Wharton County Junior College

(Redirected from Wharton Pioneers football) Community college in Wharton, Texas, U.S. Not to be confused with Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Wharton County Junior College
Wharton County Junior College Sugar Land campus
Type	Public community college
Established	1946
Accreditation	SACS
President	Betty A. McCrohan
Students	6,099 (Fall 2021)
Location	Wharton, Texas, United States 29°19′29″N 96°05′06″W / 29.324642°N 96.084935°W / 29.324642; -96.084935
Mascot	Pioneers
Website	www.wcjc.edu

Wharton County Junior College (WCJC) is a public community college with its main campus in Wharton, Texas. The college also has campuses in Richmond, Sugar Land, and Bay City.

WCJC offers a range of postsecondary educational programs and services including associate degrees, certificates, and continuing-education courses.

State Representative Phil Stephenson served on the Wharton County Junior College board of trustees from 1997 to 2012, when he was first elected to the legislature from District 85 in Fort Bend, Wharton, and Jackson counties.

As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of WCJC is the following:

all of Wharton County,
the territory within the Kendleton, Lamar, and Needville school districts, and the territory within the incorporated area and extraterritorial jurisdiction of Sugar Land, all in Fort Bend County,
the territory within the Wallis-Orchard Independent School District in Austin County,
the territory within the Columbus, Rice Consolidated, and Weimar school districts in Colorado County,
the territory within the Ganado Independent School District in Jackson County,
the territory within the Bay City, Boling, Matagorda, Palacios, Tidehaven, and Van Vleck school districts in Matagorda County.

References

"Accreditation". Wharton County Junior College. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
"Office of the President". Wharton County Junior College. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
"2021 Texas Public Higher Education Almanac". Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
"Campuses". Wharton County Junior College. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
"Phil Stephenson's Biography". votesmart.org. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
"Wharton County Junior College District Service Area". Texas Education Code. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
The Kendleton district was closed by the Texas Education Agency in 2010 and its territory was annexed by the adjacent Lamar Consolidated district.
Now known as Brazos Independent School District.
A spelling error exists in the code; the name is stated as "Weimer" but the actual name of the district is Weimar Independent School District.

v t e Sugar Land, Texas
Areas	First Colony (parts) Greatwood New Territory Telfair
Primary and secondary schools	Fort Bend ISD Clements HS Dulles HS Kempner HS M.R. Wood Alternative Lamar Consolidated ISD Fort Bend Christian Academy
Other education	University of Houston Sugar Land Wharton County Junior College Sugar Land Campus Fort Bend County Libraries
Landmarks	Constellation Field Sugar Land Town Square First Colony Mall Imperial Sugar Smart Financial Centre Sugar Land Regional Airport Central Prison Unit (closed)
Culture	Sugar Land Space Cowboys
This list is incomplete. Sugar Land was a part of the Sugar Land Independent School District until 1959, when it merged into FBISD. Sections of Riverstone have Sugar Land postal addresses but are in unincorporated areas.

Public high schools

Converted	M.R. Wood School

Defunct districts

Independent schools

Tertiary

Four-year universities	University of Houston-Sugar Land
Community colleges	Houston Community College (Missouri City and Stafford) Wharton County Junior College (Sugar Land)
Unaccredited	Bay Ridge Christian College

Libraries

Portions of Katy ISD extend into Harris and Waller counties; only schools in Fort Bend County are listed
The portion of Brazos ISD in the county is zoned to Brazos High School, which is in Austin County.
What is now FBISD consisted of Missouri City Independent School District and Sugar Land Independent School District until their 1959 merger.

Universities

Public

UH System (template)	U. of Houston template UH-Downtown template UH–Clear Lake
Other	Prairie View A&M Texas Southern template

Private

Closed	St. Mary's University

Community colleges
Public	Houston CC Lone Star template San Jacinto (Pasadena) Lee (Baytown) Alvin Brazosport (Lake Jackson) C. of the Mainland (Texas City) Galveston C. Wharton County Junior C.
Private unaccredited	Bay Ridge Christian

Professional schools
Law schools	South Texas College of Law

v t e Community colleges in Texas
College districts	Alamo Colleges District Austin Community College District Blinn College Clarendon College Dallas College El Paso Community College Houston Community College System Laredo College Lone Star College System North Central Texas College San Jacinto College South Texas College Southwest Texas Junior College Tarrant County College Trinity Valley Community College Wharton County Junior College
Alamo Colleges	Northeast Lakeview Northwest Vista Palo Alto St. Philip's San Antonio
Dallas College	Brookhaven Cedar Valley Eastfield El Centro Mountain View North Lake Richland
Lone Star	CyFair Kingwood Montgomery North Harris Tomball
Independent	Amarillo Alvin Angelina Brazosport Central Texas Cisco Coastal Bend College of the Mainland Collin Del Mar Frank Phillips Galveston Grayson Hill Howard Jacksonville Kilgore Lee Lon Morris McLennan Midland Navarro Northeast Texas Odessa Panola Paris Ranger Remington South Plains Temple Texarkana Tyler Vernon Victoria Weatherford
See also: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

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