Institution Overview

College of the Canyons delivers an accessible, holistic education for students to earn associate degrees, certificates, and credentials, to prepare for transfer, and to attain workforce skills. The College champions diversity, equity, inclusion, and global responsibility while providing clear pathways in an engaging, supportive environment where all students can successfully achieve their educational goals.

College of the Canyons is dedicated to being a leading two-year college, recognized locally, regionally, statewide and nationally for technical advancement, institutional effectiveness, student support, model academic and professional programs, excellence in teaching and learning, fostering a broad range of community partnerships, maximizing student access, and for the sense of community that we provide to our students and staff.

Key selling points

Great location - 30 minutes north of LA, with good supportive international staff. The high transfer rate and students regularly transfer to excellent universities like UCLA, CSU, Cal-Berkeley, and CSU-Northridge. 17 sports programs (a lot for a community college) and some athletes go professional, 65 areas of study, Fast admission processing, 2-3 days I-20 turnaround time

Short name

COC

Institution type

Further education college

University Ownership

Public