Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) is one of 30 community colleges and 64 campuses in the State University of New York system. TC3 is located in Dryden in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, near Ithaca, a naturally beautiful area with rich resources and an educational focus with 4 colleges and universities in a 20-mile radius. The college serves more than three thousand students in credit programs and another three thousand in non-credit workshops and customized training.

The college offers 54 academic programs in business, computers, health, communications, liberal arts, criminal justice, and human services. Specific degree programs include broadcast production, computer forensics, aviation science, engineering science, new media, sport management, and several liberal arts programs, including education and general studies.

The college attracts a diverse student body from most counties in New York State, several other U.S. states, and nearly 70 countries. The learning environment is enriched by students of all ages and backgrounds. About half of the college's graduates transfer as juniors to bachelor's degree programs at a wide variety of colleges and universities around the world, including Cornell University and Ithaca College.

TC3 students study both full-time and part-time, and the college is a leader in online education. The college operates extension centers in Ithaca and Cortland.

TC3 is extensively involved in our community. The college provides contract training for most major employers and provides an array of non-credit workshops designed to build skills relating to computers, leadership and supervision, personal growth, and many other areas.

As a learning-centered college, TC3 is strongly committed to building on strengths to achieve student success.

TC3 is accredited by the Board of Regents of the State of New York, and by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and awards associate degrees in career oriented and liberal arts/sciences programs of study.