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Mission College

Mission College
3000 Mission College Blvd
Santa Clara, CA 95054-1897

Official telephone: (408) 855-5007
Website: https://missioncollege.edu/
Screen last updated on: October 2026
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 73%
Student:Faculty ratio: 26:1
Total faculty: 145 men, 194 women
Full-time faculty: 50 men, 77 women
Part-time faculty: 95 men, 117 women

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
double majors, independent study, honors program, internships, distance learning, external degree program, online courses
Cooperative programs are offered: yes
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.
Army ROTC: offered off-campus ROTC branch unit at a cooperating host institution.
Air Force ROTC: offered off-campus ROTC branch unit at a cooperating host institution.

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
  • Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  • Anthropology, General
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Art/Art Studies, General
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biological and Physical Sciences
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Commerce, General
  • Child Care Provider/Assistant
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Community Health and Preventive Medicine
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician
  • Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  • Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General
  • Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
  • Culinary, Entertainment, and Personal Services, Other
  • Economics, General
  • Electromechanical/Electromechanical Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician
  • Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • General Studies
  • Graphic Design
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Hospitality Administration/Management, General
  • Humanities/Humanistic Studies
  • Information Technology
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD
  • Mechanics and Repairers, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Office Management and Supervision
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Physical Sciences, General
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Pre-Engineering
  • Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Real Estate
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager
  • Social Sciences, General
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Sociology, General
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Visual and Performing Arts, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Women's Studies
Certificates

  • Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
  • Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  • Alternative Fuel Vehicle Technology/Technician
  • Art/Art Studies, General
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Commerce, General
  • Child Care Provider/Assistant
  • Child Development
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services, Other
  • Community Health and Preventive Medicine
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician
  • Computer Systems Analysis/Analyst
  • Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  • Construction Trades, General
  • Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General
  • Culinary, Entertainment, and Personal Services, Other
  • Education, Other
  • Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs
  • Electromechanical/Electromechanical Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Fire Science/Fire-fighting
  • Graphic Design
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Information Technology
  • International Relations and Affairs
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training
  • Mechanics and Repairers, General
  • Music, General
  • Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide
  • Plumbing Technology/Plumber
  • Pre-Engineering
  • Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design
  • Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician
  • Real Estate
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager
  • Small Business Administration/Management
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  • Web/Multimedia Management and Webmaster

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • neither credit nor placement for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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