Okefenokee Technical College is a two-year postsecondary institution

Higher education

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 with two campuses in the rural towns of Waycross

Waycross, Georgia

Waycross is the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Ware County in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 14,725 at the 2010 Census. A small portion of the city extends into Pierce County. According the U.S...

 and Alma

Alma, Georgia

Alma is a city in Bacon County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,236 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Bacon County...

 in southeastern Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

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. The school offers associate's degree

Associate's degree

An associate degree is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by community colleges, junior colleges, technical colleges, and bachelor's degree-granting colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study usually lasting two years...

, certificate or diploma programs in the areas of allied health, business and computer, personal services, and technical and industrial technology.

The school began in 1962 when a bond referendum was approved for construction of the Waycross-Ware County Area Vocational Technical School. The school opened the Waycross campus in 1965. The second campus in Alma, Georgia, was opened in September 1998. Current combined enrollment exceeds 2,000 students.

The school is a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia

Technical College System of Georgia

The Technical College System of Georgia , formerly known as the Department of Technical and Adult Education , is the body which supervises the U.S...

, which includes 28 technical college

Institute of technology

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s and 31 satellite campuses. The school is accredited by the Council on Occupational Education

Council on Occupational Education

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and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.