Great work of California Community Colleges

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Irvine Valley College offers 59 associate degree
majors and 32 career and technical certificate
programs.
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Students can save about 40,000 by
attending Irvine Valley College the first two
years.
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Community college transfers earn GPAs equal or
better than students who started out at UC or CSU.
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That Irvine Valley Colleges transfer rate is 1
in Orange County and 3 in California.
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California Community Colleges are the largest
provider of workforce training in the United
States.
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California Community College graduates who earn a
degree or certificate will have increased annual
earnings by 63 or 18,630 in 3 years.
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For every dollar spent on California Community
Colleges the state economy receives a 3 return
on investment.
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80 of our students work and the average
amount worked is 32 hours a week.
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Statewide 52 of our degree seeking students earn
a degree, certificate, or transfer in 6 years.
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We now serve 2.6 million students up from 2.5
million in the last 3 years.
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One quarter of all community college students in
the country are enrolled in Californias
community college.
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2/3 of all CSU graduates and 1/3 of all UC
graduates began their college years at a
community college.
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That California Community Colleges transferred
97,600 more students than last year.
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California Community Colleges awarded 105,710
degrees and certificates last year.
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21,000 California veterans 16,000 attend
Community College.
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Community Colleges Serve
CCCS . . . . . . . . . CSU . . . . . . . . . .
. . UC . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,620,000 331,563 159,066