San Jose City College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

San Jose City College, also known as SJCC, is a coeducational, community college located in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, United States. It was founded in 1921 with as the San Jose School. The school was renamed to San Jose City College in 1958.

San Jose City College is organized into the following divisions:

• Applied Science
• Business and Service Careers
• Humanities & Social Science
• Language Arts
• Math and Science

The sports teams at San Jose City College are called the Jaguars. The official mascot is the Jaguar. The College sponsors football, basketball, baseball, cross country, track, soccer, softball, and volleyball.

Notable faculty of SJCC include John Shrader, Professor of Journalism, has an extensive background in television and radio sports anchoring and sports reporting; and Reginald Lockett, Professor of English, is the author of The Party Crashers of Paradise (2001) and has composed many other short stories, novels, articles, and poems.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in production trades, construction trades, therapy and counseling, engineering technician, and family and social work.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of students.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• 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.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

San Jose City College participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 62% 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 11,707 in 2009-2010 (6,738 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 50% of the student body. About 19% 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 (4 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BEAUTY AND COSMETOLOGY (33 awarded)

• Cosmetology/Cosmetologist

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (46 awarded)

• Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce
• Labor and Industrial Relations
• Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations
• Small Business Administration/Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (20 awarded)

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

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (45 awarded)

• Building/Construction Site Management/Manager
• Construction Trades
• Glazier

COOKING AND CULINARY ARTS (0 awarded)

• Cooking and Related Culinary Arts

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (0 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (91 awarded)

• Biomedical Technology/Technician
• Heating/AC/Refrigeration Technology/Technician
• Laser and Optical Technology/Technician
• Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (42 awarded)

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences

LIBERAL ARTS (195 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Social Sciences

MATHEMATICS (4 awarded)

• Mathematics

MECHANICS AND REPAIR (5 awarded)

• Communications Systems Installation and Repair Technology
• Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician
• Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair
• Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician

MEDIA (7 awarded)

• Animation, Interactive Tech, Video Graphics and Special Effects
• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
• Journalism
• Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (40 awarded)

• Dental Assisting/Assistant
• Medical/Clinical Assistant

MEDICINE (0 awarded)

• Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences

MUSIC (0 awarded)

• Music

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (3 awarded)

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (0 awarded)

• Photography

PRODUCTION TRADES (27 awarded)

• Machine Tool Technology/Machinist

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (4 awarded)

• Real Estate

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (0 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (8 awarded)

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

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (17 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Police Science

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (36 awarded)

• Psychology
• Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling