PASADENA CITY COLLEGE S-10

1570 East Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91106-2041
Tel: (626)585-7123
Admissions: (626)585-7805
Fax: (626)585-7915
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.pasadena.edu/

Description:

State and locally supported, 2-year, coed. Part of California Community College System. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1924. Setting: 55-acre urban campus with easy access to Los Angeles. Total enrollment: 29,688. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 20:1. Students come from 15 states and territories, 1% Native American, 34% Hispanic, 6% black, 29% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 42% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, honors program, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission except for some nonresident aliens. Options: early admission, deferred admission. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

State resident tuition: $0 full-time. Nonresident tuition: $4470 full-time, $149 per unit part-time. Mandatory fees: $806 full-time, $26 per unit part-time, $13 per term part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, cadet patrols. College housing not available. Pasadena City College Library plus 1 other with 120,000 books, 350 serials, and an OPAC. Operations spending 2003-04: $1.5 million. 300 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See California Institute of Technology.