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Bryan College
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Bryan College is a small, regionally accredited Christian liberal arts college located in Dayton, TN. With both on-campus and online programs, more than 50 areas of study are offered for Associate’s, Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate degrees, as well as professional certificates.
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Offering six undergraduate degrees, the Vogel School of Engineering at Bryan College is is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the General Criteria.
Students and graduates are a pipeline of talent for industry in Rhea County and surrounding areas.
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Chattanooga State Community College
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Start Here, Go Anywhere: No matter where you are on your career path, whether you’re just graduating from high school, going back to college after a break, or working full-time trying to make ends meet, there’s a place for you at Chattanooga State Community College. As one of the top community colleges in Tennessee, we’re intensely focused on helping you achieve your educational goals with affordable two-year-degree programs that meet the demands of an ever-changing world.
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TCAT-Dayton
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Opened in May 2026, Rhea County’s first standalone TCAT now offers stackable credentials in welding, automation, robotics, EMT, computer support tech and electrical fields.
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One of the newest schools at Bryan College, Clara Ward School of Nursing is preparing tomorrow’s healthcare leaders via a bachelor’s of nursing degree.
Rhea County and surrounding healthcare providers will find a pipeline of well-prepared talent to staff today’s growing care and clinic needs.
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Curious about surrounding technical education opportunities in Rhea County?
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Maybe most famous for its outstanding athletic tradition, UTK is also in a league of its own when it comes to America's public schools.
(And it's only 70 miles from downtown Spring City, TN)
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One of the Southeast's best schools, located in one of its greatest mid-sized cities, the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga is a short, 35-mile drive from downtown Dayton and produces an outsized breadth of talent.
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Located only 30 miles from downtown Dayton, this leader in higher education is consistently ranked in the "Top Tier" of the Best Regional Universities in the South by U.S. News & World Report.
Lee is also ranked by Princeton Review's "Best Colleges," and is one of the 141 colleges named Best in the Southeast.
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Tennessee Tech produces practical, ready-to-work graduates from a broad range of academic disciplines prepared to compete in a technologically driven world.
With an enrollment of around 10,000 students, Tech offers degrees from eight academic schools and colleges: Agriculture and Human Ecology, Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Nursing.