Claim to Fame

• Former MJC alumni include director George Lucas, actor Jeremy Renner and singer Nathan Stark

Trivia

• MJC has over 20,000 students
• Students can take a free shuttle between MJC's two campuses
• Modesto Junior College and Columbia College make up the Yosemite Community College District.
• Modesto Junior College was one of the first community colleges established in California in 1921.
• The District covers a 4,500 square mile area and serves a population of over 550,000.
• The top three disclipines of study at MJC are: Interdisciplinary Studies, Family & Cons Sciences and Health
• The most popular four-year universities to which MJC students transfer are: CSU Stanislaus, CSU Sacramento, Fresno State, Chico State &
  San Francisco State

Student Demographics

Ethnic Diversity:
3% African-American
6% Asian
40% Caucasian
28% Hispanic
23% Other

Age:
5% 17 or less
57% 18-24
19% 25-34
16% 35-54
3% 55+

Did you know?

• 70% of the nurses in California received their education from community colleges.
• 80% of all firefighters, law enforcement officers and EMT’s are credentialed at community colleges.
• 24% of all the community college students in the all of the United States are enrolled in a California community college.
• The California Community College system is the largest system of public higher education in the world serving more than two million students each year.