San Diego Mesa College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

San Diego Mesa College, or Mesa, is a public, two-year, community college in the Kearny Mesa neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States. It was founded in the year 1964. It is the largest community college in San Diego. Mesa College is coeducational and has a semester-based academic calendar. The campus is spread across an area of more than 100 acres. It enrolls over 22,000 students.

The Mesa Press is the college newspaper and is run by journalism students. It covers all Mesa related news. Mesa College’s athletic department is home to various sports teams such as baseball, racquetball, swimming, tennis, soccer, and football. The football team has competed in the second Pacific Coast Conference since 1982.

San Diego Mesa College accepts a limited number of nonimmigrant F-1 visa students. There are special clubs to assist the international students in the college.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in therapy and counseling, liberal arts, design, business and management, and real estate and construction management.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• High faculty salary.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.

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.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

San Diego Mesa College participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 49% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 23,059 in 2009-2010 (14,927 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 61% of the student body. About 9% 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)

(0 awarded)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (8 awarded)

• Architectural Technology/Technician
• Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

ART STUDIES (2 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (202 awarded)

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

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (12 awarded)

• Computer Programming/Programmer
• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
• Information Technology
• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (22 awarded)

• Apparel and Textile Marketing Management
• Apparel and Textiles
• Building/Construction Site Management/Manager
• Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector

COOKING AND CULINARY ARTS (15 awarded)

• Cooking and Related Culinary Arts

DESIGN (46 awarded)

• Fashion/Apparel Design
• Graphic Design
• Interior Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (2 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

ENGINEERING (1 awarded)

• Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (0 awarded)

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

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (31 awarded)

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies
• Foodservice Systems Administration/Management

FINE ARTS (1 awarded)

• Ceramic Arts and Ceramics
• Sculpture

HOSPITALITY (11 awarded)

• Hotel/Motel Administration/Management
• Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (0 awarded)

• Landscaping and Groundskeeping

LAW (0 awarded)

• Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary

LIBERAL ARTS (526 awarded)

• Anthropology
• Chinese Language and Literature
• Creative Writing
• English Language and Literature
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies
• Filipino/Tagalog Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• Geography
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• International Relations and Affairs
• Italian Language and Literature
• Japanese Language and Literature
• Latin Language and Literature
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Language and Literature
• Sign Language Interpretation and Translation
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (8 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (9 awarded)

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

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (11 awarded)

• Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician
• Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (131 awarded)

• Dental Assisting/Assistant
• Medical/Clinical Assistant
• Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer
• Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician/Veterinary Assistant

MUSIC (2 awarded)

• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (11 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (22 awarded)

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (1 awarded)

• Drawing

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (20 awarded)

• Real Estate

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (0 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (74 awarded)

• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physical Sciences
• Physics

SCIENCE AND LABORATORY TECHNICIAN (0 awarded)

• Chemical Technology/Technician

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (57 awarded)

• Physical Therapist Assistant
• Psychology