Chabot College
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| Type | Community College |
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| Established | 1961 |
| President | Dr. Susan Sperling |
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Administrative staff
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| Students | 13,145 |
| Address | 25555 Hesperian Boulevard, Hayward, California, United States |
| Campus | Suburban, 94 acres (380,000 m2) |
| Mascot | Gladiator |
| Affiliations | Chabot-Las Positas Community College District |
| Website | www.chabotcollege.edu |
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Chabot College is a community college located in Hayward, California.
Chabot College was the first college opened by the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District. The formation of a “junior college district” was approved by the voters on January 10, 1961, and the first board of trustees elected on April 18, 1961. Chabot College opened for classes on September 11, 1961, on a 7.5-acre (30,000 m2) temporary site in San Leandro with an enrollment of 1,163 students. The 94-acre (380,000 m2) Chabot College site on Hesperian Boulevard in Hayward opened for its first day of classes on September 20, 1965.
The college primarily serves residents of Alameda County in the East Bay area, including the district communities of Hayward, Castro Valley, San Leandro, San Lorenzo and Union City. In 1987 the Chabot College ultimate disc team won the intercollegiate national championship.
The school is named for noted Bay Area entrepreneur Anthony Chabot.
The president is Dr. Susan Sperling.
Chabot offers a curriculum of over 175 majors of study, awarding more than 100 associate degrees and certificates. Chabot is on a semester system.
The college features six academic divisions: Applied Technology and Business, Language Arts, Math and Sciences, Physical Education and Health, the College of the Arts, and Social Sciences. The Business program offers degrees in Business, Accounting, Retail Management, Business Management, Marketing and certificates in various areas, including Accounting, Health Care Management, Human Resources Assistant, Entrepreneurship, Real Estate, Marketing, Retailing, Management, etc.
Chabot has an enrollment of over 14,848 students. The following are preliminary statistics from the Spring 2011 enrollment:
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