Bevill State Community College is a two-year institution of higher learning located on four campuses. The college enrolls 3,986 students and has been accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools since 1994. As of 2009, the college has four campuses and one center. The Fayette Campus, the Hamilton Campus, the Jasper Campus, the Sumiton Campus and the Pickens Center. The college's service area is a seven-county region containing over one-quarter million people.?