Foothill College's reputation for excellence has been earned by its success and strengths across a number of educational goals. This California school prepares future transfer students, educates learners to enter a variety of top careers, and offers professional training and lifelong learning opportunities to its community.

Outstanding opportunities, dynamic faculty and staff, and many support services are just a few of the reasons so many students choose Foothill College. The school's award winning architecture and its picturesque hillside location is an added benefit. Time Magazine has even referred to the school's campus as a "a mountaintop among U.S. junior colleges."

Quality, integrity and the success of its students are the benchmarks for how Foothill continues to measure and improve its educational experience. High-demand career programs and state-of-the-art facilities are part of how Foothill is able to provide not only a unique learning experience, but also pave the foundation for students to achieve their career goals as well as their educational ones. Transfer students from Foothill often head to UC campuses like Berkeley and UCLA, to CSU campuses such as San Jose State, San Francisco State and San Louis Obispo, and to a variety of private universities including Stanford, Santa Clara, USC, Cornell, The University of San Francisco, and many others.