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General Information

Address:

Monterey Peninsula College
980 Fremont Street
Monterey, CA 93940-4799

General Telephone Number: (831) 646-4000
Student Transcript Requests: (831) 646-4002
Academic Counseling Services: (831) 646-4020
International Student Information: (831) 646-4024
Student Registration Information: (831) 646-4002

MPC, one of 109 colleges in the California Community College System, is the focal point for learning beyond the secondary school. It endeavors to assist all who participate in its varied objectives to realize their highest potential as individuals, and also to realize their rights, freedoms and responsibilities in the community and the larger society of which they are a part.

The college offers courses to prepare students for transfer to four-year institutions, to prepare for the workplace, to update work skills or prepare for a new career, to gain a general education, and to improve basic skills in mathematics, reading, writing and science.

Founded: September 1947

President: Dr. Douglas Garrison

Fall 2006 Student Enrollment: 13,927 (total)
  8,476 (credit)
Annual FTES for 2006-07: 5339 (credit)
2,312 (noncredit)

Ethnicity of Student Body (credit students):

  • 56% Caucasian
  • 12% Asian, Filipino, Pacific Islanders
  • 14% Hispanic/Latino
  • 5% African American  
  • 3% Other non-white
  • 10% Not reported

International Students: 350 representing 46 countries

Faculty:

  • 126 (full-time)
  • 188 (part-time)

Classified:

  • 154 (full-time)
  • 55  (part-time)

Administrators and management staff: 23

Campus Size: 87 acres

Mascot: Lobo

Tuition/fees: Full-time, California resident, 2002 (12-15 units): $ 312.00 - $ 390.00 per semester.

Revenues: Total projected for 2001-2002 is $ 57,782,870.

Recognized for:
Fifty years of quality higher educational services to the Greater Monterey Peninsula, outstanding transfer education, occupational programs serving employment needs in our area and learning opportunities for students of all ages.