Modesto Junior College provides a comprehensive student-centered learning community for all who can benefit by offering innovative instructional and student support programs that respond to the educational needs of our diverse community.
The Modesto Junior College is a community college located in Central Valley's Modesto, California. It often called by its initialism, MJC. Its current president is Richard Rose who received a of no confidence by the faculty on December 11, 2007. Its sports teams are referred to as the MJC Pirates.
MJC is regarded as one of the best community colleges in the state based on student's High School GPA and transfer percentage. The rate of students who transfer to four-year universities is among the best in the nation.
Modesto Junior College offers Associate degrees. The school boasts 12,909 degree-seeking undergrads. The campus at Modesto Junior College features the Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 - 249,999) and Commuter campus. Incidentally, Modesto Junior College is located 90 miles from San Francisco. Additionally, the community college has many unique facilities such as natural history museum.
In the year 1985 an asbestos remediation program was conducted on the College, in which asbestos containing pipe lagging was removed and disposed of with proper manifests at off site locations(Earth Metrics, 1989). Sometime prior to 1989 at the College, there was an unauthorized release of diesel fuel to the environment, with an unknown quantity of fuel being discharged.
The Modesto Junior College Pirates is a member of CCCAA. Sports at Modesto Junior College include Men's Intercollegiate Baseball; Men's Intercollegiate, Women's Intercollegiate, Men's Intramural and Women's Intramural Basketball; Men's Intercollegiate and Women's Intercollegiate Cross_country; Men's Intercollegiate and Men's Intramural Football; Men's Intercollegiate and Women's Intercollegiate Golf; Men's Intercollegiate and Women's Intercollegiate Soccer; Women's Intercollegiate and Women's Intramural Softball; Men's Intramural and Women's Intramural Table_tennis; Men's Intercollegiate and Women's Intercollegiate Track_and_field; Women's Intercollegiate, Men's Intramural and Women's Intramural Volleyball; Men's Intercollegiate Wrestling, and Men's Intercollegiate and Women's Intercollegiate Water Polo.
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| Percent of Students International: | 0% |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | In-State | Out-of-State | |
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 662 | $ 4,284 | |
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 624 | $ 4,248 | |
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 38 | $ 38 | |
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 3,104 | 32% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 947 | 40% | |
Any Aid: |
40% |
