Type Community college Chancellor Dr. Helen Benjamin Vice-president Tammeil Gilkerson Phone +1 510-235-7800 Mascot Comets | Established 1949 President Mojdeh Medizadeh Students 7,959 Total enrollment 7,975 (2010) | |
Address 2600 Mission Bell Dr, San Pablo, CA 94806, USA Undergraduate tuition and fees Local tuition: 1,298 USD (2015), Domestic tuition: 7,038 USD (2015) Similar Los Medanos College, Diablo Valley College, Solano Community College, Laney College, Merritt College Profiles |
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Contra Costa College, in San Pablo, California, is the west campus of the Contra Costa Community College District. It is part of the California community colleges system, one of the three college systems in California.
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History
The college was founded as West Contra Costa Junior College in 1949, with the first classes held in the spring of 1950 at a temporary location in the shuttered Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California. In 1957, a permanent campus was opened on Mission Bell Drive in downtown San Pablo.
Several premier programs call the college home, including:
The college is flanked by Abella Center to the south.
Middle College High School
The college campus is also home to Middle College High School, whose students take college classes in addition to regular high school courses. The high school is part of the West Contra Costa Unified School District.