About Us

Santa Cruz Center is a  Community College District offering various courses available to students seeking to earn an Associate’s, Bachelor’s, or Master’s degree or acquire career certification.

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Accredited and Transferable

Class size at the Santa Cruz Center averages 24 students, and all classes are fully transferable. Transferred degrees are offered in the arts, business, and sciences.

Modern Technology

Students taking classes at the Santa Cruz Center learn with modern, up-to-date technology in a modern setting. There are four computer labs available, as well as interactive television classrooms, which allow students to take classes along with peers and instructors.

Online Classes

We know that 68 percent of students work while attending college, which is why online classes are also available to fit your schedule. Classes are offered during the day, nights, and weekends.

Full Service Center

Santa Cruz Center offers placement testing, advising, admissions, registration, orientation, and financial aid. A wide array of scholarships are also available to students through the Santa Cruz Center Educational Foundation.

Our Mission

Create a world-class educational environment that advances student achievement and is a catalyst for economic development and prosperity in our bi-national community.

Our Vision

Build an educational institution that collaborates with business and industry to develop a skilled workforce for the 21st century global environment by delivering science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) curriculum, career and technical education and continuing learning opportunities for all community residents.

Our Core Values

Excellence: To provide access to a world class education.

Accountability: To hold our educational community to the highest standards.

Community: To advance this institution as a resource for the region.

Ethical Practices: To maintain the highest level of honesty, communication, cooperation and credibility in all relationships.

Diversity: To promote appreciation and understanding of diverse races and cultures, including expansion of the diversity of college personnel, cross-cultural curricula.