CLATSOP COMMUNITY COLLEGE C-5

1653 Jerome
Astoria, OR 97103-3698
Tel: (503)325-0910
Admissions: (503)338-2456
Fax: (503)325-5738
Web Site: http://www.clatsopcc.edu/

Description:

County-supported, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1958. Setting: 20-acre small town campus. Endowment: $2 million. Total enrollment: 1,824. 340 applied, 81% were admitted. Full-time: 445 students, 61% women, 39% men. Part-time: 1,379 students, 44% women, 56% men. Students come from 28 states and territories, 1 other country, 15% from out-of-state, 3% Native American, 4% Hispanic, 1% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 50% 25 or older, 0.4% transferred in. Core. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Option: early admission. Recommended: high school transcript. Placement: ACT ASSET required. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $15. State resident tuition: $2430 full-time, $54 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $4860 full-time, $108 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $270 full-time, $6 per credit part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group. Most popular organizations: Lives in Transition, Phi Theta Kappa, Nursing Club, Spanish Club, Fine Arts Club. Major annual events: Blood Drive, Graduation Festival, End of Year Awards Ceremony. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. Dora Badollet Library plus 1 other with 48,517 books, 7,000 microform titles, 180 serials, 5,000 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $444,678. 76 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Located on the Columbia River, about 10 miles from its mouth, Astoria is known principally for its salmon and tuna industries. Astoria's history dates from the winter of 1805 when the Lewis and Clark expedition camped at Fort Clatsop. Many plants here are in the fish canning, curing, and freezing business. At the larger docks, ocean liners load for world ports. Commercial transportation is available. There are a number of churches, a city-owned library, museums, hospitals, and many of the major civic and service organizations in the community. The opportunities are good for part-time employment. Recreational facilities are numerous; lakes, streams, rivers, and the ocean for fishing, swimming, boating, picnicking and digging for clams. During the fishing season, August 1 to September 10, more than 15,000 large fish are taken from the Columbia River near Astoria. Some of the points of interest are the Astoria Column, 125 feet high, which illustrates incidents in the early history of the region, Clatsop County Historical Museum, the Columbia River Maritime Museum, and Fort Astoria. The Astoria Regatta is an annual event.