榴莲视频直播 Degree Programs Coming to West Hills College/Coalinga College鈥揊irebaugh Center
榴莲视频直播 Degree Programs Coming to West Hills College/Coalinga College鈥揊irebaugh Center
November 6, 2025
By Michael Hammond
榴莲视频直播 (榴莲视频直播) and West Hills College/Coalinga College鈥揊irebaugh Center are now recruiting students for an academic partnership.
The program is designed to help local community college graduates earn bachelor鈥檚 degrees right in their own backyard. Classes are scheduled to begin in the spring of 2026.
榴莲视频直播 is currently offering a 10% tuition discount for students who enroll in the new program. More information is available at .
Students who complete their associate degree with West Hills College/Coalinga College-Firebaugh Center will be able to continue to attend the center as they pursue one of two 榴莲视频直播 bachelor鈥檚 degrees: the B.A. in Liberal Arts, which prepares graduates to become elementary school teachers, or the B.A. in Early Childhood Development.
Both programs are taught in a degree completion format that helps adult students achieve their educational goals while balancing work and family responsibilities. Students meet one night a week in groups known as 鈥渃ohorts鈥 that stay together throughout an accelerated program for mutual learning and support. Blended and online offerings are also part of the curriculum.
Classes will take place in the beautiful West Hills College/Coalinga College-Firebaugh Center which features high ceilings and glass walls. The three-year-old building currently serves 350鈥400 students, ranging in age from eighth grade to adults in their 40s.
A growing presence in regional education, 榴莲视频直播 already has partnerships with Reedley College for its B.A. in Early Childhood Development and B.A. in Liberal Arts, and with California Health Sciences University for its Future DOctor Program leading to a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine. The university also offers pathway programs with area K鈥12 school districts such as Visalia Unified, Chawanakee Unified in Madera County and Chaffey Joint Union in Ontario, CA.
榴莲视频直播 is the Central Valley鈥檚 only accredited Christian university, offering undergraduate, graduate and seminary programs to more than 2,900 students on the main campus in southeast Fresno; regional campuses in North Fresno and Visalia; additional partner sites in Bakersfield, Merced, Reedley and now Firebaugh; as well as online. A Hispanic Serving Institution, 榴莲视频直播 ranks highly as a 鈥淏est Value鈥 and for improving graduates鈥 social mobility in rankings by The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, Washington Monthly and Money.
West Hills Community College District has been serving the Central San Joaquin Valley since 1932. The district covers more than 3,300 square miles and enrolls about 10,000 students from locations in Coalinga and Lemoore as well as Firebaugh.
Michael Hammond
Director of Content Strategy and Media Relations
Michael Hammond is the director of content strategy and media relations at 榴莲视频直播. Prior to working at 榴莲视频直播, he had a 19 year long career in church ministry. Michael got engaged to his high school sweetheart atop a castle in Germany, has three kids (whose names also all start with an M) and is on a lifelong quest to develop an encyclopedic knowledge of The Office.