From the undergraduate to the postgraduate level, Texas Chiropractic College prides itself in training chiropractors to become the best practitioners in the field!

For general information regarding our college, contact the Admissions office at:

Texas Chiropractic College
5912 Spencer Highway
Pasadena, Texas 77505-1170

Phone: 281 487-1170
Toll-free: 800 468-6839
Fax: 281 991-4871

www.txchiro.edu

Founded in 1908, Texas Chiropractic College is a private, nonprofit institution of higher education located in Pasadena, Texas. Since 1990, it has grown in national stature under the leadership of Dr. Shelby M. Elliott, president. Securing a strong leadership position for the future of the college, as well, Dr. Richard G. Brassard was named president-elect of TCC on January 1, 2002. He will serve on a part-time basis, assuming the presidency when Dr. Elliott becomes president emeritus in two years.

Texas Chiropractic College is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the Council on Chiropractic Education, which is approved by the U.S. Department of Education, and the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The Texas Education Agency has approved Texas Chiropractic College for veterans training.

TCC is coeducational and admits students from foreign countries as well as the United States. It is the third oldest chiropractic college in the nation with graduates currently practicing in at least 46 states and 10 countries. The college welcomes men and women who demonstrate the maturity needed to acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes expected of portal of entry health care providers.

Texas Chiropractic College has been regarded as a pioneer in chiropractic education. TCC was the first chiropractic college in the world to offer a hospital rotations program, and it is still one of the very few chiropractic colleges worldwide offering a hospital rotations program to chiropractic students. TCC interns have been rotating through major hospitals in the Texas Medical Center - the largest medical center in the world - since 1986. They participate in rotations in the fields of orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, anesthesiology, family medicine, industrial and aerospace medicine, osteopathy, sports medicine, spine research, physical medicine and rehabilitation, rheumatology, and psychiatry, with more fields being added each year.

Occupying an 18-acre campus, the college's physical plant houses classrooms, laboratories and library facilities, faculty and administrative offices, educational and student support services and a new, 18,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art health center for internship training and public use. The facility, named the Moody Health Center after Robert L. Moody of the Moody Foundation in Galveston, TX, is the only total health care facility in Pasadena. It offers services in chiropractic care, family medicine, internal medicine, acupuncture, dermatology and cardiology.

TCC presents a comprehensive course of professional instruction in the basic and clinical sciences and in chiropractic clinical practice leading to the degree of Doctor of Chiropractic. This prepares the graduate as a portal of entry health care practitioner who functions effectively as a member of the health care team. The college includes undergraduate professional preparation, as well, through its Bachelor of Science in Human Biology degree, which provides the foundation for advanced degree study and research.

Attracting the brightest and best-qualified students has always been a priority for the college. Its recent trimester one classes have had a cumulative grade point average of over 3.0. And, beginning with the Spring 2002 trimester, accelerated science courses are being offered to students pursuing allied health careers, providing a convenient segue into the study of chiropractic medicine.

Texas Chiropractic College is committed to carrying out its mission, not only in the areas of undergraduate chiropractic education, but also in addressing issues of the profession by offering courses in postgraduate and continuing education. Research is also an integral part of TCC's educational processes. Additionally, the college promotes health education and community service by providing quality health care services through public clinical programs.