If you’re thinking of buying a home in Colquitt County or Moultrie, and you’re considering further education in order to improve your career prospects or for the joys of education then you’re looking in the right city.
Moultrie is home to Moultrie Technical College a well-respected academic institution that offers students a wide range of choices suited to their learning and career development needs.
About Moultrie Technical College
The college was originally founded in 1964 as Moultrie Area Vocational-Technical School at a cost of only $325,000! The college began with only 9 staff and 40 students; offering 5 choices of study – automotive mechanics, machine shop, electronics, drafting design and electronics and diesel mechanics. A year late 4 more programs were added and enrollment had jumped to 100 students. And by the late 60’s many more courses were available and there were nearly 300 students attending the college.
There were various expansions in the 1970’s and 1990’s and in 1998 Moultrie Tech had opened the Tiftarea Technical Centre in Tifton. This campus offered 40,000 square feet dedicating to learning in the community it serves.
The college officially became Moultrie Technical College in the year 2,000 and broke ground on a new 110,000 square feet campus which would be based in Veteran’s Parkway, Moultrie. At the same time the college began offering associate degrees.
The campus was renovated in 2005 and added new buildings as well, in 2009 and 2010 the college grew larger still. Today the Moultrie Technical College is home to 140 full-time staff (and 100 more part-time workers) and reaches out to 11,000 students a year.
Moultrie can claim a 95-100% placement rate for its medical and nursing qualifications, and 100% pass rates in 4 of those subjects for state certification –it’s also one of the top 5 programs in the country for Surgical Technology.
Offering students practical advice and guidance and a choice of dozens of programs that result in professional qualifications, diplomas and degrees Moultrie Technical College has progressed from humble beginnings over half a century to become an institution that Moultrie can be rightly proud of.
When you make your move to Colquitt County or to Moultrie, you can be absolutely certain that your educational opportunities will be greater than ever before. You’ll have the chance to study at one of the most dynamic learning institutions in the state and join 11,000 others every year making the same choice.