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Southwest Tennessee Community College

As of October 3, 2026

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. Tracy D. Hall
Address
737 Union Avenue Memphis, TN 38103
Country
United States
Institutional Phone
(901) 333-5000
Approved to Offer
Associate's Degree

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Accreditation Information

Status
Accredited
Public Sanctions
None
Accreditation Granted
January 1, 2000
Reaffirmation
2025
Distance Education Approval Date
December 5, 2003
Next Reaffirmation
2035
Next Fifth-Year Review
2030
Degree Level
I i See Approved to Offer above for the complete list.
Control
Public
Full Accreditation History

Accreditation History

06/22/2000 – State Technical Institute at Memphis, Memphis, TN (accredited by SACSCOC in 1969), merged with Shelby State Community College, Memphis, TN (accredited by SACSCOC in 1974), to form Southwest Tennessee Community College, Memphis, TN.

SACSCOC Staff Member

Eurmon Hervey

Email

In-Progress Reviews

  • 2030 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.
  • Arlington High School
    5475 Airline Road Arlington, TN 38002 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Bolton High School
    7323 Brunswick Road Arlington, TN 38002 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Brighton High School
    8045 US - 51 Brighton, TN 38011 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Central High School
    306 S. Bellevue Blvd Memphis, TN 38104 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Compass Community Schools: Midtown
    61 N. McLean Boulevard Memphis, TN 38104 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Cordova High School
    1800 Berryhill Road Cordova, TN 38016 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Covington High School
    803 S. College St. Covington, TN 38019 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Craigmont High School
    3333 Covington Pike Memphis, TN 38128 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Douglass High School
    3200 Mt. Olive Road Memphis, TN 38108 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • East High School
    3206 Poplar Avenue Memphis, TN 38111 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Fayette-Ware Comprehensive High School
    13520 Hwy 59 West Somerville, TN 38068 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Federal Correctional Institute
    1101 John A. Denie Road Memphis, TN 31834 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Federal Corrections Institute Satellite Campus
    SPC Millington 6696 Navy Road Millington, TN 38053 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Germantown High School
    7653 Poplar Pike Germantown, TN 38138 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Hamilton High School
    1363 E. Person Memphis, TN 38106 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Houston High School
    9755 Wolf River Blvd Germantown, TN 38139 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Kingsbury Career Technical Center
    1328 N. Graham Street Memphis, TN 38122 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Kirby High School
    4080 Kirby Parkway Memphis, TN 38115 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Macon Cove Campus
    5983 Macon Cove Memphis, TN 38134 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Manassas High School
    1111 N. Manassas Street Memphis, TN 38107 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Mark Luttrell Transition Center
    6000 State Road Memphis, TN 38134 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Maxine A. Smith Center
    8800 Shelby Drive Memphis, TN 38125 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Melrose High School
    2870 Deadrick Avenue Memphis, TN 38114 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Memphis Business Academy Middle and High School
    3306 Overton Crossing St. Memphis, TN 38127 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Middle College High School
    750 E. Parkway S. Memphis, TN 38104 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Millington Central High School
    8050 West Street Millington, TN 38053 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Munford High School
    1080 McLaughlin Dr. Munford, TN 38058 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Oakhaven High School
    3125 Ladbrook Road Memphis, TN 38118 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Overton High School
    1770 Lanier Lane Memphis, TN 38117 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Power Center Academy High School
    5390 Mendenhall Memphis, TN 38115 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Ridgeway High School
    2009 Ridgeway Road Memphis, TN 38119 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Southwind High School
    7900 E. Shelby Drive Memphis, TN 38125 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • STCC - Union Avenue Campus
    737 Union Avenue Memphis, TN 38103 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • STCC - Whitehaven Center
    1234 Finley Road Memphis, TN 38116 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Westwood High School
    4480 Westmont Road Memphis, TN 38109 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • White Station High School
    514 S. Perkins Road Memphis, TN 38117 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Whitehaven High School
    4851 Elvis Presley Boulevard Memphis, TN 38116 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Woodale High School
    5151 Scottsdale Avenue Memphis, TN 38118 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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