Ventura College
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Ventura College is a California
California
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-state funded community college
Community college
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 located in Ventura, California
Ventura, California
Ventura is the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States, incorporated in 1866. The population was 106,433 at the 2010 census, up from 100,916 at the 2000 census. Ventura is accessible via U.S...

, USA
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. Established in 1925, the college has a 112 acres (45.3 ha) campus with an enrollment of 14,456 students. The college is part of the Ventura County Community College District.

History

Ventura College was originally located at the current site of Cabrillo Middle School. This building was destroyed by fire in 1951. It then moved to the current site of Ventura High School
Ventura High School
Ventura High School is a secondary school located in Ventura, California. The school was founded in 1889 and is currently a California Distinguished School.-Notable alumni:*Mike Larrabee...

, and in 1955 was moved to its current location on Telegraph Road. The campus consists of rolling green hills, planted with thousands of different varieties of plants and trees, with approximately 60 classroom, lab, administration, library and student service buildings. The college is the recipient of $112 million dollars from a taxpayer approved bond, (Measure S passed in March 2002) which has resulted in new buildings and new infrastructure across the campus.

The Ventura College Promise

Ventura College is the home of the Ventura College Promise, the largest grant program of its kind in the nation at a community college. Supported by the Ventura College Foundation, all students who graduate from a Ventura County High School or earn their GED in the County, may qualify for three semesters of enrollment fees - as many units as they would like to enroll for during those semesters, with no limit on number of units or GPA - if they start the fall after they complete their high school diploma, GED or diploma without exit exam passage. The family income limit on the program is about $85,000, but all students considering attending Ventura College are strongly encouraged to apply for the Promise grant program. More than 3,000 students have received the Ventura College Promise in the less than three years the program has been in existence, and the first 75 graduated from Ventura College this May. Students who are enrolled in the Promise program enroll in more units, complete more units, complete more semesters, and return to school for their second year at a substantially higher rate than their non-Promise counterparts.

Student body profile

(Fall 2008)
Total Enrollment...................................14,456

Student Body:
Full/Part-time Status:
Full-Time .....................4,836 (33.5%)
Part-Time.....................9,620 (66.5%)
Student Gender
Female ........................8,135 (56.3%)
Male.............................6,168 (42.7%)
Unknown ........................153 (1.1%)

Student Ethnicity
African American/Black.. 381 (2.6%)
Asian/Filipino/Pacific Islander........... 943 (6.5%)
Hispanic...................... 5,919 (40.9%)
Native American............. 192 (1.3%)
White........................... 5,779 (40.0%)
Other.............................. 123 (0.9%)
Unknown......................1,119 (7.7%)

Student Age (Avg. Age 26.3 yrs.)
<18...............................1,480 (10.2%)
18-19............................3,694 (25.6%)
20-21............................2,291 (15.8%)
22-24............................1,751 (12.1%)
25-29............................1,634 (11.3%)
30-34...............................859 (5.9%)
35-39...............................650 (4.5%)
40-49............................1,081 (7.5%)
50-64...............................862 (6.0%)
65+..................................152 (1.1%)
Unknown.............................2 (0.0%)
International Student Enrollment...70

Degrees awarded

2008-09 Associate’s Degrees awarded…1201
2008-09 Certificates of Achievement awarded…88
Ventura College is 28th in the nation (of more than 1,200 community and junior colleges) for awarding Associate’s Degrees to Hispanic students, according to Department of Education statistics.

Transfer information

According to its website, Ventura College transfers more students than most California Community Colleges. It is among the top 25% of all California Community Colleges (CCC) transferring students to the UC and CSU systems, and in the top five of all CCCs in the same enrollment range (13,500-15,000 headcount).

Its top UC
University of California
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 feeders include Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Cruz, and Berkeley. Its top CSU
California State University
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feeders include Channel Islands, Chico, Long Beach, Northridge, San Diego, and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Most Current Transfer Data:
2007-08:
University of California colleges….126
California State University colleges…636
2006-07:
In-state Private Colleges…160
Out of State Four Year Universities…135

Financial aid information

2008-09 Total Financial Aid awarded……$11,000,000 (still being tallied at posting)
2008-09 Total Scholarships awarded……$336,950(still being tallied at posting)
2008-09 Ventura College Promise grants awarded….$390,500(still being tallied at posting)

Student life

Ventura College students can participate in more than 20 clubs related to their various interests (Planet Preservation, Success through Diversity), ethic background (MEChA, SACNAS) and majors (such as Pre-Med, Psychology, SHPE, and Student Nurses Association), and 18 intercollegiate athletic teams and Spirit. Ventura College is the winner of the past ten years of Supremacy Awards from the Western States Conference, and has many state championship teams to be proud of in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's tennis and men's and women's swim/dive. In addition, Ventura College teams are regular recipients of the State Conference on Athletics Scholar Athlete Team awards. The Spirit team was the nation's champion for two year schools three out of the past five years.

Athletic Teams: Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Swim/Dive, Men's and Women's Tennis, Men's and Women's Water Polo, Men's and Women's Cross-Country, Men's and Women's Track and Field, Men's Golf, Softball, Baseball, Football, Women's Soccer, and Women's Volleyball.

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