Central Ohio Technical College

Central Ohio Technical College is a public two-year technical college located in Newark, Ohio, with extended campuses in Pataskala, Knox and Coshocton. Founded in 1971, COTC is located within the campus for Ohio State University at Newark and currently offers 31 associate degree and certificate programs, including the Associate of Applied Science, Associate of Applied Business, and Associate of Technical Studies degrees. The Newark Branch, as it was first known, began operations in September, 1957 as The Ohio State University's first off-campus two-year accredited program. Newark's old high school on West Main Street was home for evening classes from 1957 to 1965. In the fall of 1965, the program took on a new pace -- a new name, a new home and its first full-time director. It then became The Ohio State University at Newark and moved to the Newark Senior High School campus on Wright Street.