| Location: | Southwest |
| Setting: | Small Town Setting |
| Type: | Public |
| Size: | Very Large (+10,000 Undergrad) |
The mission of Cabrillo College is to enhance the intellectual, cultural, and economic vitality of our diverse community by assisting all students in their quest for lifelong learning and success in an ever-changing world.
Our purpose is to provide an accessible and effective learning environment, which aids students in their pursuit of transfer, career preparation, personal fulfillment, job advancement, and retraining goals.
Our core values are academic freedom, critical and independent thinking, and respect for all people and cultures. Our commitment is to encourage excellence, offer a balanced curriculum, promote teaching methods for diverse learning styles, and involve and enrich our community.
Cabrillo College, named after the explorer Juan Cabrillo, is a community college in Aptos, California. It is one of 109 public community colleges in the state of California. The college opened in 1959. In addition to its main campus, it includes the Watsonville Center which serves approximately 2,300 students, and the Scotts Valley Center opened for the Spring semester of 2007. Cabrillo College has an enrollment more than 16,000 students, more than a third of whom attend full time.
==Facilities== Classes are offered at several locations including the main campus in Aptos at 6500 Soquel Drive, the Cabrillo College Watsonville Center, located at 318 Union Street in downtown Watsonville, the Cabrillo College Scotts Valley Center, located at 104 Whispering Pines Drive in Scotts Valley, and at several locations in downtown Santa Cruz and in the San Lorenzo Valley.
Facility planning and major construction has been completed on campus for a new Student Services Complex, and is underway for Arts Education facilities, new parking structure, and a Health Care Education Center at the Aptos Campus. The main quad in Aptos features a statue in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Cabrillo focuses on student-centered learning and has a tradition of collegial, shared governance. The college transfers many of its students to three nearby universities – the University of California at Santa Cruz, San Jose State University in the heart of Silicon Valley, and California State University at Monterey Bay. Cabrillo offers hundreds of courses leading to four-year degrees in many majors. The majority of all courses in the Cabrillo curriculum transfer to the University of California or the California State University systems.
Cabrillo’s career education is closely connected to the nearby Silicon Valley business environment as well as that of the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Cabrillo College offers a variety of programs that lead to Skills Certificates, Certificates of Proficiency, and A.S. Degrees. In addition, Cabrillo College offers basic skills courses and courses for business, professional and personal development. A variety of not-for-credit classes are available on a fee basis through the Career Education and Economic Development Department.
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| Percent of Students International: | 0% |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | In-State | Out-of-State | |
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 818 | $ 5,738 | |
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 780 | $ 5,700 | |
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 38 | $ 38 | |
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 2,741 | 25% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 730 | 36% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 859 | 7% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 3,934 | 3% | |
Any Aid: |
40% |
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I can't decide which college I should go to.....
Does anyone know these colleges?
If you don't know them, tell me which city you prefer to live Santa Cruz or OC?
13 months ago
Best Answer
Santa Cruz for sure. I had a friend who taught at Cabrillo College and loved the campus and said the students were great. Santa Cruz is kind of small, but more open minded.
Orange county sucks.
It's inland, there are some narrow minded, and bigoted people. I knew a few people who lived in OC and periodically got "invitations" from white supremacist organizations trying get them to join or participate. They were appalled and upset because one was Jewish and the other was latina
Not all of orange county, but that section is kind of snotty.
Towards Anaheim would be different.
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