Fact Sheet - Pasadena City College

About PCC

Fact Sheet (available in PDF print version - 40kb)

Address:

1570 East Colorado Boulevard
Pasadena, California 91106-2003
(626) 585-7123

President: Lisa Sugimoto, Ed.D.

Founded 1924, with a student enrollment of 267

Academic programs: 60 program areas, with day, evening and weekend classes

Career and Technical programs : 76 program areas, with day, evening and weekend classes

Lifelong learning programs: 25 program areas with evening and weekend classes

Fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Offers Associate in Arts and Associate in Science degrees, Certificates of Achievement and Occupational Skills Certificates

Recognized for:

High student transfer rate
Honors at Entrance Scholarship awards and nearly $26 million in student scholarships and financial aid

Special activities and honors:

National math and forensics awards
Scholars Program
Semesters Abroad in Oxford, England and Florence, Italy
Upward Bound Program
Teaching and Learning Communities Program
Tournament of Roses Honor Band
Puente Project and Ujima Program
Summer study/ travel programs

Intercollegiate athletics:

Football (M), Basketball (M/W), Baseball (M), Softball (W), Badminton (W), Water Polo (W), Volleyball (W), Cross Country (M/W), Soccer (M/W), Swimming (M/W), Track and Field (M/W)

Mascot: The Lancer, a Roman-type warrior

School colors: Cardinal and gold

District:

Pasadena Area Community College District, established in 1966, located in the West San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, district population — 391,305

District Communities:

Altadena, Arcadia, La Cañada Flintridge, Pasadena, San Marino, Sierra Madre, South Pasadena and Temple City; portions of El Monte and Rosemead

District Public High Schools:

Arcadia, Blair, John Muir, La Cañada, Marshall Fundamental, Pasadena, Rose City, Rosemead, San Marino, South Pasadena, and Temple City

PCC is one of California's 110 community colleges in 72 districts which have a total enrollment of 2.6 million students, the largest higher education system in the world

PCC is the third-largest single-campus community college district in the United States

Credit/Non-credit course sections offered for Fall semester 2008 — 2,609

Fall 2008 enrollment statistics:

26,467 credit students
4,307 noncredit students

53.8% Female
46.2% Male

Ethnicity	District*	Students**	Employees***
Hispanic	24.9%	31.8%	17.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander	25.4%	28.3%	10.7%
White	39.9%	18.1%	59.2%
Black	7.2%	5.3%	11.1%
Filipino		4.5%	1.0%
American Indian	0.2%	0.5%	1.1%
Other	2.3%	4.0%	--
Declined to state		7.5%

*Based upon 2000 US Census
**Based upon Fall 2007 Credit and Non-Credit Students
***Based upon Fall 2007 Contract/Monthly employees

Number of employees:

434 faculty, librarians, counselors and administrators;
625 adjunct faculty
399 maintenance, trades, professional, clerical, and management

Operating budget

Operating budget for 2008-2009 is $125,286,340, which includes:
$2.7 million in lottery income,
$6 million in student enrollment fees, and
$6.5 million in non-resident tuition

Campus size: 53 acres, 30 buildings

Transfer performance – in 2006-2007

532 PCC students transferred to the campuses of the University of California,
1,292 students transferred to the campuses of the California State University. (Information provided by the California Postsecondary Education Commission.)

Community Education Center

3035 East Foothill Boulevard
Pasadena, CA 91107 • (626) 585-3000

Child Development Center

1324 East Green Street
Pasadena, CA 91106 • (626) 585-3180

Extended Learning Center

Room D108 • (626) 585-7608 • www.pcclearn.org

Prepared by: PCC Public Relations Office 1570 East Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91106-2003 (626) 585-7315, 2/09/2009

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Revised November 16, 2009 by webcoord@pasadena.edu