1570 E. Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91106

Occupying a 53-acre site in Pasadena, California, Pasadena City College has a history that traces back to the 1928 founding of a four-year city college. This school, after various splits and merges, would go on to be named Pasadena City College. Today this California college stands as a two-year institution of higher learning that is committed to offering an education in academic, vocational, and basic skills.

Whether students are interested in working towards a certificate, or attaining an Associate in Arts or Associate in Science degree, Pasadena City College offers the programs that they need in order to succeed in the future. Programs range from fields such as business and computer technology, the health sciences, and languages, to the natural sciences, performing and communication arts, and the visual arts and media studies, plus much more. This California college also offers such unique opportunities as the Artist-in-Residence program in which participating students get to work with, and be taught by, professional artists.

In the years since its founding, Pasadena City College has served more than one million students, with enrollment standing at 30,000 students today.

Quick Facts:

Pasadena City College has been accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

This California College offers distance learning courses through telecourses and online classes.

Pasadena City College's Fast Track program allows for high schools students to enroll in college courses before they have graduated. The program also allows for accelerated transfer from Pasadena City College to a traditional four-year college or university.

The athletics department at this California college is home to nearly 20 intercollegiate teams spanning 11 different sports.

Pasadena City College offers 60 different academic programs and 76 vocational programs, as well as 25 lifelong learning programs.

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