Cogswell Polytechnical College

Cogswell Polytechnical College
Cogswell Polytechnical College
Cogswell Polytechnical College logo.jpg
Established 1887
Type Private University
Chancellor Charles House[1]
Undergraduates 250
Location Sunnyvale, California, USAUnited States
Colors Orange and Silver         
Mascot Dragon
Website www.cogswell.edu


Cogswell Polytechnical College is a private college located in Sunnyvale, California. It holds accreditation through the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).[2] Cogswell had a small student body of approximately 250 full-time and 80 part-time students in 2011.

Programs at the Cogswell range from Digital Media to Engineering and the newly founded Entrepreneurship program.

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History

Cogswell College was founded as Cogswell Polytechnical College on March 19, 1887 by Dr. and Mrs. Henry Cogswell. The college opened in August 1888 as a high school offering technical classes for boys and business classes for girls. It changed its status to technical college on June 30, 1930.

Cogswell Polytechnic campus, 1915

The original campus building, located in the Mission District in San Francisco, was occupied in 1888. When the 1906 earthquake partially destroyed the campus, the College relocated across the street to an existing home on the property. After the City of San Francisco purchased some of the land by eminent domain in 1917, a new building was constructed at Folsom and 26th Streets to house the school. In 1974, having outgrown the existing campus, the College moved to a location at Stockton and California Streets. In 1985, the College moved to Cupertino, where it remained until 1994 (its old San Francisco building became a Ritz Carlton hotel).[3] The College purchased its present Sunnyvale campus in 1993.[4]

Among the college's current programs are animation and video game development.[5]

Facts

  • About 24% of the student population are women.[6]
  • The student to faculty ratio is for Fall 2010 was 7:1[6]
  • Cogswell currently offers the following degrees:
    • B.A. Digital Art and Animation
    • B.S. Digital Audio Technology
    • B.A. Entrepreneurship
    • B.S. Computer Engineering
    • B.S. Software Engineering
    • B.S. Digital Arts Engineering
    • B.S. Fire Science
  • In November 2007 Cogswell announced the addition of a minor in business management.[7]
  • Cogswell students won first place in the 2007 SIGGRAPH SPACE-TIME Student Animation competition in the category of Storytelling/Narrative[8][9]
  • A Cogswell student won for “Best Editing” at Columbia University's National Undergraduate Film Festival.[10][11]
  • In January 2011 Cogswell started its Entrepreneurship program.

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Coordinates: 37°24′25″N 122°01′27″W / 37.4070°N 122.0243°W / 37.4070; -122.0243


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