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{{Short description|Community college in Santa Clarita, California}}
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{{Infobox university
| name                   = College of the Canyons and Santa Clarita Community College District
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| image                  = College of the Canyons logo.svg
| motto                  = Start here. Go anywhere.
| established            = 1969
| type                   = [[Public college|Public]] [[community college]]
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| faculty                = 358 (as of 2016) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.communitycollegereview.com/college-of-the-canyons-profile|title=College of the Canyons Profile (2018-19) &#124; Valencia, CA|date=6 December 2023 }}</ref>
| president              = David C. Andrus (acting)
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| chancellor             = David C. Andrus (acting)
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| students               = 37,182 (as of 2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.canyons.edu/about/ |title=About College of the Canyons }}</ref>
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| address                = 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
| city                   = [[Santa Clarita, California|Santa Clarita]]
| state                  = [[California]]
| zipcode                = 91355
| country                = United States
| coordinates            = {{Coord|34|24|16|N|118|34|05|W|display=inline,title|type:edu_region:US-CA}}
| campus                 = Suburban, {{convert|153.4|acre|ha}}
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| colors                 = Blue and Gold {{colour box|Blue}}{{colour box|Gold}}
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| sports_nickname        = Cougars
| athletics_affiliations = [[California Community College Athletic Association|CCCAA]] – [[Western State Conference|WSC]],<br /> SCFA (football)
| parent                 = [[Santa Clarita Community College District]]
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| website                = {{URL|www.canyons.edu}}
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| pushpin_map            = Santa Clarita#Los Angeles#California
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'''College of the Canyons''' ('''COC''') is a [[Public college|public]] [[community college]] in [[Santa Clarita, California]]. It comprises the Santa Clarita Community College District. The college is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and has campus locations in [[Valencia, Santa Clarita, California|Valencia]] and [[Canyon Country, Santa Clarita, California|Canyon Country]].
== History ==
Local voters approved the formation of the college in 1967. It officially opened in 1969, operating in temporary quarters on the campus of [[William S. Hart High School]] in Newhall. In 1970, the college purchased a permanent campus site along the east side of [[Interstate 5]], south of Valencia Boulevard and north of McBean Parkway. The college relocated to a collection of modular buildings on the site in 1970 as permanent facilities were being built.
== Campus ==
[[File:COC Performing Arts Center.jpg|thumb|left|Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center, College of the Canyons]]
The college is located on {{convert|153.4|acre|ha}} of rolling, tree-dotted hills in the neighborhood of [[Valencia, Santa Clarita, California|Valencia]] in the city of [[Santa Clarita, California|Santa Clarita]] in northern [[Los Angeles County]], [[California]].
In 2007, the college opened its Canyon Country campus on a {{convert|70|acre|ha|adj=on}} site located at 17200 Sierra Highway, Santa Clarita, CA 91351. The campus had an enrollment of 3,845 in the fall of 2009. Its first permanent building, the Applied Technology Education Center, was scheduled to open in 2011 to provide education and training in a variety of high-demand "green" technology fields. The campus is composed primarily of modular buildings that are situated to accommodate planned permanent buildings as they are built. The campus has an outdoor venue, the Carl A. Rasmussen Amphitheater.
In 2021, the college opened a 55,000 square foot science and laboratory facility at the Canyon Country campus. The facility is called the Don Takeda Science Center after a retired biology professor.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martinez |first1=Victor |title=COC Opens New Don Takeda Science Center |url=https://signalscv.com/2021/12/coc-opens-new-don-takeda-science-center/ |website=The Signal |date=2 December 2021 |access-date=20 July 2022}}</ref>
== Academics ==
With 319 full-time faculty members (as of fall 2022), the college offers [[Associate of Arts]] and [[Associate of Science]] degrees in 103 academic programs, as well as credentials in 199 certificate programs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Public Information Office |url=https://www.canyons.edu/administration/pio/ |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=www.canyons.edu}}</ref> Academy of the Canyons, a [[Middle College Program|middle college high school]] operated by the [[William S. Hart Union High School District]], opened on the College of the Canyons campus in 2002 allowing promising high school students to attend high school and college concurrently. The college also oversees the University Center, a collection of public and private universities that offer advanced degree programs on the college's campus, eliminating the need for residents to commute long distances to earn their degrees.
Also operating at the college are the Center for Applied Competitive Technologies, the Employee Training Institute, the Small Business Development Center and the i3 Advanced Technology Center.
