Village Profile Home Page | About our Company | Sales Opportunities | Community eStore | vpmobile.us

Higher Education

The presence of four major institutions of higher education is an important factor in shaping the economy and culture of Riverside. All four colleges have been undergoing enrollment growth and building new facilities. With each school offering different programs, students can choose among: the University of California, Riverside (UCR); Riverside Community College (RCC); California Baptist University (CBU); and La Sierra University (LSU).

Riverside is also within a reasonable commute to California State University at San Bernardino the University of Redlands and about a dozen other excellent colleges in the region.

Areas of strength in Riverside’s colleges include: all the sciences, technology, business management, education, engineering, medical professions, humanities, and the arts. In many occupational fields there are cooperative programs and internships involving businesses, the Greater Riverside Chambers, local government, and the region’s schools, colleges, and universities.

As important economic engines and major employers, Riverside’s schools and colleges attract new residents, spend money locally, and are a source of skilled employees. The sterling reputation of scientific research at UCR stimulates high-tech development, including in the University Research Park and Technology Park.

Riverside Community College
4800 Magnolia Avenue
Riverside, CA 92506
951-222-8000

Riverside Community College offers more than 100 comprehensive programs to aid students seeking transfer to a 4-year college or university, a 2-year degree, a professional certificate, occupational training, or simply to update their work skills. RCC has been the community’s college of choice for nearly nine decades. Each semester, more that 30,000 students take classes online or at one of RCC’s campuses or education centers. RCC’s enrollment includes more than 13,300 students.

RCC offers more than 60 vocational and apprenticeship programs in fields such as engineering, high technology, healthcare, culinary arts, international trade, auto tech, and other services. RCC has over 300 full-time faculty and 1,000 adjunct faculty help prepare a qualified work force.
www.rcc.edu

La Sierra University
2500 Riverwalk Parkway
Riverside, CA 92505
1-800-874-5587

La Sierra University is located in inland Southern California and is part of the Seventh-day Adventist system of higher education. The University offers graduate and undergraduate curricula in applied and liberal arts and sciences, business and management, religion, and programs for professional education in fulfillment of requirements for teaching credentials.

Intellectual pursuits are facilitated by the University Library, museums, Observatory, Arboretum, Brandstater Gallery, MICOL computing laboratory, Learning Support and Testing Center, Hancock and Stahl Centers, and other campus resources. Physical fitness is encouraged on campus by such activities as intramural and varsity sports, physical education courses, and by three swimming pools, a fitness center, and tennis, basketball, and volleyball courts.

Students at LSU come from nearly every state in the U.S. and 60 countries around the world. Close interaction exists between 1,400 undergraduate and graduate students and 110 full-time faculty.

La Sierra offers study abroad programs, language immersion, archaeological digs, and service programs available in every continent. LSU helps students find jobs, and has an Award-Winning Students in Free Enterprise program.
www.lasierra.edu

California Baptist University
8374 Magnolia Avenue
Riverside, CA 92504
1-800-782-3382

Since it’s founding in 1950, California Baptist University (CBU) has set the standard for faith-based educational excellence. Today, CBU offers 27 undergraduate and 10 graduate accredited degree programs to more than 3,000 students drawn from across the nation and world.

The beautiful 90-acre main campus of California Baptist University is situated in the heart of Riverside’s historic Magnolia Avenue district, just a short drive from popular beaches and mountain resorts. CBU has established extension sites throughout Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, with more being planned in response to the growing demand for working-adult degree programs.

The Lancer athletic program at CBU is gaining recognition as one of the best in the nation with three national championship teams and two runners up in their respective fields of competition during the past year alone. And with extension sites in several locations, CBU has become the Inland Empire’s premier Christian university.

In addition to being strongly involved in the local community through a variety of service projects and activities, California Baptist University also supports a wide range of highly active international programs. Included are educational partnerships with a number of universities in Europe and Asia. Further, the CBU International Service Projects program annually sends scores of student teams throughout the world to teach and participate in recreation, construction and infrastructure development projects.

For more information about California Baptist University, call 951-689-5771, or visit the CBU Web site at www.calbaptist.edu.

University of California, Riverside
900 University Avenue
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-1012

The University of California, Riverside is one of ten campuses of the University of California, generally recognized as the preeminent public university system in the world. UC Riverside is a major research university and national center for the humanities, offering students a supportive, collegial learning environment with nationally and internationally recognized faculty dedicated to the highest standards in research, teaching and public service. Located on nearly 1,200 acres near Box Springs Mountains, the park-like campus provides convenient access to the vibrant and growing Inland region. This is an ideal setting in which to study, work and live in a community steeped in rich heritage, offering a dynamic mix of arts and entertainment, and an opportunity for quality living.

Renowned in the biological and physical sciences, UCR offers 109 undergraduate programs in 77 majors, 50 master’s degree programs, 38 Ph.D. programs, and 17 state teaching and administrative credentials.

Graduate programs growing in numbers and prestige include the Bourns College of Engineering and the Anderson School of Management. The UCR/UCLA School of Medicine’s Program in Biomedical Sciences offers a unique accelerated track to B.S. and M.D. degrees.

UCR has a total enrollment of over 17,000 students.
www.ucr.edu

(Source: Riverside Higher Education/Business Council and the college web sites)