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| Motto | Homines Amicitia Civitas (Latin) or "Man, Friendship, and Community" |
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| Type | Public community college |
| Established | 1972 (as South Oklahoma City Junior College) |
| Accreditation | Higher Learning Commission |
| President | Mautra Jones |
Administrative staff | 534[1] |
| Students | 19,700[2] |
| Location | , , United States |
| Campus | Urban 143 acres (58 ha) |
| Colors | Pure White Rosewood Red Pure Black Camel Foundation Black Davys Grey |
| Website | www |
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Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC) is a public community college in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.[3] The college was founded in 1972 as South Oklahoma City Junior College.[4] OCCC has a current enrollment of 18,549 students and is the second largest community college and the fifth largest public higher education institution in Oklahoma.[5][6] OCCC operates a main campus and three satellite locations in the south metro.[7] A large percentage of OCCC students join or rejoin the local workforce each year.[8] Their added skills translate to earnings of more than $220 million in annual additional income to Oklahoma's economy.[8]
OCCC is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission.[6] The name of the college, OCCC, is most often pronounced as "O-Triple-C."
- ^ "Oklahoma Higher Education's Official Guide to Oklahoma's Colleges and Universities". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007.
- ^ "Oklahoma Higher Education's Official Guide to Oklahoma's Colleges and Universities". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007.
- ^ "Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education | About the State System of Higher Education | Colleges and Universities | Oklahoma City Metro". www.osrhe.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
- ^ "College History". www.occc.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
- ^ "Planning and Research". www.occc.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
- ^ a b The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (April 2017). "Degrees of Progress: THE STATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN OKLAHOMA" (PDF). osrhe.edu. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
- ^ "MyWay". www.occc.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
- ^ a b State Chamber of Oklahoma (March 2013). "Oklahoma Public Higher Education: Economic and Social Impacts" (PDF). www.okstatechamber.com. Retrieved September 12, 2017.