South Texas College
MidValley-student success building
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| Established | 1993 |
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| President | Shirley A. Reed, MBA, Ed.D. |
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Academic staff
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660 |
| Students | 31,000 |
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McAllen, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA 26°12′59″N 98°15′12″W / 26.216316°N 98.253316°WCoordinates: 26°12′59″N 98°15′12″W / 26.216316°N 98.253316°W |
| Colors | STC Purple STC Green |
| Website | www |
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South Texas College (STC) is a public community college in the Rio Grande Valley region of South Texas, and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Bachelor of Applied Technology, Associate of Applied Science, Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees. STC has an enrollment of approximately 31,000 students and a staff of 1,600 working across six campuses.
The college is well known in higher education circles for its diverse student body and for operating one of the largest dual enrollment/early college high school programs in the United States.
As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of STC includes all of Hidalgo and Starr Counties.
Board of Trustees
Executive Staff
South Texas College currently employs 428 full-time and 228 adjunct instructors. There are 384 faculty members with master’s degrees, 46 hold double master’s, five hold triple master’s and 79 have doctorate degrees. In certificate and other programs, there are 97 faculty members holding bachelor degrees and 44 with associate degrees.
The South Texas College Strategic Plan for 2008 thru 2013 was published by the college in 2008.
South Texas College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Bachelor of Applied Technology, Associate of Applied Science, Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees and certificates. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of South Texas College. More than 31,000 students attend STC and a faculty and staff of more than 1,600 serve STC’s five campuses.
The college offers more than 100 degree and certificate program options, including associate degrees in a variety of art, science, technology and allied health fields of study. The college also offers twenty online degree and certificate options.
STC offers a Bachelor of Applied Technology (BAT) degree in Technology Management, as well as a Bachelor of Applied Technology in Computer and Information Technologies and a Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) in Organizational Leadership. The college is one of only three Texas community colleges accredited to offer a BAT or BAS degree and the only community college in Texas accredited to offer three bachelor’s degrees.
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