Gavilan College

Location and Contact Information

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

Overview

Gavilan College is a community college situated in Gilroy, California. The college was founded in 1919. Gavilan's main campus is located in Gilroy, while a number of off-campus sites are located in San Benito County, Southern Santa Clara County, Holister and Morgan Hill. Gavillian College was originally established as San Benito County Junior College.

GC's athletic teams are nicknamed the Rams. Gavilan College is home to a number of student clubs and organizations designed for the overall development of its students.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in beauty and cosmetology, medicine, liberal arts, and security and law enforcement.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• High male/female ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Associates Colleges.

Features of note:

• Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Students may study abroad.
• 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 7,509 in 2009-2010 (3,567 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 44% of the student body. About 24% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Associate.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (2 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies
• Visual and Performing Arts

BEAUTY AND COSMETOLOGY (32 awarded)

• Cosmetology/Cosmetologist

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (39 awarded)

• Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (5 awarded)

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

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (0 awarded)

• Carpentry/Carpenter

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (0 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (0 awarded)

• Special Education and Teaching
• Teacher Assistant/Aide

ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

• Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (1 awarded)

• Biomedical Technology/Technician
• Drafting and Design Technology/Technician

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (9 awarded)

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
• Family and Community Services

LIBERAL ARTS (166 awarded)

• English Language and Literature/Letters
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Social Sciences
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

• Mathematics

MECHANICS AND REPAIR (14 awarded)

• Airframe Mechanics and Aircraft Maintenance Technology/Technician

MEDIA (1 awarded)

• Journalism
• Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design
• Radio and Television

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (5 awarded)

• Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary

MEDICINE (20 awarded)

• Health/Medical Preparatory Programs

MUSIC (1 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (77 awarded)

• Home Health Aide/Home Attendant
• Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training
• Nurse/Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (0 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (7 awarded)

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
• Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (1 awarded)

• Cinematography and Film/Video Production

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (0 awarded)

• Real Estate

SCIENCE (5 awarded)

• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Physical Sciences

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (34 awarded)

• Corrections
• Criminal Justice/Police Science