CALIFORNIA COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, 2010 A Guide to California’s Degree-Granting Institutions and Degree, Certificate, and Credential Programs CALIFORNIA POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION COMMISSION 770 L Street Suite 1160 Sacramento, California 95814-3396 COMMISSION REPORT 10-19 PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 2010 This report, like other publications of the California Postsecondary Education Commission, is not copyrighted. It may be reproduced in the public interest, but proper attribution to Report 10-19 of the California Postsecondary Education Commission is requested. Introduction Table of Contents Introduction................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Part 1: The Institutions California Community Colleges................................................................................................................................ 9 California State University...................................................................................................................................... 47 University of California ........................................................................................................................................... 59 Other Public Institutions ......................................................................................................................................... 67 WASC-Accredited Independent Institutions......................................................................................................... 69 State Approved and Exempt Institutions............................................................................................................. 105 Part 2: The Programs Programs Offered................................................................................................................................................... 127 Part 3: The Index Index........................................................................................................................................................................ 215 Introduction Introduction Californians can earn college education beyond high school varies Preparation and Outreach degrees or certificates or get job- widely, depending on factors like from the list, and then click on related training at a variety of the course of study, institution the Get Links button for a list of institutions both public and private, selected, and the educational web sites including: throughout the state. objective. Saving to pay for college www.csumentor.edu The variety of institutions, is important, but financial aid is www.universityofcalifornia.edu/ programs, degrees and other available to many California admissions/ educational choices is wide. This students. Aid may come directly Guide will help you identify options from the school or college, the state, www.cccco.edu or the federal government. that suit your needs. www.aiccu.edu Find out if you qualify for financial Please keep in mind that inclusion www.californiacolleges.edu of an institution in this Guide does assistance. See a counselor. Ask not imply an endorsement of its for more information about aid from Transferability of Credits — courses, degrees or educational the institutions you are considering The transferability of credits earned outcomes. attending. More information is at one institution is at the complete available in this Guide and from: discretion of the institution to which California Student Aid you seek to transfer. Acceptance of Some important facts about a degree, diploma, or certificate going to college Commission PO Box 419027 earned is also at the discretion of the It is never too soon or too late to Rancho Cordova, CA receiving institution. Contact the benefit from college or education 95741-9027 college or university that is your beyond high school. Younger 1-888-224-7268 ultimate goal of transfer credits and students and their families should www.csac.ca.gov work with them to prevent the need start planning as soon as possible. to repeat coursework. Saving for college should start when Federal Student Aid Information a child is born, and building a good Center (FAFSA) Accreditation academic record becomes PO Box 84 Accrediting agencies are private increasingly important as students Washington, DC 20044 educational associations of regional enter middle and high school. 1-800-433-3243 or national scope that develop Returning or adult students also studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSW criteria and conduct peer evaluations need to look at every option. Here ebApp/students/english/index.js to assess whether or not those are some facts to consider: p criteria are met. Institutions or Entrance requirements and Golden State ScholarShare programs that meet an agency’s deadlines — All institutions have 1-877-SAV-4 EDU (728-4338) criteria are thereby “accredited.” application deadlines and many www.scholarshare.com/ Accreditation does not provide have very specific general entrance Academic support and automatic acceptance by one requirements, including completion outreach programs — There are institution of credit earned at of certain courses and tests. Some many programs that help students another institution, nor does it give have residency requirements. Find prepare for higher education. Ask assurance of acceptance of out now what these requirements are your counselor or contact colleges graduates by employers. for all schools under consideration. about such programs in your Acceptance of students or graduates Check with counselors and the community. More information and is always the prerogative of the institutions you want to attend. This assistance is available online at: receiving institution or employer. Guide lists addresses, phone www.cpec.ca.gov numbers, and websites for For these reasons, besides First choose Links from the institutions across the state. ascertaining the accredited status of menu at the top. Then select a school or program, students should Higher Education costs and Information for Parents and take additional measures to financial aid — The cost of Students, then College determine, prior to enrollment, California Postsecondary Education Commission 5 Introduction whether or not their educational Visit goals will be met through www.cpec.ca.gov/CollegeGuide/Ac Miltary active duty attendance at a particular institution. creditation.asp for additional personnel and veterans These measures should include information about accreditation. Military personnel who are stationed inquiries to institutions to which on active duty in California and transfer might be desired or to State of California their eligible dependents are granted prospective employers and, if residency requirements resident classification. This resident possible, personal inspection of the classification will continue for the California’s public colleges and institution at which enrollment is duration of the student’s continuous universities distinguish between contemplated. enrollment. Veterans, reservists and residents and nonresidents for active duty service members may To ensure a basic level of quality, tuition purposes. State residents also qualify for priority enrollment, accrediting associations of regional historically have been charged fees as stipulated in the California or national scope have adopted but not tuition. Nonresident Education Code, section 66025.8. criteria reflecting the qualities of a students, however, pay both fees Veteran liaisons at public colleges sound educational program and have and tuition. developed procedures for evaluating and universities, and many institutions or programs to The California Community Colleges independent and private determine whether or not they are (CCC) and the California State postsecondary institutions, assist operating at basic levels of quality. University (CSU) apply rules set by military personnel, veterans, and State statute in determining their dependents with education students’ residency status for tuition Types of accreditation benefits from the Department of purposes, while the University of Veterans Affairs. Two resources The two basic types of educational California (UC) has developed a available to guide you are as accreditation are: 1) institutional, separate and stricter set of residency follows: and 2) specialized or programmatic. rules. The California State Approving Institutional accreditation, both It is important to remember that Agency for Veterans Education regional or national in scope, applies because changes may be made at (CSAAVE) operates under contract to an entire institution, indicating any time, and there are exceptions to with the U.S. Department of that each of its parts is contributing rules, you should always check with Veterans Affairs (USDVA) to to the achievement of the the campus you are considering. approve or disapprove veterans’ institution’s objectives, although not education and training programs, necessarily all at the same level of How to get facts about your prevent abuses, and promote quality quality. The various commissions residency in veterans’ education by evaluating of the regional accrediting and monitoring education and associations, for example, perform A student’s residence is determined at the campus level. Therefore, training programs. The CSAAVE institutional accreditation, as do web site also includes many links to many national accrediting agencies. campus officials can give you the most accurate advice on residence