Canada College

Canada College, a community college in Redwood City, California, was established in 1968. It was opened as a part of the three-school San Mateo County Community College District. The University Center of Canada College is the largest in the California community college system. The college's campus is spread across 131 acres of land in the western side of Redwood City.

Associate degrees, telecourses and online classes, as well as transfer programs to a 4-year institution are offered by Canada College. The allied health department, astronomy department, economics department, engineering department, fashion design department, history department and the radiologic technology department are among the various divisions of the college.

A large number of student organizations are sponsored by Canada College. Students can participate in Phi Theta Kappa- Beta Zeta Nu, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Engineering Club, Reel Film Club, Canada Photography Club, Canada Drama Club, Canada Cycling Clu, and the Business Club.

The sports teams of Canada College are known as the Canada Colts. They participate in baseball, soccer, volleyball, basketball and golf.

Campus Location

4200 Farm Hill Blvd.
Redwood City, CA 94061-1099
Main Tel: (650) 306-3100
Web Site

Canada College Highlights

Where Canada College stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

Many students concentrating in family and social work, engineering, law, and design.
Affordable tuition & fees.
Many mature (40+ year old) students.
High faculty salary.
Large number of students.
Racially diverse student body.
Large number of programs of study offered.
High female/male ratio.

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

Degree	Total Earned	Different Programs
< 1 year certificate	176	20
Associate	151	38
1-2 year certificate	30	9
2-4 year degree	14	1

Similar Schools

Based on computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Canada College:

School	Location	Enrollment
Merritt College	Oakland, CA	6,944
Folsom Lake College	Folsom, CA	8,193
Los Angeles Southwest College	Los Angeles, CA	6,095
West Los Angeles College	Culver City, CA	9,975
Los Angeles Trade Technical College	Los Angeles, CA	13,194
Oxnard College	Oxnard, CA	6,803
Contra Costa College	San Pablo, CA	7,147
Yuba College	Marysville, CA	9,904
Los Angeles City College	Los Angeles, CA	17,204
Norwalk Community College	Norwalk, CT	6,231

Students

The student enrollment at Canada College was 5,764 in 2007 (2,657 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students living in the US make up 100% of incoming freshmen.

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

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Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2007 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (1 awarded)

Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (25 awarded)

Accounting
Business Administration and Management
Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services
Retailing and Retail Operations
Small Business Administration/Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

Computer Graphics
Computer Programming/Programmer
Computer Science
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
System Administration/Administrator
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (0 awarded)

Apparel and Textile Manufacture

DESIGN (56 awarded)

Fashion/Apparel Design
Interior Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (1 awarded)

Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

ENGINEERING (9 awarded)

Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (146 awarded)

Child Development
Human Services

LAW (17 awarded)

Legal Assistant/Paralegal

LIBERAL ARTS (53 awarded)

Anthropology
Economics
English Language and Literature
Geography
History
International Relations and Affairs
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
Political Science and Government
Sociology
Spanish Language and Literature
Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MEDIA (7 awarded)

Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia

MEDICAL ADMINSTRATION (7 awarded)

Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (34 awarded)

Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder
Medical/Clinical Assistant
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer

MUSIC (0 awarded)

Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (0 awarded)

Health and Physical Education

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (3 awarded)

Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
Office Management and Supervision

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (1 awarded)

Real Estate

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (0 awarded)

Philosophy

SCIENCE (8 awarded)

Biology/Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (3 awarded)

Psychology