About Golden Gate University

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• Founding date: 1901
• Programs offered: Graduate and undergraduate degrees and certificates in accounting, business, law, taxation, information technology and related professions such as psychology and public administration
• Number of graduate degree programs: 20 plus 20 concentrations
• Number of graduate certificate programs: 17
• Number of undergraduate degree programs: 4 plus 7 concentrations
• Number of undergraduate certificate programs: 11
• Number of online degree and certificate programs: 9 graduate degrees, plus 12 concentrations; 3 undergraduate degrees, plus 2 concentrations; 7 graduate certificates and 3 undergraduate certificates
• Seven teaching sites: Los Angeles, Monterey Bay, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Walnut Creek
• Average age of students: 34
• Average class size: 14
• Total graduate students: 4,525
• Total undergraduate students: 877
• In 2004-2005, GGU distributed $32.5 million in financial aid (including federal loans and scholarships)
• Approximately 52 percent of students received some financial assistance in the form of payment plans, corporate reimbursement, scholarships or federal aid
• Over 80 percent of GGU classes taught by practicing professionals
• Number of alumni since 1901: 61, 199
• 84 percent of students attend part time
• 10 percent of students are international, representing 66 countries
• Internship course credit is offered in most undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
• GGU adjunct faculty members work at top companies, including AT&T, Applied Materials, Bank of America, Bechtel Corp., Cisco Systems, Inc., Charles Schwab & Co. Inc, Deloitte & Touche, Gap Inc., Intel Corp., Levi Strauss and Co., Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems and Wells Fargo.

• GGU led the San Francisco Bay Area in the number of businessrelated graduate degrees awarded in 2003, according to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).
• GGU's School of Taxation is one of the nation's largest tax schools.
• The School of Accounting has the only evening master of accountancy program in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Accounting Today recognized David Hardesty, adjunct professor, as one of "The 2004 Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting."
• Five GGU professors have been Fulbright Scholar recipients including GGU Professor of Law Clifford Rechtschaffen who was granted the award in 2004 for his environmental law/justice work with the university.
• The 2003-2004 edition of Great Colleges for the Real World, a national guidebook, rated GGU as exceptional or above average in the areas of meeting student needs, total college experience and contributing to students' career development.
• GGU was honored in 2002 for its outstanding internship program by the California Cooperative Education & Internship Association.
• US News & World Report (2001) rated GGU's online programs as among the best in the nation.
• 100 Ways to Cut the High Cost of Attending College by Michael P. Violtt selected GGU as a winner in the category of "Colleges Designed to Serve Commuter Students."
• GGU is a recipient of IDG's CIO magazine "2004 CIO 100" award, which recognizes organizations around the world that exemplify the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in information technology.
• GGU's online Core Research Skills class is a model online course for the Internet Education Project (IEP) sponsored by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL).