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4200 Farm Hill Blvd.
Redwood City, CA 94061-1099
General information
Financial aid office
Admissions office
(650) 306-3100 Ext.
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Type of institution: Public, 2-year
Federal Aid: Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered: Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate, Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate, Associate degree, Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Carnegie classification: Associate's--Public Suburban-serving Multicampus
Number of students: 5,579 (2006)
2007-08 Undergraduate application fee:$ ----

Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2007-082006-072005-06
In-State$608$608$652
Out of State$4,732$5,216$4,708
Books and Supplies$1,260$1,260$1,260
On-Campus
Room and board------------
Other Expenses------------
Off Campus
Room and board$11,430$11,430$11,430
Other Expenses$3,726$3,726$3,486
Off Campus w/ family
Other Expenses$3,816$3,816$3,576

Financial aid 2005-2006

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of AidPercentage of students receiving aidAverage amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) 16% $3,236
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 51% $728
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 1% $825
Loans to students 0% ----
 
 

Degrees offered by this school

 
 
Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Medical + Clinical Assistant
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-1-year certificate Medical + Clinical Assistant: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to provide medical office administrative services and perform clinical duties including patient intake and care, routine diagnostic and recording procedures, pre-examinati...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Legal Assistant + Paralegal
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-1-year certificate Legal Assistant + Paralegal: A program that prepares individuals to perform research, drafting, investigatory, record-keeping and related administrative functions under the supervision of an attorney or court. Includes instruction in legal research, drafting legal documents...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Interior Design
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-1-year certificate Interior Design: A program in the applied visual arts that prepares individuals to apply artistic principles and techniques to the professional planning, designing, equipping, and furnishing residential and commercial interior spaces. Includes instruction in computer applic...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Human Services
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-1-year certificate Human Services, General: A program that focuses on the general study and provision of human and social services to individuals and communities and prepares individuals to work in public and private human services agencies and organizations. Includes instruction in the socia...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
Other
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-1-year certificate Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other: Any instructional program in computer and information sciences and support services not listed in the Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, General category.

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other.
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-1-year certificate Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other: Any instructional program in communication, journalism, and related fields not listed in the Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, General category.

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Child Development
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-1-year certificate Child Development: A program that focuses on the intellectual, social, emotional, and biological development of children and the planning and design of related human services. Includes instruction in parent-child relations; parenting practices; special needs of children; pa...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Business Administration and Management
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-1-year certificate Business Administration and Management, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control the functions and processes of a firm or organization. Includes instruction in management theory, human resources management and behavior, a...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Apparel and Textiles
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-1-year certificate Apparel and Textiles, General: A general program that focuses on the development of textile products and their distribution and use in terms of the psychological, social, economic, and physical needs of consumers. Includes instruction in the production, distribution, market...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-1-year certificate Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to perform the duties of administrative assistants and/or secretaries and stenographers. Includes instruction in business communications, principles of business law, wor...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Accounting
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-1-year certificate Accounting: A program that prepares individuals to practice the profession of accounting and to perform related business functions. Includes instruction in accounting principles and theory, financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, budget control, tax ac...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
System Administration + Administrator
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-2-year certificate System Administration + Administrator: A program that prepares individuals to manage the computer operations and control the system configurations emanating from a specific site or network hub. Includes instruction in computer hardware and software and applications; local a...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Selling Skills and Sales Operations
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-2-year certificate Selling Skills and Sales Operations: A program that prepares individuals to possess the skills associated with direct promotion of products and services to potential customers and to function as independent sales representatives and managers. Includes instruction in consume...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Retailing and Retail Operations
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-2-year certificate Retailing and Retail Operations: A program that prepares individuals to perform operations associated with retail sales in a variety of settings. Includes instruction in over-the-counter and other direct sales operations in business settings, basic bookkeeping principles, c...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Medical + Clinical Assistant
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-2-year certificate Medical + Clinical Assistant: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to provide medical office administrative services and perform clinical duties including patient intake and care, routine diagnostic and recording procedures, pre-examinati...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Interior Design
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-2-year certificate Interior Design: A program in the applied visual arts that prepares individuals to apply artistic principles and techniques to the professional planning, designing, equipping, and furnishing residential and commercial interior spaces. Includes instruction in computer applic...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Fashion + Apparel Design
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-2-year certificate Fashion + Apparel Design: A program that prepares individuals to apply artistic principles and techniques to the professional design of commercial fashions, apparel, and accessories, and the management of fashion development projects. Includes instruction in apparel design;...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
Other
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-2-year certificate Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other: Any instructional program in computer and information sciences and support services not listed in the Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, General category.

