The school services individuals from a broad geographical area comprised of McMinn, Monroe, Bradley, Meigs, and Polk counties. It is governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents and is one of 45 institutions in the Tennessee Board of Regents System, the sixth largest system of higher education in the nation. The Tennessee Board of Regents is the governing board for this system, which is comprised of six universities, thirteen two-year colleges, and twenty-six Colleges of Applied Technology. The TBR system enrolls more than 80 percent of all Tennessee students attending public institutions of higher education. The Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology is fully accredited by the Council on Occupational Education.