Established
1965

Chancellor
Dr. Wright Lassiter

Tuition
$39 per credit hour for Dallas County residents

Number of locations: 7 colleges and additional locations
Brookhaven College
Cedar Valley College
Eastfield College
El Centro College
Mountain View College
North Lake College
Richland College
Dallas TeleCollege 

Students (Fall 2007)
Credit: more than 64,000
Continuing education: more than 21,000

Employees (Fall 2007)
Approximately 6,900 full- and part-time faculty, staff and administrators

Total Operating Budget (fiscal year 2007-2008)
$390 million, including student financial aid 

Accreditation
Each of the seven DCCCD colleges — Brookhaven, Cedar Valley, Eastfield, El Centro, Mountain View, North Lake and Richland — is individually accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the associate degree. The official statement of accreditation for each college is published in that college’s individual catalog. In addition to regional accreditation, numerous instructional programs of the colleges have earned accreditation from national and state agencies, industry councils and/or professional associations.

Involvement
Member of the League for Innovation in the Community College, the American Association of Community Colleges, the Association of Community College Trustees, the Texas Association of Community Colleges and others