Interview Q&A
How long have you been in business?
Mt. San Jacinto College opened its doors in 1963.
What is your primary product or service?
MSJC has a host of award-winning faculty and offers a wide variety of classes for students to obtain an associate's degree, transfer to a four-year university or earn an employment concentration certificate. The college offers courses at a low $20 a unit fee.
How do you differentiate yourself from other businesses in your category and area?
MSJC's signature programs include multimedia, nursing, a Honda Pact program, water technologies and music. We also have two child care centers that are open to the public and provide child development education for students.
How many locations do you have and do you have plans to expand?
The college district has two campuses: San Jacinto and Menifee Valley. It has an education complex in Temecula and a service center in the San Gorgonio Pass. MSJC owns 48.5 acres in Banning south of Interstate 10 and has plans to build a campus there.
Provide detailed directions to your location
MSJC's San Jacinto campus is located at 1499 N. State St. San Jacinto. The campus is on State Street near Gillman Springs Road and the Ramona Expressway. The Menifee Valley campus is on the corner of Antelope and La Piedra roads east of Interstate 215. It can be reached by exiting I-215 at Newport Road, heading east on Newport and south on Antelope Road.
Which areas do you service?
The district serves a 1,700-square-mile area that stretches from Cabazon to Temecula and takes in communities like Idyllwild, Anza, Lake Elsinore and Perris.