Leech Lake Tribal College

Quick Facts

Address: 6945 Little Wolf Road, Cass Lake, MN 56633
Website: https://lltc.edu/
Founded: 1990
Students: 181 (2017)

About

In July 1990, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe passed a Tribal Resolution to establish Leech Lake Tribal College on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota. Early courses were taught in conjunction with the University of Minnesota at Duluth, Bemidji State University, Itasca and Brainerd Community Colleges. By 1993, the College had graduated its first student, and one year later the school became a Land Grant Institution. LLTC gained accredation on September 26, 2006. Throughout its development, the college has always been grounded in Anishinaabe culture, values, and language.

Leech Lake Tribal College received the honor of being named the best community college in the country by Wallet Hub in 2017. It was also in the top ten community colleges as ranked by Washington Monthly in 2010. Today, student enrollment hovers around 200 students each term, and these students succeed with support of approximately 50 staff and faculty. Ninety-five percent of the students come from a Native American background, most of whom come from Leech Lake Reservation.

Current students can enroll in Associates degree programs in the areas of Business Management, Early Childhood Education, Earth Systems Science, Forest Ecology, Indigenous Leadership, Integrated Residential Builder, Law Enforcement, Liberal Education, and Liberal Education STEM Emphasis.