CTC listed among top10 military educators

Central Texas College (CTC) was recently listed among the top 10 schools that are significant players in military education according to KMI Media and Military Advanced Education magazine. The magazine recently conducted its first ever review of top colleges and universities for military service members.

More than 100 colleges and universities were selected from applications submitted to the Military Advanced Education website and then rated by an independent panel of judges from the two media entities. The schools were evaluated on the number of military contracts, number of military students served, availability of financial aid and scholarships and other “military-friendly” qualities.

With the main campus in Killeen and 100-plus locations around the world, CTC serves more than 50,000 students on military installations, in embassies and on ships at sea in addition to serving thousands of students via distance education.

CTC locations include 23 military installations in the continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii. The CTC European Campus has operations in nearly 20 countries with more than 45 percent of enrollments from deployed military personnel.

CTC's Pacific Far East Campus has regional offices in Korea , mainland Japan and Okinawa and more than 30 sites providing education opportunities for the military. In addition, the school's Navy College Program Afloat College Education program, offered through CTC's Navy Campus, creates educational activities on board Navy ships throughout the world.

CTC was one of the first colleges to pledge support for the Army's centralized tuition management program, GoArmyEd. The program is a one-stop shop allowing active duty soldiers to manage their college education using tuition assistance benefits. Soldiers can request Army tuition assistance online, anytime, for classroom distance learning and eArmyU online college courses.

Under contract from the Department of Defense, CTC conducts military training in Europe on Fort Hood and Fort Bragg . Instructors teach courses on varied types of vehicle maintenance, small arms operations, leadership, computer skills and other military skills enhancement programs.

Locally, CTC established dedicated classroom facilities at Fort Hood in 1989. And in 2001, the new CTC Fort Hood Administration Building was dedicated on Fort Hood , thus becoming the first college-owned building on a military installation.

Other colleges and universities cited by KMI and Military Advanced Education as top military educators are American Military University, Coastline Community College, Colorado Technical University, Excelsior College, Saint Leo University, Thomas Edison State College, University of Maryland-University College, the University of Oklahoma and Webster University.