Chattanooga State Technical Com-
munity College
Chattanooga State Technical Community
College
Motto:
The College on the River
Established:
September 20, 1965
Type:
Public
President:
Dr. Jim Catanzaro
Undergraduates: 10,000
Location:
Chattanooga, Tenn., USA
Campus:
Urban, 150 acres
(0.61 km2)
Athletics:
4 athletics teams fast-pitch
softball, men’s baseball,
men and women’s
basketball
Colors:
Blue and Orange
Nickname:
Tigers
Website:
www.chattanoogastate.edu
Chattanooga State Technical Community
College (sometimes referred to as "Chatt
State") is a comprehensive, regionally ac-
credited, two year community college located
in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is a member
of the Tennessee Board of Regents. Chat-
tanooga State offers a wide array of pro-
grams and degrees including: degree and
certificate studies, university parallel trans-
fer programs, continuing education, adult
education, technological training, Hamilton
County’s Middle College High School, Dual
Enrollment and community service programs.
Chattanooga State serves a six county ser-
vice area of Southeast Tennessee and border-
ing counties of North Georgia and Alabama
as an open-entry postsecondary institution of-
fering over 50 majors of study toward an AA,
AS, and AAS degree and many certificates.
History
Originally known as the Chattanooga State
Technical Institute upon its founding in 1965,
it opened as Tennessee’s first technical col-
lege and Southeast Tennessee’s first public
institution of higher education. In 1967,
Chattanooga State moved to its present loca-
tion on Amnicola Highway. Chattanooga
State Technical Institute’s goal was to pre-
pare students with marketable technical
skills that would bridge the gap between the
engineer and the craftsman. The technical
programs offered A.S. and A.E. degrees and
certificate programs, while remaining flexible
to students and industry needs.
In 1973, the college was renamed and re-
organized as Chattanooga State Technical
Community College through the passage of
Senate Bill 1010. Senate Bill 1010 assured