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History California Coast University was founded in 1973 to serve the needs of experienced men and women from all areas of business, industry, education and others who for various reasons never finished earning their degree, or whose degree was not balanced with their professional background and experience. In the early 1970's the founders of California Coast University interviewed hundreds of displaced Business, Engineering, and Aerospace Executives who were having great difficulty re-entering the job market because they didn't hold appropriate academic degrees. Many of these people were highly qualified executives, managers, department heads, and engineers who for one reason or another never were able to complete college, and now as adults found it impossible to return to the traditional university system. The University's mission was to offer undergraduate and graduate degrees to working adults who needed a realistic alternative method of completing their degree program without returning to the traditional classroom setting. In May 1980 the University became one of California's first private degree granting institutions to undergo the State's newly adopted review and approval process and received Full Institutional Approval was awarded from the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Department of Education for all of the degree programs offered at that time. The University continues to enjoy its Approval status which is currently administered by the Bureau of Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education. In 2004 California Coast University was awarded accreditation by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). The DETC has been the standard setting agency for distance education and home study since 1926. California Coast University now serves the educational needs of students in all fifty states and many foreign countries. The student body has over 8,000 actively enrolled students at any one time. |
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