ABOUT FULLERTON COLLEGE

Year Founded: 1913 as Fullerton Junior College, the oldest continuously operating community college in California. Changed name to Fullerton College in 1972. Fullerton College is part of the North Orange County Community College District.

President: Kathleen O'Connell Hodge, Ed.D. (2004 – present)

Location: Adjacent to downtown Fullerton, California in metropolitan Orange County, California.

Campus acreage: 83.0

Accreditation: Accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Enrollment by academic year: 19,669

Full-time faculty: 315

Part-time faculty: 480

Enrollment fee: $20 per unit for California residents; additional $169 per unit for non-residents; $189 for non-US residents

Annual tuition/fees, full-time, state residents: Approximately $690

Annual tuition/fees, full-time, non-state residents: Approximately $6,098

Number of Associates degree programs: 90

Number of Vocational Certificate programs: 111  

Transfer rate: Ranked 8^th in the state in the number of CSU and UC transfers combined. Most popular transfer institution is CSU Fullerton.

Student Resources: State-of-the-art Library/Learning Resource Center; brand-new College Center with food court and student lounge; wireless internet access; Wellness Center; Service Learning; weekly campus newspaper; free tutoring in English, writing, and Math; state and national honor societies; Workforce Center; Transfer Center

College activities: Homecoming; Festival of Diversity; cultural activities and field trips; approximately 20 active student clubs; FC Marketplace; university field trips

Athletics: Fourteen intercollegiate men's and women’s sports teams; member of the Orange Empire Conference

Fine Arts: Twenty-five musical performance groups; playwrights festival; directors festival; jazz festival, high school theatre festival, choir festival, piano ensemble festival, summer musical theatre conservatory, artist in residence program, permanent art collection, art gallery season of exhibitions, 20 entertainment industry and visual arts vocational certificates.