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  Porterville College
100 E College Ave
Porterville, CA 93257
General information
Financial aid office
Admissions office
(559) 791-2200 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 Urban-serving Multicampus
Number of students: 3,665 (2006)
2007-08 Undergraduate application fee:$ ----

Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2007-082006-072005-06
In-State$514$678$762
Out of State$5,074$5,578$5,382
Books and Supplies$1,314$1,314$1,000
On-Campus
Room and board------------
Other Expenses------------
Off Campus
Room and board$5,400$5,400$5,400
Other Expenses$2,656$2,656$2,656
Off Campus w/ family
Other Expenses$2,656$2,656$2,656

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) 59% $2,982
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 64% $1,008
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 0% ----
Loans to students 0% ----
 
 

Degrees offered by this school

 
 
Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Visual and Performing Arts
General
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-1-year certificate 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.

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Teacher Assistant + Aide
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-1-year certificate Teacher Assistant + Aide: A program that prepares individuals to assist a teacher in regular classroom settings or in providing instruction and supervision to special student populations, such as bilingual/bicultural students, special education students, adult learners,...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Photography
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-1-year certificate Photography: A program that focuses on the principles and techniques of communicating information, ideas, moods, and feelings through the creation of images on photographic film, plates, digital images and that may prepare individuals to be professional photographic art...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
Other
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-1-year certificate Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other: Any instructional program in the health professions and related clinical sciences not listed in the Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, General category.

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Graphic Design
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-1-year certificate Graphic Design: A program that prepares individuals to apply artistic and computer techniques to the interpretation of technical and commercial concepts. Includes instruction in computer-assisted art and design, printmaking, concepts sketching, technical drawing, color...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Drafting and Design Technology + Technician
General
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-1-year certificate Drafting and Design Technology + Technician, General: A program that prepares individuals to generally apply technical skills to create working drawings and computer simulations for a variety of applications. Includes instruction in specification interpretation, dimens...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Design and Visual Communications
General
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-1-year certificate Design and Visual Communications, General: A program in the applied visual arts that focuses on the general principles and techniques for effectively communicating ideas and information, and packaging products, in digital and other formats to business and consumer audie...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Criminal Justice + Police Science
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-1-year certificate Criminal Justice + Police Science: A program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of police and public security officers, including patrol and investigative activities, traffic control, crowd control and public relations, witness interviewing, evidence collec...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Corrections
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-1-year certificate Corrections: A program that prepares individuals to study the theories and principles, of correctional science and to function as professional corrections officers and other workers in public and/or private incarceration facilities.

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Computer and Information Sciences
General
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-1-year certificate 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 ...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Commercial and Advertising Art
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-1-year certificate Commercial and Advertising Art: A program in the applied visual arts that prepares individuals to use artistic techniques to effectively communicate ideas and information to business and consumer audiences via illustrations and other forms of digital or printed media. ...

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

General Description for:
Porterville 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 childre...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Adult Development and Aging
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-1-year certificate Adult Development and Aging: A program that focuses on the characteristics of aging populations and the needs of older individuals in family and institutional settings. Includes instruction in the biological and psychological stages of aging; the provision of dependent...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Teacher Assistant + Aide
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-2-year certificate Teacher Assistant + Aide: A program that prepares individuals to assist a teacher in regular classroom settings or in providing instruction and supervision to special student populations, such as bilingual/bicultural students, special education students, adult learners,...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Substance Abuse + Addiction Counseling
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-2-year certificate Substance Abuse + Addiction Counseling: A program that prepares individuals to help prevent substance abuse, counsel individuals and families with drug and alcohol problems, and perform intervention and therapeutic services for persons suffering from addiction. Include...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Psychiatric + Mental Health Services Technician
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-2-year certificate Psychiatric + Mental Health Services Technician: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, and other mental health care professionals, to provide direct patient care services, assist in developing and implementin...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Office Management and Supervision
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-2-year certificate Office Management and Supervision: A program that prepares individuals to supervise and manage the operations and personnel of business offices and management-level divisions. Includes instruction in employee supervision, management, and labor relations; budgeting; sch...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Licensed Practical + Vocational Nurse Training
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-2-year certificate Licensed Practical + Vocational Nurse Training: A program that prepares individuals to assist in providing general nursing care under the direction of a registered nurse, physician or dentist. Includes instruction in taking patient vital signs, applying sterile dressin...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Criminal Justice + Police Science
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-2-year certificate Criminal Justice + Police Science: A program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of police and public security officers, including patrol and investigative activities, traffic control, crowd control and public relations, witness interviewing, evidence collec...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Corrections
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-2-year certificate Corrections: A program that prepares individuals to study the theories and principles, of correctional science and to function as professional corrections officers and other workers in public and/or private incarceration facilities.

