Collin County Community College District (Collin College)
Updated December 2007

  • Collin College was founded in 1985.
  • Collin College is comprised of:
    • CCCCD@Allen - 300 Rivercrest Blvd., Allen
    • Central Park Campus - 2200 W. University Drive, McKinney
    • Courtyard Center for Professional and Economic Development - 4800 Preston Park Blvd., Plano
    • Preston Ridge Campus - 9700 Wade Blvd., Frisco
    • Spring Creek Campus - 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway, Plano
    • Rockwall Center for Higher Education - 1050 Williams St., Rockwall
  • Collin College serves about 44,000 credit and continuing education students annually.
  • Collin County Community College District is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees and certificates.
  • Collin College's mascot is the Cougar.
  • The school colors are blue and black.
  • Offers associate of arts, science and applied science degrees, associate of arts in teaching, certificates and marketable skills achievement awards.
  • Employee breakdown:
    • full-time faculty - 274
    • associate faculty - 666
    • continuing education faculty - 135
    • staff and administrators - 527
  • Collin College's faculty include two U.S. Professors of the Year, a Texas Professor of the Year and four Minnie Stevens Piper Professors.
  • About 80 percent of Collin College students intend to transfer to a university.
  • In 2000, the college processed $2.4 million in financial aid and scholarships and in 2007 that number topped $16.5 million.
  • Collin College's student- to full-time faculty ratio is 19.5:1.
  • The top 10 universities Collin College students transfer to are:
    • The University of Texas at Dallas
    • University of North Texas
    • Texas A&M University
    • The University of Texas at Austin
    • Texas Tech University
    • Texas A&M University-Commerce
    • Baylor University
    • Texas Woman's University
    • Southern Methodist University
    • Texas State University
  • The following is the number of 2007 high school graduates that enrolled at Collin College the following fall:
    • Plano ISD - 808 students
    • Allen ISD - 371 students
    • McKinney ISD - 261 students
    • Frisco ISD - 286 students


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