Elizabethtown Community and Technical College


Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a community college in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. It is one of 16 two-year, open-admissions colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. It was formed by the consolidation of Elizabethtown Community College and Elizabethtown Technical College in 2004. ECTC is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
In 1997, the Kentucky General Assembly passed the Postsecondary Education Improvement Act of 1997, separating Kentucky's community colleges from the University of Kentucky's Community College System and uniting them under a new entity, the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. This separation left ECC to operate for nearly a year and a half without formal accreditation, as the community colleges had previously received accreditation through their connection with the University of Kentucky. Once KCTCS was established, this oversight was corrected.
The Elizabethtown Japanese School, a weekend Japanese program, holds its classes at the college.

Campus

ECTC has four campuses to accommodate the surrounding community. The main campus is located in Elizabethtown off the 31-W bypass. In addition there is a Fort Knox campus, a Springfield campus, and a Leitchfield campus. The technical college also offers seven off-campus locations where students of Hardin, and 11 surrounding counties can attend instructional classes.

Service area

The primary service area of ECTC includes: