About College of the Canyons

College of the Canyons (COC) is a public community moot operated by the Santa Clarita Community College District in Santa Clarita, California. The theoretical is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and has campus locations in Valencia and Canyon Country.

Santa Clarita (/ˌsæntə kləˈriːtə/) is a city in northwestern Los Angeles County, California. With an estimated 2019 population of 212,979, it is the third-largest city by population in Los Angeles County, and the 21st-largest in the disclose of California. It is located nearly 30 miles (48 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles, and occupies 70.75 square miles (183.2 km2) of house in the Santa Clarita Valley, along the Santa Clara River. It is a notable example of a U.S. edge city, satellite city, or boomburb.

Human pact of the Santa Clarita Valley dates back to the initiation of the Chumash people, who were displaced by the Tataviam circa 450 AD. After Spanish colonists arrived in Alta California, the Rancho San Francisco was established, covering much of the Santa Clarita Valley. Henry Mayo Newhall purchased the Rancho San Francisco in 1875 and time-honored the towns of Saugus and Newhall. The Newhall Land and Farming Company played a major role in the city’s development. In December 1987, the city of Santa Clarita was incorporated, encompassing the communities of Canyon Country, Newhall, Saugus, and Valencia. The four communities sustain separate identities, and residents commonly tackle to one of them in the freshen of asked where they are from. Santa Clarita is bounded upon the west by the Golden State Freeway (I-5). The Antelope Valley Freeway (CA-14) runs northeast–southwest forming portion of the city’s deviant east boundary. The two freeways meet at Newhall Pass, near the city’s southernmost point.

Santa Clarita is house to three institutions of well ahead education: California Institute of the Arts, an internationally Famous art university; The Master’s University, a Christian innovative arts university; and College of the Canyons, a community college. Companies headquartered in the city affix Princess Cruises, Sunkist, Remo, and the Newhall Land and Farming Company. Santa Clarita has a low crime rate and high-ranking schools, and is one of the state’s fastest-growing cities. Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park and Stevenson Ranch are both commonly united with Santa Clarita. However, they are both located west of Interstate 5 and are correspondingly outside the Santa Clarita city limits.