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Chattanooga State Community College

As of October 2, 2026
Former Name: Chattanooga State Technical Institute (1966 – 1973); Chattanooga State Technical Community College (1974 – 2009)

The information on this page describes the accreditation relationship between this institution and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. General information about the Commission and the accreditation process is provided at the end of this document.

General Information

CEO Name
Dr. Rebecca L. Ashford
Address
4501 Amnicola Highway Chattanooga, TN 37406
Country
United States
Institutional Phone
(423) 697-4400
Approved to Offer
Associate's Degree

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Accreditation Information

Status
Accredited
Public Sanctions
None
Candidacy Date
January 1, 1966
Accreditation Granted
January 1, 1967
Reaffirmation
2021
Distance Education Approval Date
December 5, 2003
Next Reaffirmation
2031
Next Fifth-Year Review
2026
Degree Level
I i See Approved to Offer above for the complete list.
Control
Public

SACSCOC Staff Member

Eurmon Hervey

Email

In-Progress Reviews

  • 2026 Fifth-Year Interim Report

Most Recent History with SACSCOC

  • 2022 Virtual Committee Follow Up

Off-campus Instructional Sites (Additional Locations)

Types

  • Approved >=50%: Site is approved to offer any portion of a program. Additional programs may be offered with no further site notification or approval. Only sites offering 50% or more of a program require approval.
  • Approved Branch >=50%: Site is approved as a branch campus to offer any portion of a program. Additional programs may be offered with no further site notification or approval.
  • Notified 25-49%: Less than 50% of a program may be offered at the site. Less than 50% of additional programs may be offered with no further site notification.

Sites offering less than 25% of a program do not require notification or approval.

Status

  • Open: Instruction may be offered at the site consistent with the site type defined above.
  • Closed: Closed sites are not shown. A site is closed when (1) the institution has stopped admitting students to the site and (2) SACSCOC has approved the site teach-out plan. Therefore, instruction may continue at a site under the teach-out plan after the site is closed.
  • Amazon Fulfillment Center
    7200 Discovery Drive Chattanooga, TN 37421 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Baylor School
    171 Baylor School Road Chattanooga, TN 37405 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Bledsoe County Correctional Complex
    1045 Horsehead Road Pikeville, TN 37367 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Bradley-Central High School
    1000 South Lee Highway Cleveland, TN 37311 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Brainerd High School
    1020 North Moore Road Chattanooga, TN 37411 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Central High School
    5728 Highway 58 Harrison, TN 37341 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Chattanooga State Community College - West, Kimball
    2100 Main Street Kimball, TN 37347 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Cleveland High School
    85 Raider Drive Cleveland, TN 37312 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Cleveland State Community College
    3535 Adkisson Drive Cleveland, TN 37312 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Construction Career Center
    2225 Roanoke Ave Chattanooga, TN 37406 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Dayton (North)
    815 Delaware Avenue Dayton, TN 37321 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • East Hamilton High School
    10433 East Brainerd Road Apison, TN 37302 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • East Ridge High School
    4320 Bennett Road East Ridge, TN 37412 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Grace Baptist Academy
    7815 Shallowford Road Chattanooga, TN 37421 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Grundy County High School
    24970 SR 108 Coalmont, TN 37313 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Hamilton County Adult High School at Gestamp
    3063 Hickory Valley Road Chattanooga, TN 37421 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Hixson High School
    5705 Middle Valley Road Hixson, TN 37343 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Howard High School
    2500 South Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37408 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Lookout Valley Middle/High School
    350 Lookout High School Chattanooga, TN 37419 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Marion County High School
    160 Ridley Drive Jasper, TN 37347 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • McCallie School
    500 Dodds Avenue Chattanooga, TN 37404 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • McMinn County High School
    2215 Congress Parkway South Athens, TN 37303 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Notre Dame High School
    2701 Vermont Avenue Chattanooga, TN 37404 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Ooltewah High School
    6123 Mountain View Road Ooltewah, TN 37363 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Red Bank High School
    640 Morrison Springs Road Chattanooga, TN 37415 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Rhea County High School
    405 Pierce Road Evensville, TN 37332 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Sale Creek High School
    211 Patterson Road Sale Creek, TN 37373 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Sequoyah High School
    9517 W Ridge Trail Road Soddy-Daisy, TN 37379 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Signal Mountain Middle High School
    2650 Sam Powell Trail Signal Mountain, TN 37377 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Silverdale Baptist Academy
    7326 Bonny Oaks Drive Chattanooga, TN 37421 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Soddy Daisy High School
    618 Sequoyah Access Road Soddy Daisy, TN 37379 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • South Pittsburgh High School
    717 Elm Avenue South Pittsburgh, TN 37380 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • The Howard School
    2500 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37408 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Transportation Center
    9090 Dayton Pike Soddy Daisy, TN 37379 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Volkswagen Academy
    7469 Volkswagen Drive Chattanooga, TN 37416 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Whitwell High School
    200 Tiger Trail Whitwell, TN 37397 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

