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Fact Sheet - About Pasadena City College
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Address:
1570 East Colorado Boulevard
Pasadena, California 91106-2003
(626) 585-7123
President: Dr. Mark W. Rocha
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 $28 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 2.9 million students, the largest higher education system in the world
Credit/Non-credit course sections offered for Fall semester 2009 — 2,554
Fall 2009 enrollment statistics:
26,237 credit students
3,502 noncredit students
53.8% Female
46.2% Male
Ethnicity |
District* |
Students** |
Employees*** |
|---|---|---|---|
Hispanic |
24.9% |
34.1% |
17.5% |
Asian or Pacific Islander |
25.4% |
26.3% |
11.1% |
White |
39.9% |
18.1% |
58.5% |
Black |
7.2% |
5.5% |
10.9% |
Filipino |
4.0% |
0.9% |
|
American Indian |
0.2% |
0.5% |
1.0% |
Other |
2.3% |
2.1% |
-- |
| Declined to state | 9.5% |
0.1% |
*Based upon 2000 US Census
**Based upon Fall 2008 Credit and Non-Credit Students
***Based upon Fall 2008 Contract/Monthly employees
Number of employees:
435 faculty, librarians, counselors and administrators;
625 adjunct faculty
382 maintenance, trades, professional, clerical, and management
Operating budget
Operating budget for 2009-2010 is $117,940,560, which includes:
$2.7 million in lottery income,
$7.7 million in student enrollment fees, and
$7.5 million in non-resident tuition
Campus size: 53 acres, 30 buildings
Transfer performance – in 2007-2008
551 PCC students transferred to the campuses of the University of California,
1,274 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
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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