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| Screen last updated on: September 10, 2007 |
| Year established: |
1948 |
| Type of school: |
public |
| Programs: |
2-year undergraduate |
| Campus enrollment: |
7,506 students |
| Location description: |
in or near a large town (pop. 25,000-75,000) |
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| Street address: |
Contra Costa College
2600 Mission Bell Drive
San Pablo, CA 94806 |
| Main telephone numbers: |
510 235-7800
510 236-6768 (fax) |
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| Main homepage: |
www.contracosta.cc.ca.us |
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| SAT number: |
4943 |
| FAFSA number: |
001190 |
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| CAMPUS SUMMARY |
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Contra Costa College is a diverse, full-service community college which serves about 8,000 students each term. Founded in 1948, with the first classes held in 1949-50, the college celebrated its 50th anniversary during the 1999-2000 academic year.
Located in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, our beautiful tree-lined hillside campus is conveniently located near Berkeley in the East Bay across from San Francisco. We offer you an excellent education by providing a first-rate faculty, a wealth of services, and a friendly, caring atmosphere with small classes which allow faculty to give you personal attention. |
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| UNIQUE/SPECIAL PROGRAMS |
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Contra Costa College offers a comprehensive
transfer programs for students who wish to
pursue baccalaureate degrees, Associate
degrees and Certificates of Achievement in
technical education programs for career
training, and courses for continuing
professional education.
Contra Costa College is widely known for its
excellent journalism program. The student
newspaper, "The Advocate," has won seven
National Pacemaker Awards from the
Associated Collegiate Press (ACP), and has
been inducted into the ACP Hall of Fame.
The college also is the only community
college in California to offer a Montessori
teacher education program, was the first in
northern California to offer a biotechnology
program, and is the only community college in
northern California to offer a program in
nondestructive examination technology.
The Center for Science Excellence is a
model program to encourage and help
minority students to major in math and the
sciences, and to provide a structure to help
them succeed and to transfer.
Contra Costa College also offers an
excellent nursing program to prepare students
to become registered nurses; a first-rate
dental assisting program; and a new program
to provide training for Certified Nursing
Assistants and Home Health Aides.
Another special program CCC offers is
Weekend College, through which students
can earn an Associate degree in five
semesters by attending classes on Friday
nights and Saturdays. It is an intense
pre-planned program of study, with students
taking two classes during each eight-week
session. Two sessions are offered each
semester. |
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