Ventura College
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| Established | 1925 |
| Endowment | $5.0 million[1] |
| President | Dr. Robin Calote |
| Academic staff | 140 full-time faculty (Fall 2008) |
| Students | 14,500 |
| Location | 4667 Telegraph Road Ventura, California, USA |
| Campus | 112 acres (45 ha) |
| Website | www.venturacollege.edu |
Ventura College is a California-state funded community college located in Ventura, California, USA. Established in 1925, the college has a 112-acre (45 ha) campus with an enrollment of 14,456 students. The college is part of the Ventura County Community College District.
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[edit] History
Ventura College was originally located at the current site of Cabrillo Middle School. This building was destroyed by fire in 1951. It then moved to the current site of Ventura High School, and in 1955 was moved to its current location on Telegraph Road. The campus consists of rolling green hills, planted with thousands of different varieties of plants and trees, with approximately 60 classroom, lab, administration, library and student service buildings. The college is the recipient of $112 million dollars from a taxpayer approved bond, (Measure S passed in March 2002) which has resulted in new buildings and new infrastructure across the campus.
[edit] The Ventura College Promise
Ventura College is the home of the Ventura College Promise, the largest grant program of its kind in the nation at a community college. Supported by the Ventura College Foundation, all students who graduate from a Ventura County High School or earn their GED in the County, may qualify for three semesters of enrollment fees - as many units as they would like to enroll for during those semesters, with no limit on number of units or GPA - if they start the fall after they complete their high school diploma, GED or diploma without exit exam passage. The family income limit on the program is about $85,000, but all students considering attending Ventura College are strongly encouraged to apply for the Promise grant program. More than 3,000 students have received the Ventura College Promise in the less than three years the program has been in existence, and the first 75 graduated from Ventura College this May. Students who are enrolled in the Promise program enroll in more units, complete more units, complete more semesters, and return to school for their second year at a substantially higher rate than their non-Promise counterparts.
[edit] Student body profile
(Fall 2008) Total Enrollment...................................14,456
Student Body: Full/Part-time Status: Full-Time .....................4,836 (33.5%) Part-Time.....................9,620 (66.5%) Student Gender Female ........................8,135 (56.3%) Male.............................6,168 (42.7%) Unknown ........................153 (1.1%)
Student Ethnicity African American/Black.. 381 (2.6%) Asian/Filipino/Pacific Islander........... 943 (6.5%) Hispanic...................... 5,919 (40.9%) Native American............. 192 (1.3%) White........................... 5,779 (40.0%) Other.............................. 123 (0.9%) Unknown......................1,119 (7.7%)
Student Age (Avg. Age 26.3 yrs.) <18...............................1,480 (10.2%) 18-19............................3,694 (25.6%) 20-21............................2,291 (15.8%) 22-24............................1,751 (12.1%) 25-29............................1,634 (11.3%) 30-34...............................859 (5.9%) 35-39...............................650 (4.5%) 40-49............................1,081 (7.5%) 50-64...............................862 (6.0%) 65+..................................152 (1.1%) Unknown.............................2 (0.0%) International Student Enrollment...70
[edit] Degrees awarded
2008-09 Associate’s Degrees awarded…1201 2008-09 Certificates of Achievement awarded…88 Ventura College is 28th in the nation (of more than 1,200 community and junior colleges) for awarding Associate’s Degrees to Hispanic students, according to Department of Education statistics.
[edit] Transfer information
According to its website, Ventura College transfers more students than most California Community Colleges. It is among the top 25% of all California Community Colleges (CCC) transferring students to the UC and CSU systems, and in the top five of all CCCs in the same enrollment range (13,500-15,000 headcount).
Its top UC feeders include Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Cruz, and Berkeley. Its top CSU feeders include Channel Islands, Chico, Long Beach, Northridge, San Diego, and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
Most Current Transfer Data: 2007-08: University of California colleges….126 California State University colleges…636 2006-07: In-state Private Colleges…160 Out of State Four Year Universities…135
[edit] Financial aid information
2008-09 Total Financial Aid awarded……$11,000,000 (still being tallied at posting) 2008-09 Total Scholarships awarded……$336,950(still being tallied at posting) 2008-09 Ventura College Promise grants awarded….$390,500(still being tallied at posting)
[edit] Student life
Ventura College students can participate in more than 20 clubs related to their various interests (Planet Preservation, Success through Diversity), ethic background (MEChA, SACNAS) and majors (such as Pre-Med, Psychology, SHPE, and Student Nurses Association), and 18 intercollegiate athletic teams and Spirit. Ventura College is the winner of the past ten years of Supremacy Awards from the Western States Conference, and has many state championship teams to be proud of in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's tennis and men's and women's swim/dive. In addition, Ventura College teams are regular recipients of the State Conference on Athletics Scholar Athlete Team awards. The Spirit team was the nation's champion for two year schools three out of the past five years.
Athletic Teams: Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Swim/Dive, Men's and Women's Tennis, Men's and Women's Water Polo, Men's and Women's Cross-Country, Men's and Women's Track and Field, Men's Golf, Softball, Baseball, Football, Women's Soccer, and Women's Volleyball.
[edit] Gallery
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Ventura College administration building
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The new Library and Learning Resource Center
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Guthrie Hall
[edit] References
- ^ As of June 30, 2009. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2009 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2008 to FY 2009" (PDF). 2009 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments. National Association of College and University Business Officers. http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2009_NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values.pdf. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
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Coordinates: 34°16′39″N 119°13′54″W / 34.2776°N 119.2317°W
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