Cuyahoga Community College

• Location: Cleveland, USA
• Year of foundation: 1963
• Language of instruction: English
• Number of students: more than 26 700
• Type of education: mixed.

Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) is ohio's oldest and largest community college located in Cuyahoga County. Founded in 1963 as the first and largest community college in Ohio, Tri-C provided a high-quality, affordable education program to more than 1,000,000  students.

The institution offers about 200 professional, technical programs, as well as short-term courses, certificates of qualification, professional diplomas after obtaining a degree. Cable College's distance learning involves live classes through Cleveland cable companies from the early 1990s to the present day.

Tri-C educates students on and off four campuses.

Tri-C is a suburban institution primarily designed to educate residents of Cuyahoga County, so it does not provide housing for students. However, the specialists of the institution assist in finding rent for an apartment, room or apartment in the complexes closest to the campus.

The college hosts many sports events in the leading areas of team games:

• Basketball
• Baseball
• Cross Country, track
• Softball
• Volleyball
• Soccer.

Teams are divided into women's and men's to participate in interuniversity, regional competitions.

Tri-C also offers a variety of student activities, ranging from participation in campus management systems to courses in fine arts, dance, and music. On each of the four campuses, dozens of student clubs of interest have been created: creativity, science, sports, innovation, religion, social work and much more.

Since 1980, the institution has been hosting the Tri-C JazzFest festival, where both students and invited famous musicians perform.

• Tri-C is among the top 10 schools for military veterans
• Age of students: from 15 to 75+
• More than 60% of students are women
• Accreditation of the Higher Study Commission
• About 85% of graduates work in the specialty in the region
• $1536 – average scholarship
• Opportunity to study online – 73% study by correspondence.

The college is located on four campuses: East, Capital, West and Westshore, as well as in academic departments:

• Advanced Technology Center
• Jerry Sue Thornton Center
• Brownswick University Centre
• Center for Production Technologies
• Public Safety Center
• Transport Innovation Center
• West Corporate College
• Hospitality Management Centre.

Metropolitan Campus (Metro) is  the first of the grounds, opened in 1969. The campus is located near the center of Cleveland and offers state-of-the-art laboratories in the field of health, large rooms for the world-famous Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland event , standard classrooms for such programs.

The West Campus, located in Parma, opened in 1966 in the former Krayla Veterans Hospital. One of four traditional Cuyahoga Community College campuses of six buildings connected around a three-story glass-roofed gallery. The campus is overseen by the University Center of Brunswick, serving residents of southern Cuyahoga and Medina County. The infrastructure includes a variety of career programs in healthcare, standard laboratories and  classes, the Center of Advanced Automotive Technology, the Center for Visual Communications, and more.

Located in Westlake, Westshore's campus has made education convenient for residents of the western part of the county. Each year, more than 3,000 students take courses at this site. Westshore boasts state-of-the-art biological science labs, a Technology Education Center, free tutoring services, a Barnes and Noble bookstore, restaurants, and more. 

Since 1971, the East Campus has catered to students who wish to complete the first two years of college. Located near I-271 in the Highland Hills, the East Campus offers associate's degrees in the arts wishing to transfer to a four-year institution. The campus has partnerships with more than 40 four-year colleges and universities, including Hiram College.

There are several semesters in the academic year:

• Autumn: August-December
• Winter break: 24 December-1 January
• Spring semester: January-May
• Spring break: March 14-20
• Summer session: June-August.

Weekends are organized on Saturday and Sunday, as well as on public holidays.

Additional costs:

• Accommodation, meals
• Books, consumables
• Transport
• Technology Fees
• Parking
• Medical care
• Personal expenses.

You can apply for admission on the official website of the institution, at the admissions office on campus or through a mobile application. Processing of the application will take up to seven days.

For enrollment, applicants will need:

• Personal documents (for foreigners: passport, medical insurance, F1 visa)
• Diploma of completion of the previous stage of education
• Official transcripts
• Language test results: TOEFL (from 79 for online test, from 213 for computer, from 550 for paper), IELTS (from 6.0)
• Translation of a college-level English credit with a grade of C or higher
• The registration fee is $25.

Application dates:

• For the fall semester: July 1
• For the spring semester: December 2
• For the summer session: May 1.

Financial aid covers the cost of paying for the program, books and consumables. Three types of assistance are available in Tri-C:

• Scholarships and grants based on financial needs
• Study at Work Program – Help students find employment on campus or in partner organizations
• Loans, sponsorship payments of third parties.

On average, scholarships are paid in the amount of $ 1518 per month. The average payment for the Pell grant is $ 2966, and the average earnings of a student under the "Study at Work" program is $ 1280.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision