Cogswell Polytechnical College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a rural site not far from an urban area.

Overview

Cogswell Polytechnical College, often referred to as Cogswell, is a privately-run, co-educational, not-for-profit college in Sunnyvale, California. Founded on March 19, 1887 classes began in August 1888. At the time, it was a high school that offered business classes to girls and technical classes to boys. The status of the institute changed on June 30, 1930 to that of a technical college.

Cogswell Polytechnical College is well known for the programs it offers in digital arts, fire science and engineering.

There are a number of student organizations and clubs located on college campus, including the Game Development Club, the Web Design Club, and the Associated Student Body.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in security and law enforcement and media.
• High male/female ratio.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High faculty salary.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 224 in 2009-2010 (156 full-time equivalent).

About 74% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 26% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 54% of the student body. About 16% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Cogswell Polytechnical provides on-campus housing for 50 of its 156 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

• Engineering

MEDIA (29 awarded)

• Animation, Interactive Tech, Video Graphics and Special Effects
• Recording Arts Technology/Technician

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (16 awarded)

• Fire Science/Fire-fighting