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Jefferson State Community College

As of October 2, 2026
Former Name: Jefferson State Junior College (1968 - 1989)

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
Mr. Keith A. Brown
Address
2601 Carson Road Birmingham, AL 35215-3098
Country
United States
Institutional Phone
(205) 853-1200
Approved to Offer
Associate's Degree

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Accreditation Information

Status
Accredited
Public Sanctions
None
Accreditation Granted
January 1, 1968
Reaffirmation
2024
Distance Education Approval Date
October 30, 2000
Next Reaffirmation
2034
Next Fifth-Year Review
2029
Degree Level
I i See Approved to Offer above for the complete list.
Control
Public

SACSCOC Staff Member

J. Matthew Melton

(404) 679-4501 Email

In-Progress Reviews

  • 2029 Fifth-Year Interim Report

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.
  • A.H. Parker High School
    400 Abraham Woods Boulevard Birmingham, AL 35204 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Boaz High School
    907 Brown Street Boaz, AL 35957 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Briarwood Christian School
    6255 Cahaba Valley Road Birmingham, AL 35242 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Chelsea High School
    10510 Highway 11 Chelsea, AL 35043 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Chilton-Clanton Center
    1850 Lay Dam Road Clanton, AL 35045 United States

    Type: Approved Branch >=50% Status: Open

  • Cornerstone High School Dual Enrollment Site
    959 Huffman Road Birmingham, AL 35215 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Excelsior Homeschool Cooperative
    3001 Pump House Road Birmingham, AL 35243 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Fairfield Preparatory Dual Enrollment Center
    610 Valley Road Fairfield, AL 35064 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Fultondale High School
    1450 Carson Road North Birmingham, AL 35217 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Gardendale High School Dual Enrollment Center
    800 Main Street Gardendale, AL 35071 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Garrison Steel Fabricators and Erectors, Inc.
    1146 Industrial Park Drive Pell City, AL 35125 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Helena High School
    1310 Hillsboro Parkway Helena, AL 35080 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Hewitt-Trussville High School Dual Enrollment Center
    6450 Husky Parkway Trussville, AL 35173 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Homewood High School
    1901 Lakeshore Dr. S. Homewood, AL 35209 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Hoover High School Dual Enrollment Center
    100 Buccaneer Drive Hoover, AL 35244 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Huffman High School
    950 Springville Road Birmingham, AL 35215 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • John Pope Eden Career Technical Center
    45 County Road 33 Ashville, AL 35953 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • LeCroy Career Technology Center
    2829 4th Avenue North Clanton, AL 35045 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Leeds High School
    1500 Greenwave Drive Leeds, AL 35094 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • McAdory High School Dual Enrollment Center
    4800 McAdory School Road McCalla, AL 35111 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Minor High School
    2285 Minor Parkway Adamsville, AL 35005 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Moody High School
    714 High School Drive Moody, AL 35004 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Mountain Brook High School
    3650 Bethune Drive Mountain Brook, AL 35223 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Oak Mountain High School
    5476 Caldwell Mill Road Birmingham, AL 35242 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Pell City High School
    1300 Cogswell Avenue Pell City, AL 35125 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Pinson Valley Dual Enrollment Center
    Pinson Valley High School 6895 Highway 75 Pinson, AL 35126 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Ragland High School
    1060 Main Street Ragland, AL 35131 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Riverchase Career Connection Center
    853 Willow Oak Drive Hoover, AL 35244 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Saint Clair-Pell City Center
    500 College Circle Pell City, AL 35125-5002 United States

    Type: Approved Branch >=50% Status: Open

  • Shades Valley High School
    6100 Old Leeds Road Irondale, AL, 35210

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Shelby County Dual Enrollment Center
    701 AL-70 Columbiana, AL 35051 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Shelby-Hoover Campus
    4600 Valleydale Road Birmingham, AL 35242 United States

    Type: Approved Branch >=50% Status: Open

  • Thompson High School Dual Enrollment Center
    1921 Warrior Parkway Alabaster, AL 35007 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Vestavia Hills Dual Enrollment Center
    2235 Lime Rock Road Vestavia Hills, AL 35216 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Vincent Middle High School
    42505 Highway 25 Vincent, AL 35178 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Woodlawn High School
    5620 1st Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35212 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% 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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