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Our Student Community

Mount Tamalpais College students bring with them a wide array of life experiences and are eager to learn and enthusiastic about the opportunity to enroll in college. Our students range in age from 20 to 77 and include men and transgender women. The majority of our students are people of color. Many students are the first in their family to earn a degree, while some are working on finishing up a degree or starting a second. Some are reentering the classroom after decades away from school, while others have recently completed high school or a GED.

334
STUDENTS
In fall of 2024, 334 students took at least one of our college prep or AA degree courses at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center.
4,007
STUDENTS
Since 1996, over four thousand students have taken at least one course with us at San Quentin.
50
YEARS OLD
In the 2023-2024 school semester, our enrolled students ranged in age from 18 to over 65, with an average age of 50.
Mt. Tam student, Rashaan

Rahsaan Thomas

"Everybody should have access to a college education because everybody counts. Everybody has value.”

Mt. Tam student, Rashaan

Kamsan Suon

"In the beginning, I doubted myself and didn’t know if I had the intelligence to make it through the program—I had never written essays before. Now, I’m a writer and a poet. Writing has become a crucial part of my healing process.”

Corey McNeil

"After earning my degree, I no longer think of life as if I’m on the outside looking in. It’s put me on equal footing. It allows for better understanding and compassion in all of my interactions with people and in my personal relationships.”
STUDENT RESOURCES

Students can request unofficial or official transcripts through Mt. Tam College staff. To request a transcript on behalf of a student, please contact academics@mttamcollege.edu.

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Alumni Resources

If you are an alumnus of Mount Tamalpais College (formerly the Prison University Project), our Alumni page offers resources to support academic and professional development post-release.

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Open Line

Open Line is an online journal documenting the intellectual and creative work of Mount Tamalpais College students and alumni. The site includes creative and academic writing as well as articles published in news outlets nationally.

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