Community colleges in California - USA

Located 45 miles south of San Francisco, De Anza College is spread over 112 acres in Cupertino in the heart of Silicon Valley. Cupertino is also home to Apple, Symantec, Sun, Hewlett-Packard, and other high-tech companies. With the criteria of quality and innovation, De Anza College has been one of the prestigious community colleges in the entire United States for nearly 4 decades. De Anza is one of the largest community colleges, attracting around 25,000 students annually on average.

1.1 What makes De Anza attractive to international students?

Prestigious vocational and technical training programs

High-quality education at a reasonable cost

A rich academic program

Opportunities for every student with a variety of inputs

Attentive student care

Support for university transfer registration procedures

State-of-the-art facilities and equipment

1.2 Curriculum

De Anza College offers more than 90 2-year programs to earn an Associate in Arts or Associate in Science degree and transfer programs to the University. Some of the main and well-known majors attract many international students such as: Graphics, Biology, Health and Environmental Sciences, Broadcasting, Business Administration, Children's Personality Development, Computer Information Systems, Graphic Design and Computer Graphics, etc Linguistics, Nursing, Medical Technology, Social Sciences and Humanities.

1.3 Admission requirements:

Registration dossier

Fill out and sign the application form

Confirmation of balance (at least $17,498 in the account)

Fill out and sign the letter of financial support

Secondary and high school transcripts (original and notarized English translation)

1 passport size

Application fee of 50 USD if your IELTS/TOEFL score is not enough to meet De Anza's entry requirements, you can take a Summer English Course at De Anza or study English at a De Anza-affiliated school.

The university is located in the dynamic San Francisco Bay Area, in the heart of the world-famous Silicon Valley, 45 minutes south of San Francisco (the main international airport) and 20 minutes west of San Jose, making it the 10th largest city in the United States.

For more than 50 years, Foothill and De Anza have been consistently ranked among the top two-year colleges in the U.S. for academic excellence and successful transfer to the world's best universities. Currently, the university ranks first in terms of the number of transfer students to the University of California and the California State University system.

2.1 2+2 Program:

International students who study for 2 years at Foothill and De Anza College achieve corresponding scores of prestigious universities in the US such as the University of California, California State University, University of California at Berkeley, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), University of San Francisco, University of Michigan, etc. will be able to transfer 2 years to that university, helping international students save on university study costs.

2.2 Typical learning programs:

+ Majors for transfer to universities:Accounting, Business Administration,Economics,Biotechnology, Computer Systems,Information Technology,Science and Technology,Engineer, Film Production,Music EngineeringNurse

+ 6-month or 12-month certificates: Accounting, International Business, Marketing Management,Theatre Music Engineering…

2.3 Admission requirements:

• High School Graduation

• English Language Requirements:

• IELTS

  6.0 or TOEFL: iBT 61 or 173 CPT or 500 PPT (If you do not pass, you will apply for an English course at the school)

• Simple I-20 Visa Requirements for International Students

Santa Barbara College (SBCC) was founded in 1909 and is considered one of the top community colleges in the state of California as well as in the United States, offering a wide variety of programs for students to choose from.

3.1 Training Majors

Some training majors: Art, Marine Science, Business, International Business, Marketing, Finance, Communications, Computer Network Technology and Electronics, Economics, Environmental landscape design, Filmmaking, History, Hospitality and Culinary Arts, Law, Diving Techniques, Music, Psychology, Theater, Actor/Director...

3.2 Facilities

The facilities at the school create the best learning conditions for students. The school has a library, day and evening food service, computer classrooms, book/gift shop, student health room, career center, basketball gym, track and field, soccer field, tennis court, theater...

3.3. Admission conditions:

• Graduated from high school, full 18 years old

• English Language Requirements: students can enroll in an English course at SBCC without IELTS/TOEFL.

3.4. Housing

The university has its department as well as a website to assist students in the housing search process, giving you the right options for both the distance to travel between campuses as well as the cost. Although, the Santa Barbara College campus does not have separate dormitories, the school can still help and support you for a short time when you move in.

3.5. Travel

The city of Santa Barbara is an ideal place for walking. Many students choose to ride bicycles to school, and it is also very convenient to take the bus. Maybe a car will be very convenient for getting around the city, but you don't need a car to study in Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara has a small airport for domestic flights to cities like San Francisco. There is also a train stop in the city center.

Riverside Community College (RCC) was founded in 1916 in Southern California, about an hour's drive east of Los Angeles. In 1991, RCC opened two more campuses in the neighboring cities of Norco and Moreno Valley. Within 30 miles around Riverside there are more than 25 universities. Attractions such as Newport Beach and Laguna Beach, the San Bernardino Mountains, the Palm Springs Desert, and Disneyland are also just about an hour's drive from Riverside. The weather is temperate, like the Mediterranean climate.

RCC has three campuses that provide a general education program equivalent to the knowledge of the first 2 years of university for students to transfer to universities and complete the last 2 years of study to obtain a bachelor's degree about 30,000 students from many countries around the world. In each half-year semester, the university offers more than 2,000 classes for more than 70 majors. In addition to classes taught to prepare students for transfer to a four-year school, RCC also offers Associate degrees to students after attending the school for two years (or 60 units). In addition, RCC also has certification programs for many professions.

4.1 Riverside Community College Curriculum

The International Student Center at Riverside Community College helps students choose the right courses that are accepted for transfer to California State Universities and the University of California, as well as to private colleges and universities across the United States. In addition to transfer courses, the University also organizes Associate degree courses, which are awarded after two years of study (or 60 credits). The courses that are commonly chosen by international students to study are Business Administration, Computer Information Systems, Road and Bridge Construction, English, and Office Administration. Certificate programs in many career fields are also available.

4.2 Form of education: Public, for both male and female students

Tuition fees may vary from year to year. Please update here: http://www.rcc.edu/services/InternationalStudents/Pages/Admissions.aspx

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