About SACSCOC and Accreditation

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), the accreditation name of The Commission on Colleges and Universities, is the commission responsible for accrediting degree-granting institutions across the nation and internationally. The SACSCOC Board of Trustees is the representative body of the member institutions also known as the College Delegate Assembly. To gain or maintain accreditation, an institution must comply with SACSCOC policies, procedures, and with all standards contained in the Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement in the professional judgment of peer reviewers. SACSCOC’s institutional accreditation includes all degree levels regardless of location or mode of instruction. The Commission accredits the institution as a whole.

Components of the Review Process

The SACSCOC Board of Trustees conducts several types of institutional reviews: (1) Candidate Committee reviews of applicant institutions seeking candidacy, (2) Accreditation Committee reviews of candidate institutions seeking initial membership, (3) Reaffirmation Committee reviews of member institutions seeking continued accreditation following a comprehensive review, (4) Special Committee reviews of member institutions seeking continued accreditation following evaluation of institutional circumstances that are accreditation related, and (5) Substantive Change Committee reviews of member institutions seeking approval and continued accreditation following the review of a change of a significant modification or expansion to the institution’s nature and scope. Each of the above type of reviews has its own evaluation documents and peer review procedures and can be found on the SACSCOC website at www.sacscoc.org.

The Committees on Compliance and Reports (C&R), standing committees of the SACSCOC Board of Trustees, review reports prepared by evaluation committees and the institutional responses to those reports. A C&R Committee’s recommendation regarding an institution’s accreditation-related matters is forwarded to the Executive Council for review. The Executive Council recommends action to the SACSCOC Board of Trustees, which makes the final decision on reaffirmation and any monitoring activities that it may require of an institution. The SACSCOC Board of Trustees convenes twice a year.

Complaints Against SACSCOC Accredited Institutions

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) recognizes the value of information provided by students, employees, and others in determining whether an institution’s performance is consistent with SACSCOC standards for obtaining or maintaining accreditation. The Commission’s interest also is in ensuring that member institutions maintain appropriate grievance procedures and standards of procedural fairness and that the procedures are applied appropriately and consistently. The procedures for the review of complaints involving member institutions enable SACSCOC to address possible violations of its Principles of Accreditation, its Core Requirements and Standards, SACSCOC policies or procedures, as well as to address possible violations of an institution’s own policies and procedures, if related to the Principles.

Since SACSCOC’s complaint procedures are for the purpose of addressing any significant non-compliance with SACSCOC Principles of Accreditation, policies, or procedures, the procedures are not intended to be used to involve SACSCOC in disputes between individuals and member institutions, or cause SACSCOC to interpose itself as a reviewing authority in individual matters of admission, grades, granting or transferability of credits, application of academic policies, fees or other financial matters, disciplinary matters or other contractual rights and obligations. Nor does SACSCOC seek redress on an individual’s behalf. Under no circumstances does SACSCOC respond to, or take action on, any complaint or any allegation that contains defamatory statements. Further, SACSCOC will not serve as a grievance panel when the outcome of institutional grievance or appeal processes is unsatisfactory to the complainant.

SACSCOC expects individuals to attempt to resolve the issue through all means available to the complainant, including following the institution’s own published grievance procedures, before submitting a complaint to SACSCOC. Therefore, SACSCOC is under no obligation to consider additional information submitted by the complainant subsequent to the receipt of the formal complaint. SACSCOC’s usual practice is not to consider a complaint that is currently in administrative proceedings, including institutional proceedings, or in litigation. However, if there is substantial, credible evidence that indicates systemic problems with an accredited institution, SACSCOC may, at its discretion, choose to proceed with the review.

For the fastest and most secure review by SACSCOC personnel, we strongly encourage you to submit your formal complaint online. You can easily file your concerns by completing the digital “Complaints Against Institutions: Information Sheet and Form” directly through our secure online portal. Please note that to maintain the integrity of the review process, SACSCOC cannot evaluate oral or anonymous complaints, nor can we accept complaints submitted on behalf of another individual or forwarded from another entity. Filing your complaint electronically ensures it is received immediately and streamlines the review process.

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