Bakersfield College

Bakersfield College
Type	Public community college
Established	1913; 113 years ago
Parent institution	Kern Community College District
Chancellor	Steven Bloomberg
President	Stacy Pfluger (interim)
Students	46,500
Location	Bakersfield, California, United States; 35°24′35.03″N 118°58′24.04″W / 35.4097306°N 118.9733444°W
Campus	Suburban, 153 acres (62 ha)
Colors	Red and white
Nickname	Renegades
Sporting affiliations	CCCAA – WSC,; SCFA (football),; SCWA (wrestling)
Mascot	Knight
Website	bakersfieldcollege.edu

Bakersfield College (BC) is a public community college in Bakersfield, California, United States. BC serves about 31,000 students each semester or 46,500 annually, and offers associate degrees, certificate programs, and is one of fifteen California Community Colleges offering a baccalaureate degree. It is part of the Kern Community College District (KCCD), which is itself part of the California Community Colleges system.

History

Founded in 1913 as Bakersfield Junior College, the school was initially housed on the campus of Bakersfield High School (then Kern County Union High School). In 1947, the school dropped "Junior" from its name. In 1956, Bakersfield College moved to its current location "on the hill" in northeast Bakersfield on the "Panorama Bluffs" that overlook the prolific Kern River Oil Field.

References

↑ "KCCD board taps educator with Kern ties to be next chancellor". Feb 2024.
↑ "California Community College Chancellors Office". CA.gov.
↑ "Acquisitions" (PDF), The Bakersfield College Archives Newsletter, vol. 16, no. 1, Bakersfield College, p. 9, Spring 2017, archived from the original (PDF) on November 22, 2018
↑ Hooper, Ken (July 28, 2013). "History: Growing up and headed for college". The Bakersfield Californian. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
↑ Claffy, Emily (July 26, 2013). "Bakersfield College Centennial: 100 years of higher education". The Bakersfield Californian. Archived from the original on November 22, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2018.

[1] "KCCD board taps educator with Kern ties to be next chancellor". Feb 2024.

[2] "California Community College Chancellors Office". CA.gov.

[3] "Acquisitions" (PDF), The Bakersfield College Archives Newsletter, vol. 16, no. 1, Bakersfield College, p. 9, Spring 2017, archived from the original (PDF) on November 22, 2018

[4] Hooper, Ken (July 28, 2013). "History: Growing up and headed for college". The Bakersfield Californian. Retrieved November 21, 2018.

[5] Claffy, Emily (July 26, 2013). "Bakersfield College Centennial: 100 years of higher education". The Bakersfield Californian. Archived from the original on November 22, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2018.