YUBA COLLEGE H-6

2088 North Beale Rd.
Marysville, CA 95901-7699
Tel: (530)741-6700; Admissions: (530)741-6705; Fax: (530)741-3541; Web Site: http://www.yccd.edu/

Description: State and locally supported, 2-year, coed. Part of California Community College System. Awards certificates and transfer associate degrees. Founded 1927. Setting: 160-acre rural campus with easy access to Sacramento. Endowment: $3.7 million. Total enrollment: 9,165. 2% Native American, 28% Hispanic, 4% black, 11% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 48% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program.

Entrance Requirements: Open admission. Options: Common Application, electronic application. Required: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $0. State resident tuition: $0 full-time. Nonresident tuition: $4920 full-time, $146 per unit part-time. Mandatory fees: $540 full-time, $18 per unit part-time. College room and board: $5974. Tuition guaranteed not to increase for student's term of enrollment.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group. Social organizations: 18 open to all. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, student patrols. 60 college housing spaces available; 54 were occupied in 2002-03. No special consideration for freshman housing applicants. Option: coed housing available. Learning Resource Center and Library plus 1 other with 65,000 books, 2,800 microform titles, 1,300 serials, 9,419 audiovisual materials, and an OPAC. Operations spending 2002-03: $91,272. 200 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment: Marysville is 50 miles north of Sacramento, has a moderate climate, and is the center of a rich agricultural area. Amtrak serves the area. The city has a hospital, churches, shopping center, and civic organizations. Excellent boating, hunting and fishing facilities are available.