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Monterey Peninsula College

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Type
  
Community college

Endowment
  
$1.8 million

Mascot
  
Lobos

Total enrollment
  
12,170 (2011)

Founded
  
1947

Established
  
1947

Nickname
  
Lobos

Phone
  
+1 831-646-4000

Graduation rate
  
26.2% (2014)

Monterey Peninsula College

Location
  
Monterey, California, USA

Athletics
  
CCCAA – Coast Conference

Address
  
980 Fremont St, Monterey, CA 93940, USA

Undergraduate tuition and fees
  
Local tuition: 1,170 USD (2015), Domestic tuition: 5,586 USD (2015)

Notable alumni
  
David Fales, Sylvia Day, Marco Ramos, Nick Cunningham, Ron Weaver

Similar
  
Hartnell College, Cabrillo College, Gavilan College, California State University, College of the Siskiyous

Profiles

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Monterey Peninsula College, commonly called "MPC", is a public community college located in Monterey, California. Established in 1947, it is a part of the California Community Colleges system.

Contents

In 2009, MPC established a Great Books program, one of only two such programs available in the California Community Colleges system. The certificate can be completed through online study. In 2013, the MPC entered into an articulation agreement with Chicago's Shimer College, allowing students who have completed the MPC Great Books certificate to continue their studies at Shimer.

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Athletics

Monterey Peninsula College competes in the Coast Conference as a Junior College. Its athletic teams are known as the "Lobos", which is derived from lobo (Spanish: wolf).

Notable people

  • Joseph Gutheinz, retired NASA official who investigated stolen and missing moon rocks
  • Ron Johnson, American football player
  • Christopher Kasparek, physician, writer, and translator.
  • Jimmy Panetta, assistant district attorney in Monterey County, California
  • References

    Monterey Peninsula College Wikipedia