== Student life ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:right; margin-left:2em; margin:auto;"
|+ ''Demographics of student body''
! '''Ethnic Breakdown''' || 2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=About College of the Canyons |url=https://www.canyons.edu/about/ |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=www.canyons.edu}}</ref>
|-
! [[Latinx]]/[[Hispanic]]
| 48.2%
|-
! [[African American]]
| 5.7%
|-
! [[Asian American|Asian]]
| 6.2%
|-
! [[Filipinos|Filipinx]]/[[Pacific Islander]]
| 3.6%
|-
! [[White Non-Hispanic]]
| 27.9%
|-
! [[Multiethnic]]
| 2.9%
|-
! Unknown
| 5.1%
|-
| [[Female]]
| 39%
|-
| [[Male]]
| 60.3%
|-
|}
Since 1994, the COC Speech Team has been recognized nationally at six consecutive [[Phi Rho Pi]] National Tournaments for all three major areas of speech competition. Most recently, the team left the 2013 Phi Rho Pi National Tournament with five medals including, one gold, one silver and three bronze medals.
=== Athletics ===
The college athletics teams are nicknamed the Cougars and competes as a member of the [[California Community College Athletic Association]] (CCCAA) in the [[Western State Conference]] (WSC) for all sports except football, which competes in [[Southern California Football Association]] (SCFA).<ref>{{cite web |title=2019-20 CCCAA Directory |url=https://cccaa.prestosports.com/about/directory/2019-20/Directory040620.pdf |publisher=California Community College Athletic Association |access-date=15 April 2020}}</ref> The college currently fields eight men's and nine women's varsity teams; including [[College baseball|baseball]], men's and women's [[College basketball|basketball]], men's and women's [[cross country running|cross country]], [[College football|football]], men's and women's [[golf]], men's and women's [[College soccer in the United States|soccer]], [[College softball|softball]], men's and women's [[swimming (sport)|swimming]], women's [[tennis]], men's and women's [[track and field]], and women's [[volleyball]].
The men's golf team has won nine state championships 1991 and 8 since 2000 (2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2015,2017 and 2019) women's golf won the state championship in fall of 2001,2007 and back to back championships in 2018 and 2019. This is the third time that the women's and men's team have won back to back state championships in the same academic year (Fall 2001, Spring 2002, Fall 2007, Spring 2008 and in Fall 2018 and Spring 2019) The men's football team won the national championship in 2004. The men's ice hockey club won the [[American Collegiate Hockey Association|ACHA Division III]] National Title in 2011. The men's baseball team has also won three state championships 1981, 1983 and 1986.
As of 2017, COC has won 179 conference titles, 31 state titles, and 1 national title. Of the conference titles, baseball holds 23, men's basketball holds 8, women's basketball holds 15, men's cross country holds 4, football holds 11, men's golf holds 23, women's golf holds 8, women's soccer holds 10, softball holds 14, men's swim holds 8 individual titles, women's swim holds 1 individual title, women's dive holds 2, men's track and field holds 2 team titles and 27 individual titles, women's track and field holds 1 team title and 17 individual titles, and women's volleyball holds 5.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://canyons.prestosports.com/history/ConferenceTitles|title=College of the Canyons Conference Championships - College of the Canyons|website=canyons.prestosports.com|language=en|access-date=2017-10-26}}</ref>  The 31 state titles are held by 7 teams: baseball (3), men's track and field (7), women's track and field (2), men's golf (10), woman's golf (4), football (1), and men's cross country (4).<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://canyons.prestosports.com/history/StateChampionships|title=College of the Canyons State Championships - College of the Canyons|website=canyons.prestosports.com|language=en|access-date=2017-10-26}}</ref> The one national championship was won by COC football in 2004.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://canyons.prestosports.com/sports/fball/archive|title=College of the Canyons|website=canyons.prestosports.com|language=en|access-date=2017-10-26}}</ref>
==Filming location==
{{More citations needed section|date=April 2013}}
* ''[[The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' – location used for the Culver Institute Laboratory<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076190/locations/?ref_=tt_dt_loc | title="The Incredible Hulk" the Incredible Hulk (TV Episode 1977) - Filming & production - IMDb | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=IMDB is user generated. Not a reliable source|date=November 2023}}
* ''[[The Amazing Race 24|The Amazing Race: All-Stars]]'' (aired February 23, 2014 on [[CBS]]) – the football field was used for the opening segment where the [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA's]] "[[UCLA Bruin Marching Band|The Solid Gold Sound]]" marching band performed the show's theme song<ref>Rebecca Kendall, [http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-bruin-marching-band-sounds-250130.aspx UCLA Bruin Marching Band sets musical pace for globe-spanning race] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228112224/http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-bruin-marching-band-sounds-250130.aspx |date=2014-02-28 }}, ''UCLA Today'', February 18, 2014</ref><ref>[http://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/photos/1001191/season-24-premiere/ "Back in the Saddle" Season 24 Premiere], CBS, February 2014</ref>
