American River College – Featured College
American River College (ARC) is a California community college located in the southern edge of unincorporated Foothill Farms in Sacramento County, California. American River College was named as “Military Friendly College” by G.I. Jobs Magazine.
Current enrollment is 35,000 full-time and part-time students, making it one of the largest community colleges in California. ARC has published its own literary journal since 1988, “The American River Review”, which has won numerous national awards and recognition, including the National Pacemaker Award from the Associated Collegiate Press and Gold Crowns from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. The campus also has its own newspaper, the American River Current, and its own English as a Second Language newsletter, The Parrot.
American River College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)–an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation and the U.S. Department of Education. In January 2010, ARC the Commission reaffirmed ARC’s accreditation with the highest ranking a college can receive. For more information, see the one-page Letter of Affirmation, or the complete 43-page Evaluation Report.
American River College is located at 4700 College Oak Drive, Sacramento, California 95841