College History

Three Rivers College was founded April 5, 1966, when citizens of the Southeast Missouri counties of Butler, Carter, Ripley, and Wayne voted into existence the College District. The College opened storefront facilities in downtown Poplar Bluff, Missouri, with 138 students in the summer of 1967. Today, Three Rivers enrolls thousands of students at locations throughout Southeast Missouri, including an 80-acre campus and workforce training lab in Poplar Bluff; full-service locations in Dexter, Kennett, and Sikeston; and other locations. Programs include college transfer, career-technical, transitional, continuing education, and workforce training.