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{{Short description|Community college in Rancho Cucamonga, California, US}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2025}}
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|established     = 1883
|type            = [[Public college|Public]] [[community college]]
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|budget          = $445 million
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|president       = Henry D. Shannon, Ph.D.
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|students        = 28,000 annually <ref name="Chaffey About">{{cite web|title=About Chaffey|url=https://www.chaffey.edu/about/index.php}}</ref>
|undergrad       = 28,000 annually
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|city            = [[Rancho Cucamonga, California|Rancho Cucamonga]]
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'''Chaffey College''' is a [[Public college|public]] [[community college]] in [[Rancho Cucamonga, California]]. The college serves students in Chino, Chino Hills, Fontana, Montclair, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga and Upland. It is the oldest community college in California.<ref>{{cite news | last=Blackstock | first=Joe | title=Chaffey College's first 125 years | url=http://www.sbsun.com/search/ci_7782442 | publisher=[[San Bernardino County Sun]] | date=2007-12-21 | access-date=2007-12-24 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911120758/http://www.sbsun.com/search/ci_7782442 | archive-date=2012-09-11 }}</ref>

==History==
[[Image:Chaffee-College-1885.jpg|thumb|left|Chaffey College of Agriculture, 1885.]]

The school was established in [[Ontario, California]], in 1883, when city founders and brothers [[George Chaffey|George]] and [[William Chaffey]] donated land and established an [[Financial endowment|endowment]] for a [[Private university|private college]].  The private school was founded as the '''Chaffey College of Agriculture''' through the [[University of Southern California]];<ref name="Chaffey History">{{cite web|title=Chaffey History|url=https://www.chaffey.edu/140years/history.php}}</ref> USC, also a private university, had been founded three years earlier in nearby [[Los Angeles]].  The [[cornerstone]] of the new school was laid on March 17, 1883, at Fourth and Euclid in Ontario; it opened on October 15, 1885. The original institution included a [[secondary school]] and was run by USC until 1901.  During this period, Chaffey's football team had a 1–1 series with the young [[University of Southern California Trojans football|USC football team]], winning 32–6 in 1893 and losing 38–0 in 1897.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/pac10/southern_california/yearly_results.php?year%3D1890 |title=Southern California Game by Game Results |access-date=2006-11-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030020754/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/pac10/southern_california/yearly_results.php?year=1890 |archive-date=2006-10-30 }}</ref>
[[File:Chaffeybuilding.jpg|Student Services Administration Building|thumb|right]]

Financial troubles forced the school to close in 1901.  The building was taken over by the city and became the home of Ontario High School (now [[Chaffey High School]]).  In 1906 the Chaffey endowment was legally separated from USC and reorganized to benefit the newly created [[Chaffey Joint Union High School District|Chaffey Union High School District]].  When Ontario High school opened to students from [[Upland, California|Upland]] in 1911, its present name was adopted.  In 1916, the '''Chaffey Junior College of Agriculture''' was added as a postgraduate department to the high school.  The school's buildings were renovated and additional buildings added during the [[New Deal]].

A separate junior college district was created in 1922 and in 1957 bonds were approved in support of a complete separation of the high school and college facilities.  The current location in Rancho Cucamonga opened in the spring of 1960.  The college's mascot is the Panther.

President [[Bill Clinton]] visited Chaffey in 1996,<ref name="Clinton Talking Education in California">{{cite web|title=Clinton Talking Education in California|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/09/13/Clinton-talking-education-in-California/9209842587200/}}</ref> announcing a proposal to finance two years of community college education to expand the basic education of all Americans to 14 years. Chaffey launched its online education program in 1999.

