Heald College-Hayward (Closed 2015)
- Heald College prepares students for academic, personal, and professional success through quality career-focused programs that develop skills to last a lifetime.
School Highlights
Heald College-Hayward served 943 students (76% of students were full-time).
The college's student:teacher ratio of 33:1 was higher than the state community college average of 24:1.
Minority enrollment was 88% of the student body (majority Hispanic and Asian), which was more than the state average of 77%.
School Overview
The teacher population of 29 teachers has declined by 42% over five years.
| Heald College-Hayward | (CA) Community College Avg. | |
| Carnegie Classification | Associates Colleges | Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Vocational & Technical-High Traditional |
| Institution Level | At least 2 but less than 4 years | At least 2 but less than 4 years |
| Institution Control | Private, for profit | Public |
| Total Faculty | 29 staff | 308 staff |
Source: 2015 (or latest year available) IPEDS
School Notes
- Heald is a nonprofit, regionally accredited private career college with campuses throughout the western United States in California, Oregon and Hawaii. We've been preparing students for workplace success since our establishment in 1863. Heald College started with one campus in San Francisco and we've expanded to 11 campuses across the western United States: Concord, Fresno, Hayward, Rancho Cordova, Roseville, Salinas, San Francisco, San Jose, Stockton, Honolulu and Portland. Since its establishment in 1967, Heald Hayward has evolved into a leading career college that offers business, technology, medical, and dental programs. As the greater Hayward area emerges as a great market for new jobs with top Bay Area employers, we continue to carry out our tradition of educating students to become uniquely qualified for rewarding careers. The campus covers 58,000-square-foot facility, serving the greater Hayward area. The campus has a Learning Resource Center featuring a library and a computer lab. There are 780 computers, 17 servers, and fiber-optic data communications and online database in all classrooms. You'll find free email and Internet access on campus, Medical lab with leading healthcare technology, 1,800-square-foot dental lab with digital radiography equipment, a dark room for x-ray development, and sterilization and materials labs, On-site catering truck and vending machines in large student lounge and Bookstore on campus. Program offered at Hayward campus includes Accounting, Business Administration, Criminal Justice, Office Skills, Sales and Marketing, Software Technologies, Cisco® Systems, Microsoft® Windows® 2003, Network Security, Network Systems Administration, Dental Assisting, Medical Assisting and Medical Office Administration. All Heald campuses are regionally accredited through the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
Nearby Schools
The nearest community college to Heald College-Hayward is Chabot College (0.6 miles away).
- College Location Mi. Students
- Chabot CollegePublic13,522 students | 0.60 Mi25555 Hesperian Blvd
Hayward, CA 94545
(510) 723-6600 0.6013,522 - Carrington College-San LeandroPrivate for-profit251 students | 4.40 Mi15555 East 14th St., Ste. 500
San Leandro, CA 94578
(510) 276-3888 4.40251 - Merritt CollegePublic6,857 students | 11.00 Mi12500 Campus Dr
Oakland, CA 94619
(510) 531-4911 11.006,857 - Ohlone CollegePublic8,900 students | 13.20 Mi43600 Mission Blvd
Fremont, CA 94539
(510) 659-6000 13.208,900 - College of AlamedaPublic5,667 students | 13.40 Mi555 Ralph Appezzato Memorial Pky
Alameda, CA 94501
(510) 522-7221 13.405,667
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