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other.
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-2-year certificate Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other: Any instructional program in communication, journalism, and related fields not listed in the Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, General category.

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Business Administration and Management
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-2-year certificate Business Administration and Management, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control the functions and processes of a firm or organization. Includes instruction in management theory, human resources management and behavior, a...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Business + Commerce
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-2-year certificate Business + Commerce, General: A program that focuses on the general study of business, including the processes of interchanging goods and services (buying, selling and producing), business organization, and accounting as used in profit-making and nonprofit public and private...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Banking and Financial Support Services
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-2-year certificate Banking and Financial Support Services: A program that prepares individuals to perform a wide variety of customer services in banks, insurance agencies, savings and loan companies, and related enterprises. Includes instruction in communications and public relations skills, ...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Apparel and Textiles
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-2-year certificate Apparel and Textiles, General: A general program that focuses on the development of textile products and their distribution and use in terms of the psychological, social, economic, and physical needs of consumers. Includes instruction in the production, distribution, market...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Apparel and Textile Manufacture
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-2-year certificate Apparel and Textile Manufacture: A program that focuses on the design, development, and production of textile products and related processes and systems. Includes instruction in functional and aesthetic design, human factors research, production planning, manufacturing proc...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-2-year certificate Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to perform the duties of administrative assistants and/or secretaries and stenographers. Includes instruction in business communications, principles of business law, wor...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Accounting
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-2-year certificate Accounting: A program that prepares individuals to practice the profession of accounting and to perform related business functions. Includes instruction in accounting principles and theory, financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, budget control, tax ac...

Associate degree
Visual and Performing Arts
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Visual and Performing Arts, General: A general, undifferentiated program that focuses on the visual and performing arts and that may prepare individuals in any of the visual artistic media or performing disciplines.

Associate degree
Speech and Rhetorical Studies
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Speech and Rhetorical Studies: A program that focuses on human interpersonal communication from the scientific/behavioral and humanistic perspectives. Includes instruction in the theory and physiology of speech, the history of discourse, the structure and analysis of argument and types...

Associate degree
Sociology
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Sociology: A program that focuses on the systematic study of human social institutions and social relationships. Includes instruction in social theory, sociological research methods, social organization and structure, social stratification and hierarchies, dynamics of social change, fa...

Associate degree
Social Sciences
Other
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Social Sciences, Other: Any instructional program in social sciences not listed in the Social Sciences, General category.

Associate degree
Selling Skills and Sales Operations
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Selling Skills and Sales Operations: A program that prepares individuals to possess the skills associated with direct promotion of products and services to potential customers and to function as independent sales representatives and managers. Includes instruction in consumer psychology...

Associate degree
Retailing and Retail Operations
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Retailing and Retail Operations: A program that prepares individuals to perform operations associated with retail sales in a variety of settings. Includes instruction in over-the-counter and other direct sales operations in business settings, basic bookkeeping principles, customer serv...

Associate degree
Radiologic Technology + Science - Radiographer
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Radiologic Technology + Science - Radiographer: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to provide medical imaging services to patients and attending health care professionals. Includes instruction in applied anatomy and physiology, patient positioning...

Associate degree
Psychology
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Psychology, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of individual and collective behavior, the physical and environmental bases of behavior, and the analysis and treatment of behavior problems and disorders. Includes instruction in the principles of the various ...

Associate degree
Political Science and Government
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Political Science and Government, General: A general program that focuses on the systematic study of political institutions and behavior. Includes instruction in political philosophy, political theory, comparative government and politics, political parties and interest groups, public ...

Associate degree
Physics
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Physics, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of matter and energy, and the formulation and testing of the laws governing the behavior of the matter-energy continuum. Includes instruction in classical and modern physics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynam...

