Volunteer State Community College

Volunteer State Community College

Students walk across Volunteer State Community College's main campus in Gallatin, Tennessee.
Established	1971
President	Dr. Jerry Faulkner
Students	8,193 Fall Semester 2015
Location	Gallatin, Tennessee, United States
Colors	Red and Blue
Nickname	Pioneers
Website	http://www.volstate.edu

Volunteer State Community College is a publicly supported two-year community college located in Gallatin, Tennessee and operated under the auspices of the Tennessee Board of Regents.

Vol State, as it is popularly known, serves the suburban Nashville community. The college is some 30 miles (48 km) to the northeast in the Nashville suburb of Gallatin. In total, Vol State serves 11 counties in northern Middle Tennessee: Clay, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, and Wilson.

Vol State has five major divisions: Health Sciences, Humanities, Business and Technology, Social Science and Education, and Math and Science. Popular programs at the school include Radiologic Technology, Physical Therapist Assistant, Criminal Justice, Education, Pre-Nursing, Paralegal and Communications. The college has a television studio, a radio station, and a recording studio. It offers an Entertainment Media Production program and classes in recording, music business and songwriting. Many students choose University Studies programs which prepare them for transfer to four-year colleges and universities.

Vol State has a degree-granting center in Livingston, Tennessee. The college offers numerous courses at the Highland Crest higher education facility in Springfield, and the Cookeville Higher Education Center. Vol State also offers some third and fourth-year level college courses through arrangements with other institutions. Vol State offers classes in traditional, online and hybrid formats. In the Fall of 2014, more than 8,000 full and part-time students were enrolled at all campuses combined.