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San Juan College

San Juan College is located in Farmington, NM. It was founded in 1956 and the College operated as a branch of New Mexico State University. On July 1, 1982, an independent and separate community college known officially as Junior College District of San Juan County, and informally as San Juan College, came into being. From its modest start in 1956 with 25 students, the college now has a credit enrollment of more than 5,500 students per semester. Staff size has grown from a handful of part-time instructors to a present complement of 81 full-time faculty, 203 part-time faculty, and other staff for a total of more than 530 men and women to operate the college. National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) Certified Member College