Pierpont Community and Technical College

{{Short description|Public college in Fairmont, West Virginia, US}}

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|image_name = Pierpont P black w box.jpg

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|name = Pierpont Community & Technical College

|established = {{start date and age|1974}}

|accreditation = Higher Learning Commission

|type = Public community college

|parent = West Virginia Community and Technical College System

|president = Milan Hayward

|provost= Michael Waide

|endowment=

|administrative_staff = 259

|city = Fairmont

|state = West Virginia

|country = United States

|students = 2.780{{cite web

| title = Quick Facts

| publisher = Pierpont Community & Technical College

| url = http://pierpont.edu/about/history-quick-facts

| accessdate = November 11, 2015

| archive-date = January 6, 2019

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190106230643/https://www.pierpont.edu/about/history

| url-status = dead

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|campus= Urban, {{Convert|120|acre|ha}}

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|mascot = Montgomery the Lion

|colors = Black and Gold {{color box|#1d252c}} {{color box|#c6b784}}

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|website= {{URL|http://www.pierpont.edu}}

|logo= Pierpont_C&TC_secondary_logo.png

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Pierpont Community & Technical College (Pierpont) is a public community college in Fairmont, West Virginia. Founded in 1974, it has the second largest enrollment of the community and technical colleges that make up the West Virginia Community and Technical College System.{{cite web |url=http://www.wvctcs.org/downloads/ReportCard/CTCS_Report_Card_2005.pdf |title=Higher Education Report Card 2005 |publisher=West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728045611/http://wvctcs.org/downloads/ReportCard/CTCS_Report_Card_2005.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-28 }} The college serves 13 counties in North Central West Virginia (Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Randolph, Taylor and Upshur) with classes offered at more than 15 locations throughout the region.{{cite web |url=http://www.pierpont.edu/academics/CTC_OffCampusPrograms/default.asp |title=Off-Campus Programs @ Pierpont |publisher=Pierpont Community & Technical College |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103055421/http://www.pierpont.edu/academics/CTC_OffCampusPrograms/default.asp |archivedate=2012-01-03 }} Its headquarters is located in Fairmont, West Virginia. The student/faculty ratio is 17:1.

Pierpont is part of the state's growing high technology corridor with a metro area of about 50,000 residents.{{cite web |url= http://www.wolframalpha.com/entities/metropolitan_areas/fairmont_(wv)_metro_area/yk/c7/he/ |title= Fairmont, WV Metro Area |publisher= WolframAlpha }}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} With an enrollment of more than 3,000, Pierpont offers more than 40 associate degree programs, skill sets and one-year certificates. It specializes in preparing students in two years or less for practical hands-on careers and provides non-credit enrichment courses for individuals and customized workplace trainings for local employers.