The college was founded as West Contra Costa Junior College in 1949, with the first classes held in the spring of 1950 at a temporary location in the shuttered Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California. In 1957, a permanent campus was opened on Mission Bell Drive in downtown San Pablo.
The college is flanked by Abella Center to the south.
Contra Costa College is a public community college in San Pablo, California. It is the west campus of the Contra Costa Community College District. It is part of the California community colleges system, one of the three college systems in California.
Avg Cost of Tuition/Year | US$ 0 |
Cost of Living/Year | US$ 14,300 |
Application Fee | US$ 0 |
Estimated Total/Year | US$ 0 |