The College was founded in 1967 and opened in 1968 in Groton, New York. The College moved to its current Dryden, New York campus in 1974. The original campus buildings were designed by the architects Caudill-Rowlett-Scott. Tompkins Cortland Community College is a public two-year college supported by Cortland and Tompkins Counties. The main college campus is located in the Town of Dryden. Extension sites are located in Cortland, New York and Ithaca, New York. Tompkins Cortland Community College is one of 64-member institutions of the State University of New York system.
