San Diego Mesa College
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| Motto | A key force in our community to educate our students to shape the future. |
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| Type | Public community college |
| Established | 1963 |
| President | Pamela Luster |
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Academic staff
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795 |
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Administrative staff
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526 |
| Undergraduates | 31,614 [2014] |
| Location | San Diego, California, United States |
| Campus | Suburban, 104 acres (42 ha) |
| Colors | Navy Blue, White and Gold |
| Mascot | Olympians |
| Website | www.sdmesa.edu |
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San Diego Mesa College is a public, two year community college located in the community of Clairemont Mesa in the City of San Diego, California in the United States. It is the largest community college in the city of San Diego and part of the San Diego Community College District along with San Diego City College, San Diego Miramar College and San Diego Continuing Education. The college is known informally as Mesa College or Mesa.
Mesa College is one of the 112 California Community Colleges and the 16th largest community college in the state.
Community college education in San Diego began in 1914 when the Board of Education of the San Diego City Schools authorized post secondary classes for San Diego high school students. Classes opened with four faculty members serving 35 students.
San Diego Mesa College first opened in 1964. Initially offering education to 1,800 students, it has grown to become one of the largest community colleges in California.
Between 1965 and 1968 the college newspaper, The Olympian, was produced by the journalism students. During the academic year, 1967–68, the newspaper became The Daily Olympian, producing four 4-page issues each week and noted at that time as the only junior college daily newspaper in the nation. The journalism students in the same period produced four issues of a monthly magazine, The Dyonisian, drawing the name from the Greek heritage of the college. At the beginning of the 1968 academic year, the paper returned to weekly publication. The Olympian won a First Class Honor Rating award from the Associated Collegiate Press for the issues published during the Spring 1970 semester. In the Spring of 1971, the paper changed its name to "The School Paper." The publication's name is "The Mesa Press."
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