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Tyler junior college
Tyler Junior College has an outstanding record of academic quality, offering a bachelor’s de-
gree, associate’s degree programs, certificates and training and technical programs. In Cherokee
County, two vocational nurse education programs are offered:
• TJC-Jacksonville is a 20-student vocational nurse education program as well as a transitional
program for registered nurses who wish to quality as associate degree nursing graduates.
Core curriculum courses are also offered at the TJC-Jacksonville site, located on the fourth
floor of UT Health – Jacksonville, 501 S. Ragsdale.
• TJC-Rusk also offers a 20-student vocational nurse education program, and is located on the
campus of Rusk State Hospital, 805 N. Dickinson Dr. in Rusk.
• TJC, whose main TJC campus is located at 1327 Baxter Ave. in Tyler, s one of the largest
community colleges in Texas, with 306
full-time faculty members and 248 part-
time faculty members, and 12,000+
students enrolled in full-time and con-
tinuing education programs. It officially
opened its doors on Sept. 17, 1926, in
Tyler High School, with an enrollment
of 93 students, taught by nine faculty
members.
• To learn more about the Jacksonville
program, call 903-510-3331. For more
information about the Rusk program, call
903-510-2114. Or, visit www.tjc.edu, or
on Facebook at “Tyler Junior College.”
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