Associate degree
Philosophy
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Philosophy: A program that focuses on ideas and their logical structure, including arguments and investigations about abstract and real phenomena. Includes instruction in logic, ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, metaphysics, symbolism, and history of philosophy, and applications to the...

Associate degree
Music
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Music, General: A general program that focuses on the introductory study and appreciation of music and the performing arts. Includes instruction in music, dance, and other performing arts media.

Associate degree
Medical + Clinical Assistant
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Medical + Clinical Assistant: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to provide medical office administrative services and perform clinical duties including patient intake and care, routine diagnostic and recording procedures, pre-examination and exami...

Associate degree
Liberal Arts and Sciences + Liberal Studies
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Liberal Arts and Sciences + Liberal Studies: A program that is a structured combination of the arts, biological and physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities, emphasizing breadth of study. Includes instruction in independently designed, individualized, or regular programs.

Associate degree
Legal Assistant + Paralegal
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Legal Assistant + Paralegal: A program that prepares individuals to perform research, drafting, investigatory, record-keeping and related administrative functions under the supervision of an attorney or court. Includes instruction in legal research, drafting legal documents, appraising...

Associate degree
International Relations and Affairs
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree International Relations and Affairs: A program that focuses on the systematic study of international politics and institutions, and the conduct of diplomacy and foreign policy. Includes instruction in international relations theory, foreign policy analysis, national security and strate...

Associate degree
Interior Design
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Interior Design: A program in the applied visual arts that prepares individuals to apply artistic principles and techniques to the professional planning, designing, equipping, and furnishing residential and commercial interior spaces. Includes instruction in computer applications draft...

Associate degree
Human Services
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Human Services, General: A program that focuses on the general study and provision of human and social services to individuals and communities and prepares individuals to work in public and private human services agencies and organizations. Includes instruction in the social sciences, ...

Associate degree
History
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree History, General: A program that focuses on the general study and interpretation of the past, including the gathering, recording, synthesizing and criticizing of evidence and theories about past events. Includes instruction in historiography; historical research methods; studies of spe...

Associate degree
Geography
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Geography: A program that focuses on the systematic study of the spatial distribution and interrelationships of people, natural resources, plant and animal life. Includes instruction in historical and political geography, cultural geography, economic and physical geography, regional sc...

Associate degree
English Language and Literature
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree English Language and Literature, General: A general program that focuses on the English language, including its history, structure and related communications skills; and the literature and culture of English-speaking peoples.

Associate degree
Engineering
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Engineering, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to solve a wide variety of practical problems in industry, social organization, public works, and commerce.

Associate degree
Economics
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Economics, General: A general program that focuses on the systematic study of the production, conservation and allocation of resources in conditions of scarcity, together with the organizational frameworks related to these processes. Includes instruction in economic theory, micro- and ...

Associate degree
Drama and Dramatics + Theatre Arts
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Drama and Dramatics + Theatre Arts, General: A program that focuses on the general study of dramatic works and their performance. Includes instruction in major works of dramatic literature, dramatic styles and types, and the principles of organizing and producing full live or filmed pr...

Associate degree
Digital Communication and Media + Multimedia
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Digital Communication and Media + Multimedia: A program that focuses on the development, use, and regulation of new electronic communication technologies using computer applications and that prepares individuals to function as developers and managers of digital communications media. In...

Associate degree
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications: A program that focuses on the design, implementation, and management of linked systems of computers, peripherals, and associated software to maximize efficiency and productivity, and that prepares individuals to function as network spe...

Associate degree
Computer and Information Sciences
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Computer and Information Sciences, General: A general program that focuses on computing, computer science, and information science and systems as part of a broad and/or interdisciplinary program. Such programs are undifferentiated as to title and content and are not to be confused with ...

Associate degree
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
Other
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other: Any instructional program in computer and information sciences and support services not listed in the Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, General category.

Associate degree
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other.
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other: Any instructional program in communication, journalism, and related fields not listed in the Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, General category.

