United Tribes Technical College

Quick Facts

Address: 3315 University Drive, Bismarck, ND 58504
Website: https://www.uttc.edu/
Founded: 1969
Students: 462 (2017)

About

United Tribes Technical College is a 230-acre campus on the traditional territory of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara. Based out of Bismarck, this tribal college has operated for more than fifty years. It is also the first tribal college to offer onlight degree programs. The more than ten thousand students who have come through UTTC represent over 75 tribal nations. It was founded in 1969 under the original name, United Tribes Employment Training Center.

This Land Grant Institution gained regional accredition beginning in 1982, and is operated by the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold, the Spirit Lake Tribe, the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. UTTC also houses the Intertribal Research & Resource Center, which offers reserach, outreach, training, and education to Northern Plains tribes in the areas of sustainability of food, energy, water resources, enewable energy, health impacts of environmental toxins, development of biomaterials from agricultural products, sustainable agriculture, genetics, geology, and wildlife ecology and STEM education.

Students at United Tribes Technical College can earn bachelor’s and associate degrees, and enroll in certificate programs. Bachelor’s degrees include Business Administration, Criminal Justice, Elementary Education, and Environmental Science and Research. Associate degrees include Automotive Technology, Business Administration, Business Management, Computer Information Technology, Criminal Justice, Culinary Arts and Nutrition, Elementary Education, Environmental Science and Research, General Studies, Graphic Design, Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Human and Social Services, Practical Nursing, and Pre-Engineering. Certificate programs include Culinary Arts and Nutrition, Heavy Equipment Operations (HEO), Medical Billing and Coding, and Welding Technology.