Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology


The Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology is a public technical college system operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents. It has 24 campuses located throughout the US state of Tennessee. It was previously named the Tennessee Technology Centers.
, the TCAT campuses have a combined enrollment of 34,486 students, with the most popular programs being truck driving, welding, automotive technology, practical nursing, and cosmetology.

History

TCAT was founded as the State Area Vocational-Technical Schools. Construction began on the first three urban locations, Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville, in July 1966. The Knoxville campus opened in January 1968. In 1994, State Area Vocational-Technical Schools were rebranded as Tennessee Technology Centers. Tennessee Technology Centers received praise from Complete College America in a 2011 report for their high degree completion rate of 75 percent.
In July 2013, Tennessee Technology Centers was rebranded as Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology to clearly communicate the post-secondary training offered.

Campuses

TCAT has 26 campuses and several branches from other campuses:

Academics

TCAT offers numerous programs and has partnerships with businesses. The Memphis campus offers a welding apprenticeship program with Morgan Steel company.