Voters in 2002 approved the Measure L bond, providing up to $230 million in bonds during a 10-year period for the Facilities Master Plan. Through Measure L, Chaffey built its Chino campus in 2002 and expanded the Fontana campus, which opened in 1996. In 2017, Chaffey was named a top 10 community college in the nation by the [[Aspen Institute]].<ref name="Aspen Institute Recognizes Chaffey College as One of Top Ten Finalists">{{cite web|title=Aspen Institute Recognizes Chaffey College as One of Top Ten Finalists|url=https://highered.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2017_Aspen_Prize_Chaffey_Release.pdf}}</ref> Philanthropist [[MacKenzie Scott]] awarded Chaffey with a $25 million gift in 2021 because of Chaffey’s dedication to equity.<ref name="California colleges receive millions in donations from MacKenzie Scott">{{cite web|title="California colleges receive millions in donations from MacKenzie Scott"|url=https://edsource.org/updates/california-colleges-receive-millions-in-donations-from-mackenzie-scott}}</ref>

The college’s passage of Measure P in 2018 allowed Chaffey to make repairs, upgrades and improvements at its three campuses. Plans are underway to build a fourth campus in Ontario.

== Academics  ==
Chaffey offers [[associate degree]]s and certificates.<ref name="Academic and Career Communities">{{cite web|title=Academic and Career Communities|url=https://www.chaffey.edu/acc/index.php|publisher=Chaffey College|access-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> Chaffey offers one of the oldest aviation programs in the United States.

{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Undergraduate demographics as of Fall 2023<ref>{{cite web |title=College Scorecard: Chaffey College|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?234827-Chaffey-College|publisher=[[United States Department of Education]]}}</ref>
|-
! Race and ethnicity
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|63|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|14|%|2||background:cyan}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[International student]]
|align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:#008080}}
|-
| [[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races]]
|align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:violet}}
|-
| Unknown
|align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:grey}} 
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|33|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|67|%|2||background:black}}
|}

==Athletics==
The college athletic teams are nicknamed the Panthers. Teams compete in the [[Inland Empire Athletic Conference (IEAC)| Inland Empire Athletic Conference]] and National Central Conference annually.

{| class="wikitable" style="float:left; clear:left; margin:0 0 1em 1em;"
|-
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Chaffey Panthers|Men's sports|Women's sports}}
|-
| Baseball || Basketball
|-
| Basketball || Cross country
|-
| Cross country || Soccer
|-
| Football || Softball
|-
| Soccer || Swimming & diving
|-
| Swimming & diving || Volleyball
|-
| Water Polo || Water Polo 
|-
|}

{{clear}}

==Notable people==<!-- PLEASE RESPECT ALPHABETICAL ORDER -->
*[[Gloria Negrete McLeod]], former United States Representative
*[[Hobart Alter]], pioneer in surfboard shaping industry, creator of [[Hobie Cat]] and founder of the Hobie Company
*[[Ken Calvert]], Member of United States Congress, 41st District (Corona) 
*[[Beverly Cleary]], author and recipient of 1984 [[Newbery Medal]]
*[[Stewart Donaldson]], author, positive psychologist, evaluation scientist
*[[Skip Ewing]], country music star
*[[Rollie Fingers]], [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher, ([[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Hall of Fame]])
*[[Darryl Kile]], [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher ([[St. Louis Cardinals]])
*[[Terry Kirkman]], [[The Association]] Sixties band, founding member
*[[Robert Lyn Nelson]], marine painter
*[[Meagan Tandy]], [[Miss California USA]] 2007<ref>{{cite news|first=Thera|last=Pitts|title=A diamond in the rough|url=http://www.chaffeybreeze.com/media/storage/paper257/news/2006/11/20/CampusNews/A.Diamond.In.The.Rough-2510586.shtml?norewrite200612030014&sourcedomain=www.chaffeybreeze.com|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721102526/http://www.chaffeybreeze.com/media/storage/paper257/news/2006/11/20/CampusNews/A.Diamond.In.The.Rough-2510586.shtml?norewrite200612030014&sourcedomain=www.chaffeybreeze.com|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-21|publisher=The Chaffey Breeze|date=2006-11-20|access-date=2006-12-02}}</ref>
*[[Joseph Wambaugh]], author of novels often involving [[Los Angeles Police Department]]
*[[Frank Zappa]] (one semester), musician

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{Official|http://www.chaffey.edu }}
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