By Nat Read
The colleges and universities of the San Gabriel Valley, this past May-J une, awarded degrees to 14,370 candidates, according to figures of the San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership. That means 14,370 caps, 14,370 gowns, 14,370 sheepskins and 14,370 educated entrants into the work force or candidates for additional degrees. Graduation time is especially important here because the San Gabriel Valley is the top cluster of colleges and universities in California earning its title of “Intellectual Capital.”
The San Gabriel Valley is composed of 30 cities and a population of 1.9 million. Within its 400 square miles are 25 colleges, universities and graduate schools, including some of the most distinctive in the country. The San Gabriel Valley‘s 164,457 higher education students would form the largest city in the San Gabriel Valley, and the aggregate college and university workforce of 13,000 faculty and staff` would make Higher Education, Inc. the largest single employer. The combined campus acreage makes higher education larger than seven San Gabriel Valley cities. One out of every twelve San Gabriel Valley residents is a student of higher education.
The 14,370 graduates of 2002 outnumber the population of five of the San Gabriel Valley cities. Figures for graduates and enrollment were compiled by the San Gabriel Valley Partnership from reference sources and the colleges and universities themselves.
The Boston area and Manhattan have more colleges and universities than does the San Gabriel Valley, but the San Gabriel Valley has more four-year colleges and universities than do Boston/Cambridge, Manhattan or Chicago.
The San Gabriel Valley has about the same number of colleges and universities as does Los Angeles even though Los Angeles has almost twice the population. The San Gabriel Valley has three and a half times the number of colleges and universities ofthe San Fernando Valley, which has about the same population base.
Albert Einstein taught in the San Gabriel Valley at Caltech, whose faculty and alumni have captured 29 Nobel prizes.
Two of the nation's top liberal arts colleges, Claremont McKenna and Pomona, are here as well. Harvey Mudd College sends a higher percentage of students to graduate school than does any of America's other 690 engineering/science schools.
Mt. San Antonio is the largest community college in the U.S. with 39,279 students, and, arguably, the brainiest. It boasts America's largest Phi Theta Kappa chapter (the Phi Beta Kappa of two-year schools). It even has its own air force, with three airplanes used for pilot instruction. The third largest U.S. community college is also here: Pasadena City College.
Other colleges and universities in the San Gabriel Valley are Azusa Pacific University, California State University Los Angeles, California Polytechnic University Pomona, Citrus Community College, Claremont Graduate University, , DeVry Institute of Technology, Don Bosco College of Science and Technology, East Los Angeles
College, Emanuel Bible College. ITT Technology Institute, Mt. Sierra College, Pacific Oaks College, Pitzer College, Scripps College and University of LaVerne.
Consider these facts about San Gabriel Valley academic institutions:
° More than half of the world's automobile designers are graduates of Pasadena's Art Center College of Design.
° Fuller Seminary is the largest multi-denominational seminary in theworld.
° The Claremont School of Theology maintains perhaps the country‘s most significant collection of ancient Biblical manuscripts.
° The new Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences is the nation's only graduate school dedicated to biotechnology.
° The Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University boasts one of the highest ranked MBA n the country
° Cal State L.A. is home to unique American Program, the 1000-student Early Enterance Program, Helping young scholars, as young as teen, enroll and graduate from college.
If the San Fernando Valley is "The Valley of the Stars," the San Gabriel Valley is "The Valley of the Scholars.
The San Gabriel Valley is composed of 30 cities and a population of 1.9 million. Within its 400 square miles are 25 colleges, universities and graduate schools, including some of the most distinctive in the country. The San Gabriel Valley‘s 164,457 higher education students would form the largest city in the San Gabriel Valley, and the aggregate college and university workforce of 13,000 faculty and staff` would make Higher Education, Inc. the largest single employer. The combined campus acreage makes higher education larger than seven San Gabriel Valley cities. One out of every twelve San Gabriel Valley residents is a student of higher education.
The 14,370 graduates of 2002 outnumber the population of five of the San Gabriel Valley cities. Figures for graduates and enrollment were compiled by the San Gabriel Valley Partnership from reference sources and the colleges and universities themselves.
The Boston area and Manhattan have more colleges and universities than does the San Gabriel Valley, but the San Gabriel Valley has more four-year colleges and universities than do Boston/Cambridge, Manhattan or Chicago.
The San Gabriel Valley has about the same number of colleges and universities as does Los Angeles even though Los Angeles has almost twice the population. The San Gabriel Valley has three and a half times the number of colleges and universities ofthe San Fernando Valley, which has about the same population base.
Albert Einstein taught in the San Gabriel Valley at Caltech, whose faculty and alumni have captured 29 Nobel prizes.
Two of the nation's top liberal arts colleges, Claremont McKenna and Pomona, are here as well. Harvey Mudd College sends a higher percentage of students to graduate school than does any of America's other 690 engineering/science schools.
Mt. San Antonio is the largest community college in the U.S. with 39,279 students, and, arguably, the brainiest. It boasts America's largest Phi Theta Kappa chapter (the Phi Beta Kappa of two-year schools). It even has its own air force, with three airplanes used for pilot instruction. The third largest U.S. community college is also here: Pasadena City College.
Other colleges and universities in the San Gabriel Valley are Azusa Pacific University, California State University Los Angeles, California Polytechnic University Pomona, Citrus Community College, Claremont Graduate University, , DeVry Institute of Technology, Don Bosco College of Science and Technology, East Los Angeles
College, Emanuel Bible College. ITT Technology Institute, Mt. Sierra College, Pacific Oaks College, Pitzer College, Scripps College and University of LaVerne.
Consider these facts about San Gabriel Valley academic institutions:
° More than half of the world's automobile designers are graduates of Pasadena's Art Center College of Design.
° Fuller Seminary is the largest multi-denominational seminary in theworld.
° The Claremont School of Theology maintains perhaps the country‘s most significant collection of ancient Biblical manuscripts.
° The new Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences is the nation's only graduate school dedicated to biotechnology.
° The Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University boasts one of the highest ranked MBA n the country
° Cal State L.A. is home to unique American Program, the 1000-student Early Enterance Program, Helping young scholars, as young as teen, enroll and graduate from college.
If the San Fernando Valley is "The Valley of the Stars," the San Gabriel Valley is "The Valley of the Scholars.
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