# Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College

> community college in Cumberland, Kentucky, U.S.

**Wikidata**: [Q7569355](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7569355)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Kentucky_Community_and_Technical_College)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/southeast-kentucky-community-and-technical-college

## Summary
Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College is a public community college located in Cumberland, Kentucky, and is part of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). Founded in 1960, it serves as a two-year associate-degree and career/technical institution with a semester academic calendar.

## Key Facts
- Founded/inception: 1960.
- Location: 700 College Rd, Cumberland, KY 40823; coordinates 36.966° N, -82.998° W.
- Parent organization: Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS).
- Student count: 2,505 students (point in time: September 2020).
- Employees: 274 staff members (point in time: September 2020).
- Academic calendar: semester system.
- Carnegie classifications: associate's colleges (high career & technical; high nontraditional), exclusively undergraduate two-year, and two-year (medium); mixed part/full-time.
- Membership: American Association of Community Colleges.
- Website: http://www.southeast.kctcs.edu.
- Identifiers: ISNI 000000040534040X; ROR 04t4ty441; GRID grid.469176.b; Freebase /m/0bv3p9; Ringgold ID 32526; IPEDS ID 157739.

## FAQs
### Q: What is Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College?
A: It is a public community and technical college in Cumberland, Kentucky, providing two-year associate-degree and career/technical education. It operates on a semester calendar and is part of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.

### Q: Where is the college located and how can I contact it?
A: The main address is 700 College Rd, Cumberland, KY 40823. The college website is http://www.southeast.kctcs.edu for contact details and institutional information.

### Q: How many students and employees does the college have?
A: As of September 2020, the college reported 2,505 students and 274 employees (point in time: 2020-09).

### Q: What institutional classifications apply to the college?
A: Carnegie classifications list it as an associate's college with strong career and technical programs, exclusively undergraduate two-year, and two-year (medium), among related categorizations.

## Why It Matters
Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College serves as a regional access point for postsecondary education and workforce training in southeastern Kentucky. As a member of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System and the American Association of Community Colleges, the college focuses on two-year associate degrees and career/technical programs that support local workforce needs. Its Carnegie classifications emphasize a high concentration of career and technical education, which positions the college to address regional employment and vocational skill gaps. With over 2,500 students and several hundred employees (data from September 2020), the institution contributes to local economic and educational development by offering affordable, accessible higher education and technical training. The college’s public status and multiple institutional identifiers (ISNI, ROR, GRID, Ringgold, IPEDS) reflect its recognition in national and international education data systems, supporting partnerships, reporting, and resource allocation.

## Notable For
- Being part of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, which coordinates public two-year education across Kentucky.
- Carnegie classification emphasizing high career and technical education focus among associate's colleges.
- Serving roughly 2,505 students (as of 2020) from its campus in Cumberland, Kentucky.
- Maintaining multiple formal institutional identifiers (ISNI, ROR, GRID, Ringgold, IPEDS), enabling inclusion in academic and administrative data systems.
- Operating on a semester academic calendar common to U.S. higher education institutions.

## Body

### Overview
- Institutional type: Public community and technical college; instance_of recorded as a public educational institution of the United States.
- Primary mission (implied by classification): Two-year associate and career/technical education.

### Location & Contact
- Street address: 700 College Rd, Cumberland, KY, 40823.
- Postal code: 40823.
- Coordinates: Latitude 36.966, Longitude -82.998.
- Website: http://www.southeast.kctcs.edu.
- Facebook: Southeast.Kentucky.
- Twitter handle: KctcsSoutheast (account noted with activity qualifiers; start_time recorded as 2011-09-21 with a snapshot point_in_time 2020-04-26).

### Numbers & Workforce
- Students: 2,505 (point in time: 2020-09).
- Employees: 274 (point in time: 2020-09).

### Governance & Affiliations
- Parent organization: Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS).
- Membership: American Association of Community Colleges (AACC).
- Part of public higher education network in Kentucky.

### Academic Structure & Classification
- Academic calendar: semester.
- Carnegie classifications (multiple entries):
  - Associate's colleges: high career & technical — high nontraditional.
  - Exclusively undergraduate two-year.
  - Two-year, medium.
  - Associate's colleges: high career & technical.
  - Two-year, mixed part/full-time.

### History & Establishment
- Inception year: 1960.

### Identifiers & Data Registry Entries
- ISNI: 000000040534040X.
- ROR ID: 04t4ty441.
- GRID ID: grid.469176.b.
- Freebase ID: /m/0bv3p9.
- Ringgold ID: 32526.
- Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) ID: 157739.
- Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2800300536 (noted in records).

### Online & Public Presence
- Official website listed in institutional records: http://www.southeast.kctcs.edu.
- Social media handles recorded for institutional outreach: Facebook (Southeast.Kentucky) and Twitter (KctcsSoutheast, with recorded start in 2011).

### Wikipedia & Language Presence
- Wikipedia title: Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College.
- Wikipedia languages recorded: English and Urdu.
- Sitelink count in records: 2.

## References

1. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
2. GRID Release 2017-01-10
3. [Source](https://web.archive.org/web/20170827025445/http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Pages/CCFinderStateResults.aspx?state=KY)
4. ROR release v1.19
5. Freebase Data Dumps
6. [Source](http://www.southeast.kctcs.edu)
7. GRID Release 2016-09-30
8. GRID Release 2016-12-06
9. Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
10. Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions
11. Microsoft Academic Knowledge Graph
12. National Center for Education Statistics