Porterville College

With students as our focus, Porterville College provides our local and diverse communities an excellent educational experience that fosters intellectual curiosity and growth, lifelong learning, and prepares our students for personal and academic success.

Porterville College is committed to providing an educational process to enhance the personal worth and intellectual potential of its students and is also dedicated to producing graduates who are prepared for tomorrow's challenges. Statistics prove that Porterville College students who transfer to a four-year college earn grades that are equal to or better than those earned by students who go directly from high school to a four year institution. Our vocational graduates enter the work force with a degree or certificate that means quality training to area employers.

Porterville College is located in Porterville, California, and serves students and communities in the central valley.

Porterville is within three hours commuting time to the seashores of the Pacific or the metropolitan Los Angeles area. The population of the Porterville urban area is approximately 52,000 persons and that of the surrounding service area is 110,000 persons. Porterville provides a quality of life that includes inexpensive housing, outdoor recreation, excellent elementary and secondary schools, and friendly neighbors. Porterville serves as a gateway to a vast mountain wonderland and recreational area of the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. The high alpine wilderness is home to awe-inspiring giant sequoias, immense mountains, deep canyons and over 200 caverns.

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