Indiana Community Colleges (2-Yr Colleges)

Indiana Junior Colleges, Technical Schools, and Institutes

The State of Indiana administers its own system of higher education which operate at least two tiers of public colleges. One being the community colleges in Indiana, sometimes called Indiana junior colleges, or Indiana technical institutes, and so-called "four-year" Indiana colleges which award bachelor's and master's degrees. The "two-year" community educational institutions provide post-secondary education and lower-level tertiary education, granting certificates, diplomas, and associate's degrees in Indiana. The name, "community colleges" derives from the fact that "two-year" colleges primarily accept, and attract, students from the Indiana local community

Historically, Indiana has not had community colleges. One- and two-year programs were delivered by a number of other institutions, including: a public junior college, a statewide multi-campus vocation/technical college, and the regional and main campuses of the state's five senior universities. Vincennes University, a public junior college, was established as a private college in 1801, but began receiving state support in the 1960s. Until 1999, it served primarily as a residential two-year campus enrolling traditional-aged students in transfer programs. Indiana Vocational Technical College, know as Ivy Tech, was established in 1963 as a statewide multi-campus system to deliver non-transfer-oriented vocational technical education courses and programs at the associate degree level at 22 sites across the state.

After a taskforce examined the state's growing workforce development needs, Indiana's governor in 1999 announced a major initiative to create a new community college system. On a pilot basis, Vincennes has been assigned the responsibility for partnering with five Ivy Tech campuses to deliver general education courses leading to an associate's degree with the goal of eventually allowing each Ivy Tech campus to evolve into a comprehensive community college.

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Indiana Community Colleges and Two Year Colleges

• Ancilla College (Donaldson, IN)
• Holy Cross College (Notre Dame, IN)
• Ivy Tech State College (various campuses statewide)
• Vincennes University (various campuses statewide)