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Taft College

Taft, California Public 4-year Town

Overview

Located in Taft, California, Taft College is a public four-year institution. The campus sits in a town setting. Fall 2024 enrollment was 4,464 students. It is part of California Community College System.

Taft College offers certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor's degrees across 36 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Biological and Physical Sciences, and Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences. It awarded 846 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. One of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. The student-to-faculty ratio is 28 to 1.

Mission

Taft College is committed to creating a community of learners by enriching the lives of all students we serve through career technical education, transfer programs, foundational programs, baccalaureate programs, and student support services. Taft College provides an equitable learning environment defined by applied knowledge leading to students’ achievement of their educational goals.

Mission statement as reported by Taft College

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
4,464
Students enrolled
846
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
36
Programs and majors
28:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelor

Programs and majors offered 36

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Liberal Arts and General Studies 2
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1
Health Professions 3
Business, Management and Marketing 5
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Psychology 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 3
Social Sciences 2
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 2
Mathematics and Statistics 1
Precision Production 1
Visual and Performing Arts 2
History 1
Legal Professions and Studies 2
English Language and Literature 1
Physical Sciences 1
Engineering 1
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1
Engineering Technologies 2
Education 2

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

Student-to-faculty ratio
28:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Associate degrees
598
Certificates under 1 year
24
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
224

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
4,464
Undergraduates, fall 2024
4,464
Full-time, fall 2024
22%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
9,318
Full-time, 2024-25
12%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
41%
Men
59%
White
16%
Hispanic or Latino
68%
Black or African American
3%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
2%
Race or ethnicity unknown
9%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
1
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
21%
Students taking some online courses
13%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Town
Academic calendar
Semester
Part of
California Community College System
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-High Nontraditional
Interim Superintendent/President
Leslie Minor
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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