Mission
and Vision

Statement of Mission

Dyersburg State Community College (DSCC) is an open-access higher education institution that seeks to provide high quality educational opportunities through its excellent technical and transfer degree programs, certificates, and workforce development initiatives. The College provides leadership in public service and collaborations with education, business, and industry partners to promote success and innovation to improve society at large through education. DSCC focuses on innovative approaches to student success and academic excellence. The College is strongly committed to the development of economic and community partnerships and civic and cultural opportunities.

The College focuses on executing this mission through the following core values:

• Opportunity: We aspire to be the College of Choice for area dual enrollment, traditional, and adult students, regardless of technical or transfer pathway.
• Student Success and Exceptional Student Service: We are invested in ensuring that our students have the best opportunity for academic, career, and personal success through which they can achieve their full potential and life goals.  Students are why we exist.
• Academic Excellence and Innovation: We subscribe to the tenets of academic rigor and development of instructional modalities that promote student success and instructional and academic creativity.
• Integrity: We believe in building trust with students, staff, and the community through responsible actions and honest relationships.  We stand for honesty and truth.
• Unity and Compassion: We strive to work together as a team with our employees, students, and community partners because we realize we are all stronger together.
• Impactful Communication: We endeavor to communicate with external and internal constituencies in a clear, concise, and timely manner to tell the story of the College, its students, and the DSCC community in a manner that values the contributions of all who are engaged and encourages all members to share openly and honestly.

Institutional Mission Profile

Dyersburg State Community College (DSCC) is a comprehensive two-year institution serving nine rural counties in northwest Tennessee, including Crockett, Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Henry, Haywood, Weakley, and Tipton. The College provides educational opportunities through its home campus in Dyersburg, the Jimmy Naifeh Center at Tipton County in Covington, the DSCC Henry County Center at E.W. Grove in Paris, and the TCAT Jackson-Stanton Extension Campus.

DSCC was recognized as the 2025 College of the Year at the annual TBR SOAR Awards, demonstrating a sustained commitment to student success and workforce development. Dyersburg State’s Fall 2025 enrollment totaled 3,135 students, reflecting its focus on accessibility, with 28% adult learners and 42% considered low-income. Through strong partnerships with local high schools, DSCC served 982 dual-enrollment and middle college students in Fall 2025.

The Middle College program provides a pathway for students to achieve secondary and postsecondary goals simultaneously. Additionally, in 2024-2025, the College provided 16,599 hours of workforce training. Dyersburg State offers 13 associate degrees and 24 certificate programs, including the College’s notable Nursing, Paramedic, and Business programs.

DSCC expanded its successful Nursing program to the DSCC Henry County Center at E.W. Grove in May 2026. The new Associate of Applied Science Degree in Culinary Arts and Technical Certificate in eSports, made possible by a GIVE 3.0 grant, are offered on the main campus and in area high schools.

During the 2024-2025 academic year, 685 awards were conferred to graduates, including 149 Associate of Applied Science degrees, 228 technical certificates, and 308 associate degrees designed to transfer to a university.

DSCC is proud to be the first community college in Tennessee to offer a program for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Since its inception, the Eagle Access program has graduated 11 exceptional students and will expand its impact to a second location at the Jimmy Naifeh Center at Tipton County in Fall 2026.

Dyersburg State also offers the Associate of Science transfer degree with an emphasis in Business Administration to incarcerated students at the Northwest Correctional Complex and West Tennessee State Penitentiary. The College offers a growing study abroad program, honors program, eleven athletic teams, and an active Student Government Association.