About West Hills Community College District

West Hills Community College District (WHC) is a public community school district in California serving students in the San Joaquin Valley. Colleges in the district total West Hills College Coalinga and West Hills College Lemoore. The indigenous campus in Coalinga was received in 1932, and the Lemoore campus was built in 2002. In addition, there is a center at Firebaugh and classes are offered at Lemoore Naval Air Station.

West Hills College Coalinga is one of the 11 California community colleges that have dormitories and attracts students from roughly speaking the world. WHC actively recruits students from extra countries. In addition, classes from California State University, Fresno are videoconferenced at the Lemoore campus and Fresno Pacific University offers two bachelor’s degree programs on the campus of West Hills College Lemoore.

Both campuses offer sports programs. West Hills College Coalinga offers football, baseball and basketball for men and volleyball and softball for women. A top-ranked rodeo team that competes adjacent to two and four year schools is coed. West Hills College Lemoore offers soccer, golf and gnashing your teeth country for men and women, basketball for women, and wrestling for men. Other sports programs are innate added.

Both West Hills College Coalinga and West Hills College Lemoore are accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges.

Coalinga (/ˌkoʊ.əˈlɪŋɡə/ or /kəˈlɪŋɡə/) is a city in Fresno County and the western San Joaquin Valley, in central California.

It was formerly known as Coaling Station A, Coalingo, and Coalinga Station.

The population was 13,380 as of the 2010 census, up from 11,668 at the 2000 census. It is the site of both Pleasant Valley State Prison and Coalinga State Hospital. It is also home to Harris Ranch.