Modesto Junior College

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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.

Modesto Junior College

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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.

Areas of Excellence

  • The Math department has won the AMATYC community college mathematics competition numerous times.
  • The Science department features professors from the best Universities in the nation, which help Bio and Chem majors transfer to the best four-year programs offered in the nation.
  • Its Nursing program has earned a great reputation around the state, and its forensic team has beaten four-year universities in National competitions.

Student Life

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.

Facilities

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.

Sports

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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Quick Facts

Location:
Southwest
Setting:
Mid-size City Setting
Type:
Public
Size:
Very Large (+10,000 Undergrad)

Students & Campus Life

Full Time Students:
58%
Athletic Programs:
Unavailable
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 4,284
Students Receiving Aid:
40%
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Students

General
Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 58%
Part-Time 42%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 48%
Hispanic 28%
Other 13%
Asian 8%
African-American 3%
Geography
In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 99%
Out-of-State 1%
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%  

Degree Programs at Modesto Junior College

Associate's Level Majors

Certificate Programs at Modesto Junior College

Career Education Majors

Photos

  • The Morris Building at Modesto Junior College. Inside are the school's counseling offices and the office of records, among other departments.
    The Morris Building at Modesto Junior College. Inside are the school's counseling offices and the office of records, among other departments. [source]

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