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H Councill Trenholm State Community College

Montgomery, Alabama · Founded 1963

Public · Two-year · ~1,900 students

www.trenholmstate.edu · official site

Founding

The Alabama State Legislature authorized H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College in May 1963, and classes began in August 1966 with the City of Montgomery and the Montgomery County Board of Revenue contributing to construction. The college is named for Harper Councill Trenholm, a former president of Alabama State University, and became H. Councill Trenholm State Community College in May 2015.

Source: Our History, Mission and Vision, H. Councill Trenholm State Community College, read 2026-09-14.

What the school says about itself

Notable Alumni, as the school lists them
  • Dr. Brenda Johnson, Class of 1980
  • Dr. Victoria D. Perry, Class of 1982
  • Brian Adams, Class of 2006
  • Michael Bainter, Class of 2012
From Notable Alumni, Trenholm State Community College, read 2026-09-17. Names as the page lists them.

On the official record

Campus address
1225 Air Base Blvd, Montgomery, AL 36108-3199
Control
Public
Students
~1,900 students
Directory id
102313
OPE id
00573400
Student aid
Takes part in Title IV student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
Location
1225 Air Base Blvd, Montgomery, AL. See it on the Ledger map.
Where this location comes fromCampus location from IPEDS 2024-25This campus location comes from the federal IPEDS 2024-25 record, used as published, so the pin on the map is the campus.IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 collection, file dated 2025-09-21, retrieved 2026-09-14: coordinate 32.350109, -86.343057 as published. The Census Bureau geocoder also matched this address exactly on 2026-09-14.

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Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 provisional data collection. Unit id 102313. https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/HD2024.zip. File dated 2025-09-21.
  2. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education. Higher Education Programs Eligibility Matrix, sheet 'HBCU', dated 2026-06-08. https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fy-2026-higher-education-programs-eligibility-matrix-june-8-2026-114185.xlsx.
  3. Our History, Mission and Vision, H. Councill Trenholm State Community College. https://www.trenholmstate.edu/about-tscc/our-story/our-history-mission-vision/. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. Students: 1,907 total, Fall 2023 (1,907 undergraduate, 0 graduate). IPEDS Fall Enrollment 2023, derived variables (DRVEF2023). https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/DRVEF2023.zip. File dated 2024-09-30, read 2026-09-17.
  5. Notable Alumni, Trenholm State Community College. https://www.trenholmstate.edu/notable-alumni/. Read 2026-09-17.
  6. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, batch address service, benchmark Public_AR_Current. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/.

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