Associate degree
Child Development
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Child Development: A program that focuses on the intellectual, social, emotional, and biological development of children and the planning and design of related human services. Includes instruction in parent-child relations; parenting practices; special needs of children; parental and e...

Associate degree
Business Administration and Management
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Business Administration and Management, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control the functions and processes of a firm or organization. Includes instruction in management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting an...

Associate degree
Business + Commerce
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Business + Commerce, General: A program that focuses on the general study of business, including the processes of interchanging goods and services (buying, selling and producing), business organization, and accounting as used in profit-making and nonprofit public and private institution...

Associate degree
Biology + Biological Sciences
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Biology + Biological Sciences, General: A general program of biology at the introductory, basic level or a program in biology or the biological sciences that is undifferentiated as to title or content. Includes instruction in general biology and programs covering a variety of biologica...

Associate degree
Banking and Financial Support Services
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Banking and Financial Support Services: A program that prepares individuals to perform a wide variety of customer services in banks, insurance agencies, savings and loan companies, and related enterprises. Includes instruction in communications and public relations skills, business equ...

Associate degree
Art + Art Studies
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Art + Art Studies, General: A general program that focuses on the introductory study and appreciation of the visual arts. Includes instruction in art, photography, and other visual communications media.

Associate degree
Apparel and Textiles
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Apparel and Textiles, General: A general program that focuses on the development of textile products and their distribution and use in terms of the psychological, social, economic, and physical needs of consumers. Includes instruction in the production, distribution, marketing, and end...

Associate degree
Apparel and Textile Manufacture
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Apparel and Textile Manufacture: A program that focuses on the design, development, and production of textile products and related processes and systems. Includes instruction in functional and aesthetic design, human factors research, production planning, manufacturing processes, quali...

Associate degree
Anthropology
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Anthropology: A program that focuses on the systematic study of human beings, their antecedents and related primates, and their cultural behavior and institutions, in comparative perspective. Includes instruction in biological/physical anthropology, primatology, human paleontology and ...

Associate degree
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
General
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to perform the duties of administrative assistants and/or secretaries and stenographers. Includes instruction in business communications, principles of business law, word processing...

Associate degree
Accounting
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Associate degree Accounting: A program that prepares individuals to practice the profession of accounting and to perform related business functions. Includes instruction in accounting principles and theory, financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, budget control, tax accounting, le...

Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Small Business Administration + Management
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-4-year certificate Small Business Administration + Management: A program that prepares individuals to develop and manage independent small businesses. Includes instruction in business administration; enterprise planning and entrepreneurship; start-up; small business operations and problems; p...

Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Medical + Clinical Assistant
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-4-year certificate Medical + Clinical Assistant: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to provide medical office administrative services and perform clinical duties including patient intake and care, routine diagnostic and recording procedures, pre-examinati...

Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Legal Assistant + Paralegal
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-4-year certificate Legal Assistant + Paralegal: A program that prepares individuals to perform research, drafting, investigatory, record-keeping and related administrative functions under the supervision of an attorney or court. Includes instruction in legal research, drafting legal documents...

Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Interior Design
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-4-year certificate Interior Design: A program in the applied visual arts that prepares individuals to apply artistic principles and techniques to the professional planning, designing, equipping, and furnishing residential and commercial interior spaces. Includes instruction in computer applic...

Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Fashion + Apparel Design
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-4-year certificate Fashion + Apparel Design: A program that prepares individuals to apply artistic principles and techniques to the professional design of commercial fashions, apparel, and accessories, and the management of fashion development projects. Includes instruction in apparel design;...

Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-4-year certificate Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications: A program that focuses on the design, implementation, and management of linked systems of computers, peripherals, and associated software to maximize efficiency and productivity, and that prepares individuals to function as...

Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Child Development
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-4-year certificate Child Development: A program that focuses on the intellectual, social, emotional, and biological development of children and the planning and design of related human services. Includes instruction in parent-child relations; parenting practices; special needs of children; pa...

Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Accounting
Canada College

General Description for:
Canada College Less-than-4-year certificate Accounting: A program that prepares individuals to practice the profession of accounting and to perform related business functions. Includes instruction in accounting principles and theory, financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, budget control, tax ac...

 
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