* ''[[Hamburger: The Motion Picture]]'' (1986) - used as Busterburger University<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091165/locations|title=Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986)|work=IMDb}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=IMDB is user generated. Not a reliable source|date=November 2023}}
* ''[[The Girl Next Door (2004 film)|The Girl Next Door]]'' (2004) – used as the site of the main characters' high school<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265208/locations|title=The Girl Next Door (2004)|work=IMDb}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=IMDB is user generated. Not a reliable source|date=November 2023}}
* ''[[Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas]]'' (2006) – used as the site of the college campus where many scenes take place<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421045/locations|title=Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas (2006)|work=IMDb}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=IMDB is user generated. Not a reliable source|date=November 2023}}
* ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'' – as "Waverly University"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://filmlocations.awardspace.com/ncis.html|title=NCIS Filming Location Information|work=awardspace.com|access-date=2011-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302205339/http://filmlocations.awardspace.com/ncis.html|archive-date=2012-03-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Source is self published|date=November 2023}}
* ''[[The Newsroom (American TV series)|The Newsroom]]'' – used as the site of Will's speech on America's recent decline<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPzClXk7GWw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/bPzClXk7GWw| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=The Newsroom - Jeff Daniels Answers "Why Is America The Greatest Country?"|date=6 November 2014|work=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* ''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]]'' – used as the site of Doug's office, Shane's school, and the local community college<ref>{{cite web|url=http://filming.90210locations.info/tv-locations/weeds/|title=Weeds|work=filming.90210locations.info}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=This is a blog, so self published. Not a reliable source|date=November 2023}}
* ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'' [[The Chump|Season 6, Episode 25: "The Chump"]] - Used for setting of a high school baseball game.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://officeladies.com/episodes/2022/03/08/episode-131-the-chump|title=Office Ladies Podcast Episode 131: The Chump}}</ref>
==Notable alumni==
{{main list|:Category:College of the Canyons alumni}}
{{alumni|date=December 2022}}
* [[Marquise Brown]], American football player, [[Arizona Cardinals]]
* [[Steven Dehler]], model, actor and dancer
* [[Ivan Dorschner]], [[Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Clash 2010]] 5th Big Placer, model and actor
* [[Jason Joynes]], basketball player
* [[Adam Kovic]], internet personality ([[Machinima Inc.|Machinima]], [[Funhaus]])
* [[Suzette Martinez Valladares]], Former California State Assembly member (38th district) 2020-2022
* [[Kevin McHale (actor)|Kevin McHale]], (Artie Adams from ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]''), Actor, singer, dancer, voice actor
* [[Aaron Mitchell (American football)|Aaron Mitchell]], former American football player, [[Dallas Cowboys]]
* [[Matt Moore (American football)|Matt Moore]], American football player, [[Oregon State University|Oregon State]], [[Miami Dolphins]], [[Carolina Panthers]]
* [[Domata Peko]], former American football player, [[Cincinnati Bengals]] and [[Denver Broncos]]
* [[Jason Pierre-Paul]], American football player, [[New York Giants]]
* [[Christy Smith (politician)|Christy Smith]], former California State Assembly member ([[California's 38th State Assembly district|38th district]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://proclaimerscv.com/2018/11/14/christy-smith-elected-as-38th-districts-next-assemblywoman/|title=Christy Smith elected as 38th District's next Assemblywoman|date=November 16, 2018|work=The Santa Clarita Valley Proclaimer}}</ref>
* [[Isaac Sopoaga]], former American football player, [[San Francisco 49ers]] (2004–2012)
* [[Brian Vranesh]], [[professional golfer]] who has played on the [[PGA Tour]] and [[Web.com Tour]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pgatour.com/golfers/025919/brian-vranesh/|title=Brian Vranesh|publisher=PGATour|access-date=December 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026014212/http://www.pgatour.com/golfers/025919/brian-vranesh/|archive-date=2012-10-26|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== See also ==
{{Portal bar|Greater Los Angeles}}
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.canyons.edu/ }}
* [http://www.cocathletics.com Official athletics webpage]
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