| Comanche Nation College | |
| Motto: | Kim |
| Mottoeng: | Come Study With Us |
| Established: | August 8, 2002 |
| Closed: | July 31, 2017 |
| Type: | Native American tribal college and land grant institution |
| President: | Consuelo Lopez, PhD |
| Head: | =1 |
| Undergrad: | over 500 |
| City: | Lawton |
| State: | Oklahoma |
| Country: | United States |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Colors: | royal blue, golden yellow, and red |
| Affiliations: | American Indian Higher Education Consortium |
| Website: | www.cnc.cc.ok.us |
Comanche Nation College was a two-year, open admissions, American Indian tribal college. It was located in Lawton, Oklahoma, the capital of the Comanche Nation. The school was chartered in 2002 by the Comanche Nation Business Committee.[1] Comanche Nation College operated until July 31, 2017.[2]
A Comanche Nation Charter Resolution established CNC as a community college in 2002. CNC was the first Tribal College established in the state of Oklahoma.[3] The college closed in 2017 due to a lack of funding following a loss of accreditation.[4]
The college became a candidate for accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission in 2012.[5] It withdrew from the process in 2016. Unable to gain sufficient funding without accreditation, [6] it closed in 2017.
The Comanche Nation established a Comanche Nation College Council of leaders in higher education. The Comanche Nation is federally recognized as a tribe of Oklahoma. The Comanche Nation has 13,679 enrolled Tribal members, with about 6,000 members living in the Lawton-Fort Sill area of southwest Oklahoma.[3]
The college was a member of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium and American Association of Community Colleges. It was the 36th member of the organization and the first tribal college in Oklahoma.[1] The college partnered with Cameron University in Lawton; students were dual-enrolled and transfers were facilitated for students who wanted to pursue four-year degrees.[7]
The Oklahoma Board of Nursing approved the college's two-year nursing program, making it the first approved tribal nursing program in the state.[8]
The school occupied a former elementary school building.