Coast Mountain College (CMTN) is an accredited, publicly funded post-secondary educational institution that serves the communities of British Columbia's[4] northwest region.

CMTN offers field schools, college access, trades, university credit, health and human services programs.

Marie Lucie Tarpent was a part time instructor at the college in 1983 studying Tshimshianic and Nisga'a languages.

[27][28] Totem poles and traditional art which reflect the history of the surrounding territories and peoples are displayed on the college campuses and have been commissioned for groups outside the region, including organizations in the United States and China.

[37] Coast Mountain College (CMTN) has campuses in four northwest British Columbia communities: Hazelton; Prince Rupert; Smithers; and Terrace.

[10] Coast Mountain College (CMTN) serves seven First Nations in Northwest British Columbia: Haida, Tsimshian, Nisga'a, Haisla, Gitxsan, Wet'suwet'en, and Tahltan.

)[38][39][40][41] CMTN unveiled an $18.4 million state-of-the-art renovation to their Waap Amgam (House of Cedar) trades building in September 2018.

[42][43] In September 2019 Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Training Melanie Mark, visited the Terrace campus to announce an $18.7 million in provincial funding for the construction of two new 3-storey student residences.

A satellite campus in the Thornhill suburb of Terrace is located at the Northwest Trades & Employment Training Centre (NTETC).

[50] Constructed in 2004 with a $12 million budget, the two building campus of nearly 50,000 square feet is located in downtown Prince Rupert.

[64] In February 2022, CMTN's Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art alumna, artist Kristen McKay, was the winner of a Pink Shirt Day design contest held by the First Nations Access Coordinators (FNAC), that is now being distributed across all campuses in the region.

[67] Coast Mountain College supports students and rewards success through their CMTN Awards, Bursaries & Scholarships program.