San Juan College is a

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Farmington, New Mexico Farmington is a city in San Juan County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census the city had a total population of 46,624 people. Farmington (and surrounding San Juan County) makes up one of the four Metropolitan Statistical Area ...

. Founded in 1956 as a branch of the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, San Juan College became an independent community college following a county election in 1981.

Awards

In 2011, the San Juan College branch of the

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earned the National Student Chapter of the Year award, and is the first community college to earn the national award formerly given at top schools such as Stanford University and the

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Campuses

*Main Campus,

*30th Street Education Center,

*East Campus,

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*West Campus,

Kirtland, New Mexico Kirtland is a town, made up of part of the former census-designated place (CDP) of the same name in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. The population of the former CDP was 6,190 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Farmington Metropo ...

*800 S. Hutton Street Complex,

Dual-credit program

San Juan College offers a dual-credit program to high school students who wish to earn college credits while they are still in high school. This program serves seven public school districts in Northwestern

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, as well as nearby private and home-schooled students. Public school students do not pay for tuition and supplies (textbooks, etc.) as they are waived by the state. The San Juan College High school program is along the same lines. Districts across San Juan County send up to ten students to attend, where they earn their associates degree along with a high school diploma.

References

External links

* *Detailed statistics from the U.S Department of Education'sbr>National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) Integrated Post-secondary Education Data System (IPES)
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