South Coast College

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South Coast College
Type Private for-profit technical college
Established1961
Dean Jean Gonzalez, BA, MA
Location, ,
United States

33°47′18″N117°52′26″W / 33.788383501893975°N 117.87383386389182°W / 33.788383501893975; -117.87383386389182
Campus Urban
Website www.southcoastcollege.edu

South Coast College is a private for-profit technical college in Orange, California. It offers certificates for career preparation in court reporting and medical assistant careers and a paralegal Associate of Arts degree. It is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges [1] and approved by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education in the state of California, for court reporting, paralegal, and medical assistant programs. [2]

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History

H. S. Whitley founded the Stenotype School of Long Beach in 1961 as its director-owner. [3] A private college, it relocated to Westminster and was renamed Whitley College of Court Reporting. [4] [5] Whitley College merged again, in 1980, with Orange County College of Court Reporting and was re-named South Coast College. The college relocated to Anaheim in 1993 and, in 2001, to its facility in the city of Orange. [4]

Academics

South Coast College offers certificates in court reporting [6] and medical assisting, [7] as well as a paralegal Associate of Arts degree. [8] The court reporting program is approved by the National Court Reporters Association. [9]

References

  1. "Directory | Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges". www.accsc.org. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  2. "South Coast College - 2017 Annual Report Summary". Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education. 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  3. "Future for Court Reporters Bright, School Head Predicts". Independent Press-Telegram. May 5, 1968. p. 75. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  4. 1 2 "History of South Coast College, Orange County CA". South Coast College. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  5. Occupational Outlook Quarterly. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 1976.
  6. "Fact Sheet Court Reporting - Certificate" (PDF). South Coast College. 2018.
  7. "Fact Sheet Medical Assistant - Certificate" (PDF). South Coast College. 2018.
  8. "Fact sheet Paralegal - AA degree" (PDF). South Coast College. 2018.
  9. "NCRA-Approved Court Reporting Programs". 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019.