Jackson College

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Active In Achieving the Dream:

2007 - present

Leader College:

2014 - present
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“Jackson College exists to help students learn. We focus that commitment with our initiative, the Total Commitment to Student Success (TCS2). We realize that each student is unique, and we are committed in our resolve to help each individual succeed. Toward this end, we have been active participants with Achieving the Dream since 2007.”
–Daniel J. Phelan, President, Jackson College

Who We Are

Jackson College was founded as Jackson Junior College in 1928 and operated as a division of the Jackson Union School District, sharing lab and library facilities with the high school. In 1962, Jackson County voters created Jackson Community College as a distinct entity; and in 1964, they passed a charter millage that still helps to fund the College today. Rapid enrollment and program growth in the 1960s spurred the College to build a new campus on its present site. Today, the College owns more than 500 acres and sits on a scenic rural site six miles south of the city of Jackson, and also operates JC @ LISD TECH in Adrian, the Clyde E. LeTarte Center - Hillsdale, and North Campus in Jackson. In June 2013, in light of the College's decision to begin development of curriculum for two new bachelor degree programs and increased efforts in international studies, the Board of Trustees voted to change the name to Jackson College.

What We Are Doing

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College Characteristics

  • IPEDS UNITID: 170444
  • HBCU: No
  • Tribal: No
  • Degree of Urbanization: Rural: Fringe
  • Geographic Region: Great Lakes (IL IN MI OH WI)
  • Institution Size Category: 5,000 - 9,999
  • Carnegie Classification: Associate's--Public Rural-serving Large
  • Total Enrollment: 6,328
  • Full-time Enrollment: 2,589
  • Part-time Enrollment: 3,739
  • First-time Degree Seeking: 1,227
  • Part-time First-time Degree Seeking: 457
  • Black or African American Grouping: 0 to 20% Black
  • Hispanic/Latino Grouping: 0 to 12.5% Hispanic/Latino
  • Pell Recipients Grouping: 40.1% to 60% Pell Recipients

Percent of total enrollment that are...

  • American Indian or Alaska Native: 1%
  • Asian: 1%
  • Black or African American: 8%
  • White: 77%
  • Hispanic/Latino: 4%
  • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: 0%
  • Women: 61%
  • Two or more races: 2%
  • Race/ethnicity unknown: 8%
  • Pell Recipients : 59%

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