Turtle Mountain Community College

Located three miles north of Belcourt and nearly eight miles south of the Canadian border, Turtle Mountain Community College sits within the boundaries of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indian Reservation. The college was founded in 1972 and is an autonomous Tribal College. Its mission brings the culture, language, and social heritage of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa into the curriculum. TMC also helped establish the American Indian Higher Education Consortium as one of its six founding members.

Academic options include associate, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees, along with career and technical education and certificate programs. Students can study cybersecurity and data privacy, cyber defense, cyber law and policy, medical laboratory technology, accounting, public health, elementary education, secondary English, and secondary science education. Other programs focus on Ogimaawiwin leadership and management, Ojibwe language, culture and history, and general studies. The college offers four-year degrees in Elementary Education and Secondary Science Teacher Education.

The main college site provides views across the reservation and is close to the International Peace Gardens. TMC operates the Anishinabe Campus and South Campus, with resources including a library and the Anishinabe Learning, Cultural, and Wellness Center. Although the college has primarily served the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, it is open to anyone seeking higher education. International applicants should review the admission requirements, complete the undergraduate application, and send required documents to the Admissions Office in Belcourt.