Type Public President Dr. Wesley Payne Campus Rural Total enrollment 4,652 (2012) Founded 1966 | Established 1966 Undergraduates 4,200 Phone +1 573-840-9605 Mascot Rocky Raider Colors Black, Gold | |
Location Poplar Bluff, Missouri, USA Address 2080 Three Rivers Blvd, Poplar Bluff, MO 63901, USA Undergraduate tuition and fees Local tuition: 3,348 USD (2015), Domestic tuition: 6,048 USD (2015) Notable alumni Doug Libla, Latrell Sprewell, Gary Romine, Brantley Atchley, Billy Pat Wright Similar Mineral Area College, Southeast Missouri State Uni, State Fair Community College, Jefferson College, Moberly Area Communi Profiles | ||
Three Rivers Community College is a community college in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, USA.
Three Rivers was founded in 1967 when voters in the counties of Butler, Carter, Ripley and Wayne approved the taxing district of Butler, Carter, Ripley, and Wayne counties.
Three Rivers is governed by a Board of Trustees elected by the people in the college taxing district. The college has an 80-acre (32.4 ha) campus in Poplar Bluff, Missouri with centers in Dexter, Kennett, Malden, Portageville, and Sikeston. Three Rivers also participates in the Cape Girardeau Partnership for Higher Education (CGPHE). The school is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.[1]
Athletics
Three Rivers competes as member of the NJCAA in the Midwest Community College Athletic Conference.
Its most famous athletic alumnus is Latrell Sprewell, who played basketball for Three Rivers before playing Division I basketball at Alabama.
Gene Bess, the men's basketball coach, has the most wins of any junior college basketball coach.