CROWDER COLLEGE

Crowder college was founded in 1963 and was established as a junior College to serve the Junior College District of  McDonald and Newton Counties.

the College was named after General Enoch Crowder, a prominent Missourian, soldier, and statesman and also to honor the soldiers who served in the 2nd world and received their training at Fort Crowder. The Longwell Museum, situated in the Crowder College Elsie Plaster Community Center, has many artifacts and displays from the Fort Crowder days, when over fifty thousand soldiers were stationed here. Crowder College started with an enrollment of two hundred and fifty students, less than 1/10 of the present enrollment.

Crowder College is accredited by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Coordinating Board for Higher Education. The College is also fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.