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In CA community college can often a first step to university. We have a program that if you do 2 years at the community college, in a prescribed course of study and get a minimum GPA you are eligible for transfer University of California. Other transfer to the Cal State schools. The community colleges even has "honors" programs. Students have to take a prescribed set of classes, mostly general ed requirements. There are AA majors like Math for transfer to Scientists/Engineering.

Students that transfer into UC from Community College are often indistinguishable to professors from those whom entered as freshman. Reasons to go the community college route vary from community college being a lot cheaper, some kids not being ready to be on their own, or messing up in H.S. Classes in lower division classes are smaller & than the flagship U.C.'s and although not taught by top researchers many are taught by good educators.

It also does vocational training & H.S. remediation.

And while it's not my top choice for my children. I've taken classes to update my skills. My daughter will be taking a summer class at one and it's good to know that is always an option if my son really messed up.