Volunteer State Community College is a public two-year community college in Gallatin, Tennessee serving a twelve-county region including the counties of Clay, Davidson, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, and Wilson. The College grants associate degrees and technical certificates of credit and offers non-credit instruction to satisfy personal and professional needs and interests of the community. Established in 1970, the College has a credit enrollment of approximately 7,000 credit students and approximately 2,000 non-credit students in the Fall semester.