About Pierpont Community and Technical College

Pierpont Community and Technical College (Pierpont) is a public community school in Fairmont, West Virginia. Founded in 1974, it has the second largest enrollment of the 10 Community and Technical Colleges that make taking place the West Virginia Community and Technical College System. The college serves 13 counties in North Central West Virginia (Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Randolph, Taylor and Upshur) with classes offered at higher than 15 locations throughout the region. Its headquarters is located in Fairmont, West Virginia. The student/faculty ratio is 17:1.

Pierpont is allocation of the state’s growing high technology corridor bearing in mind a metro area of roughly 50,000 residents. With an enrollment of higher than 3,000, Pierpont offers greater than 40 connect degree programs, skill sets and one-year certificates. It specializes in preparing students in two years or less for practical hands-on careers and provides non-credit enrichment courses for individuals and customized workplace trainings for local employers.

Fairmont is a city in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 18,704 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Marion County.