About Rio Hondo College

Rio Hondo College is a public community literary in North Whittier, California. The assistant professor is named after the Rio Hondo. Founded in 1960, it mainly serves the cities of Whittier, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, El Monte, and South El Monte. Rio Hondo College offers 30 connect degrees for transfer that guarantee transfer to California State Universities, 60 associate degrees and 127 certificates. Rio Hondo offers on-campus, online, and off-campus courses to anything of its students. It is the first community moot in California offering a bachelor’s degree in Automotive Technology. Rio Hondo as well as offers a Pathway to Law School program to one of six top California deed schools.

It is accredited by Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Aside from its academic programs, the moot is also home to Rio Hondo Fire Academy, Rio Hondo Wildland Fire Academy, EMT Program and Rio Hondo Police Academy. The instructor has been qualified for its encouragement to Hispanic students.

Whittier (/ˈhwɪtiər/) is a city in Southern California in Los Angeles County, part of the Gateway Cities. The 14.7-square-mile (38.0 km2) city had 85,331 residents as of the 2010 United States Census, an lump of 1,631 from the 2000 Census figure. Whittier was incorporated in February 1898 and became a charter city in 1955. The city is named for the Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier and is house to Whittier College.