Canada College

Overview

Canada College is a public community college located in Redwood City, California, nestled in the heart of the Silicon Valley near the bustling metropolis of San Francisco. Established in 1968, the institution offers a scenic campus setting with a focus on sustainability and features a notable architectural design characterized by its extensive use of redwood trees in construction?reflecting the natural beauty of its surroundings. Canada College serves a diverse student body, providing a range of academic programs, with notable emphasis on business, accounting, and computer science, designed to facilitate transfer to four-year universities or to enter the workforce directly. The college does not provide on-campus housing, focusing instead on commuter students from the local area. With its open admission policy, Canada College is highly accessible to residents of California, aiming to serve the educational needs of the community without the selectivity of more competitive institutions. While the college does not have an extensive athletics program, it provides a variety of extracurricular opportunities to complement its academic offerings.

Canada College has an open admission policy which permits enrollment by any high school graduate or GED holding student.  747 students are enrolled on a full time basis, and 4,641 attend part time. In-state tuition for 2022/2023, excluding room and board, is $1,288 plus fees of $74.