Profile: The Peralta Colleges

The Peralta Colleges - Your Community Colleges

At the Peralta Colleges, we offer you exciting educational opportunities. College of Alameda, Laney and Merritt Colleges in Oakland and BerkeleyÕs Vista Community College have educated more than a million students from Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont and Oakland since the founding of the Peralta Community College District in 1964.

At the Peralta Colleges, the worlds of biotechnology, information sciences, multimedia, business and management - and others - are open to you. Build upon your strengths, learn new skills, develop your potential for the job market, or continue towards your academic goals.

The Peralta Colleges not only offer thousands of classes when you need them, but they also provide you with an ever-changing variety of special events. Concerts, lectures, festivals, art exhibits, plays and other cultural activities abound. Fitness and swimming facilities are an added feature, too. There is also a broad range of student services, including financial aid, academic advising, career development counseling, peer tutoring, legal services and support groups.

The opportunity is here at your community colleges. Experience the richness of community education at the Peralta Colleges.