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

General Description for:
Porterville 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...

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

General Description for:
Porterville 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, t...

Associate degree
Visual and Performing Arts
General
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville 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
Social Sciences
General
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Associate degree Social Sciences, General: A program that focuses on the general study of human social behavior and social institutions using any of the methodologies common to the social sciences and/or history, or an undifferentiated program of study in the social sciences.

Associate degree
Photography
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Associate degree Photography: A program that focuses on the principles and techniques of communicating information, ideas, moods, and feelings through the creation of images on photographic film, plates, digital images and that may prepare individuals to be professional photographic artists. Inclu...

Associate degree
Mathematics
General
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Associate degree Mathematics, General: A general program that focuses on the analysis of quantities, magnitudes, forms, and their relationships, using symbolic logic and language. Includes instruction in algebra, calculus, functional analysis, geometry, number theory, logic, topology and other mat...

Associate degree
Liberal Arts and Sciences + Liberal Studies
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville 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
English Language and Literature
General
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville 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
Drafting and Design Technology + Technician
General
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Associate degree Drafting and Design Technology + Technician, General: A program that prepares individuals to generally apply technical skills to create working drawings and computer simulations for a variety of applications. Includes instruction in specification interpretation, dimensioning techn...

Associate degree
Design and Visual Communications
General
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Associate degree Design and Visual Communications, General: A program in the applied visual arts that focuses on the general principles and techniques for effectively communicating ideas and information, and packaging products, in digital and other formats to business and consumer audiences, and th...

Associate degree
Criminal Justice + Police Science
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Associate degree Criminal Justice + Police Science: A program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of police and public security officers, including patrol and investigative activities, traffic control, crowd control and public relations, witness interviewing, evidence collection and man...

Associate degree
Corrections
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Associate degree Corrections: A program that prepares individuals to study the theories and principles, of correctional science and to function as professional corrections officers and other workers in public and/or private incarceration facilities.

Associate degree
Computer and Information Sciences
General
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville 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 ...

Associate degree
Commercial and Advertising Art
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Associate degree Commercial and Advertising Art: A program in the applied visual arts that prepares individuals to use artistic techniques to effectively communicate ideas and information to business and consumer audiences via illustrations and other forms of digital or printed media. Includes ins...

Associate degree
Child Development
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville 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 ...

Associate degree
Business Administration and Management
General
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville 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, accounti...

Associate degree
Business + Commerce
General
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville 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 instit...

Associate degree
Biological and Physical Sciences
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Associate degree Biological and Physical Sciences: A program that is either a general synthesis of one or more of the biological and physical sciences, or a specialization which draws from the biological and physical sciences.

Associate degree
Art + Art Studies
General
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville 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
Agriculture
General
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Associate degree Agriculture, General: A program that focuses on the general principles and practice of agricultural research and production and that may prepare individuals to apply this knowledge to the solution of practical agricultural problems. Includes instruction in basic animal, plant, and...

Associate degree
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
General
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville 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 proce...

Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Teacher Assistant + Aide
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-4-year certificate Teacher Assistant + Aide: A program that prepares individuals to assist a teacher in regular classroom settings or in providing instruction and supervision to special student populations, such as bilingual/bicultural students, special education students, adult learners,...

Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Psychiatric + Mental Health Services Technician
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-4-year certificate Psychiatric + Mental Health Services Technician: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, and other mental health care professionals, to provide direct patient care services, assist in developing and implementin...

Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Office Management and Supervision
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-4-year certificate Office Management and Supervision: A program that prepares individuals to supervise and manage the operations and personnel of business offices and management-level divisions. Includes instruction in employee supervision, management, and labor relations; budgeting; sch...

Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Human Services
General
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-4-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 ...

Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Graphic Design
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-4-year certificate Graphic Design: A program that prepares individuals to apply artistic and computer techniques to the interpretation of technical and commercial concepts. Includes instruction in computer-assisted art and design, printmaking, concepts sketching, technical drawing, color...

Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Design and Visual Communications
General
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-4-year certificate Design and Visual Communications, General: A program in the applied visual arts that focuses on the general principles and techniques for effectively communicating ideas and information, and packaging products, in digital and other formats to business and consumer audie...

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

General Description for:
Porterville 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 childre...

Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Art + Art Studies
General
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-4-year certificate 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.

Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
General
Porterville College

General Description for:
Porterville College Less-than-4-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...

 
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