Crafton Hills College
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Located in the city of Yucaipa
Yucaipa, California
Yucaipa is a city located east of San Bernardino, in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 51,367 at the 2010 census, up from 41,207 at the 2000 census...

, east of San Bernardino
San Bernardino
San Bernardino, California is a large city in the Inland Empire Metropolitan Area of Southern California.San Bernardino may also refer to:-Landforms:*San Bernardino , a torrent that flows through the Italian province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola...

, Crafton Hills College serves more than 5,000 students each semester.

Mission Statement-
The mission of Crafton Hills College is to advance the education and success of students in a quality learning environment.

Vision Statement-
The vision of Crafton Hills College is to be the premier community college for public safety and health services careers and transfer preparation.

Institutional Values-
Our institutional values are creativity, inclusiveness, excellence, and learning centeredness.

Students attending Crafton may choose to earn an associate’s degree, transfer to a four-year college or university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...

 or earn a career certificate that prepares them to enter the workforce. Crafton maintains strong programs in liberal arts
Liberal arts
The term liberal arts refers to those subjects which in classical antiquity were considered essential for a free citizen to study. Grammar, Rhetoric and Logic were the core liberal arts. In medieval times these subjects were extended to include mathematics, geometry, music and astronomy...

, the science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...

s and performing arts
Performing arts
The performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...

.

In maintaining strong programs in the liberal arts and the performing arts, Crafton Hills College publishes the annual art and literature magazine The Sand Canyon Review. This magazine is produced each spring semester, since its revival in the spring of 2008. The Sand Canyon Review has hosted work by noted writers and artists alike.

Crafton has a two year Respiratory Care program, leading up to an RRT, a Radiology program operated cooperatively by Crafton and Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center is a hospital located in Colton, California within Southern California's Inland Empire. The director of the hospital is Dr. Dev Gnanadev...

and is also the site of a California State Fire Training Academy.

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