the Electrical Lineman program.

History

*Prior to 2006, WCCC was called the Tilman M. Bishop Unified Technical Education Campus or UTEC.

External links

Western Colorado Community College official web site

Colorado Mesa University official web site
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