Southwest State
Community College
is the comprehensive, multicultural, public, open-access college whose mission is to anticipate and respond to the educational needs of students, employers, and communities in Shelby and Fayette counties and the surrounding Mid-South region. The Memphis-based college provides citizens with an effective teaching and learning environment designed to raise educational levels, enhance economic development, and enrich personal lives. With student success as our number one priority, Southwest, Tennessee’s largest community college, welcomes a diverse student population with a wide variety of backgrounds, abilities, interests, levels of education and economic circumstances.