I love being a student at Citrus College. I started there when I was 19 and a young mother, and at the time they had daycare if you qualified, so I was able to attend courses there. Now, as an adult learner, I'm back and completing my associate in business administration. I've always felt cozy and welcome at the campus. Parking is great, busses come all the time, there are plenty of food places to eat within walking distance. The classes are affordable if you complete your FAFSA, apply for scholarships and OFA (other Financial Aid Options) are available. Making an online appointment is easy with their student platform, and my counselor was readily available via zoom (to accommodate my work schedule) and we were able to complete my lesson plan. I think that there are plenty of support systems in place for students that want to take the time and wait for support. It's not fast-food it's school and sometimes things take a little more time to get the best results. I am totally happy with my education I'm receiving, and I only hope that students here are finding the same enjoyment I'm finding. read more

Citrus College made me pay $300 for fees in order to enroll classes a week later I get a via message "you were recently dropped from classes, there's still time to re-enroll at Citrus College and secure your registration by signing up for a payment plan. What payment plan? Am I supposed to pay more fees? I took out $300? Out of my savings just to get randomly dropped???? I got robbed! This happened twice already! I feel like suing this college! read more

Parking here is awful. Signs are not clearly posted in all areas, nor are there easily visible/accessible parking permit machines. So, good luck if it's your first time parking at this campus...Also they add a $3.25 "citation processing fee" to the $35.00 parking ticket when you pay it. read more

Why bother having phones? No one ever answers!!! I call to make an appt with the counselor, no answer. I call admissions, no answer. I can't get ahold of anyone and I'm not about the waste my time driving over there when it can be taken care of over the phone read more

As a former student who TRANSFERRED TO UNIVERSITY (thanks to the best counselors no sarcasm) without an associates please don't take biology 124 or 125 the teachers are trash. Also physics 201 the reviews on Rate my Professor are BAD REALLY BAD and the really honest reviews get removed!!!!! but no-one talks about how bad the biology department is especially bio 124. Its community college its intro level not a university 300-400 class so she needs to calm down. Also the bad reviews on rate my professor please keep posting honest reviews new students need to know how awful they are!!! they belittle, lie, and make it impossible to graduate or transfer. So take the easy classes here 5/5 star teachers and the 1/5 star teachers DO NOT take those classes take the classes elsewhere. if you still ignore this review just know the physics 201 teacher has a 37 question quiz on the syllabus. oh 37 questions for a syllabus isnt so bad what about the biology 124 teacher that uses every other website possible for hw, tests, and quizzes except for canvas why???? read more

Be careful with the financial aid advisors. Before going to chaffey and obtaining my degree, I was going to attend Citrus. I have a Bachelors degree, and as many may know, that limits the aid available to you when obtaining a second degree. I asked the head person in charge of financial aid as instructed by another employee what was available to me and what my options were. The lady told me there was absolutely nothing available for me. I asked for all of my options and even thought of options myself and asked her if it was possible. I got no after no. My sister, who doesn't present as Black, went over there not even 30 seconds after me and asked the EXACT same thing and was handed an application for the BOG waiver. I do everything possible not to play the race card, but you tell me if you can figure out what might have been the difference. Thankfully, she was able to do her job and provide the info to my sister, who then shared it with me. I went on to do prereqs at Citrus and enjoyed my professors and have since graduated from another college with my nursing degree. I had to come here to write about it all these years later just in case another black student or any other student of any race is mistreated and not fairly provided information. You are more than likely eligible for the BOG waiver to get tuition assistance and can ask for the application. You can also apply for it at any community college just in case this lady is still working there. This was around 2016, so hopefully, she is gone. She was a really heavy set white hispanic lady with brown/brunette hair. Everyone deserves the same treatment no matter race, looks, etc. To withhold information and potentially prevent someone from getting more education and possibly changing their lives and the lives of others is disgusting and a disgrace. I should've said something then, but I was just so happy she gave it to my sister, and I now had a way to cover tuition. Hope this helps. God bless all reading this, and I wish you the best on your educational journey and all your other endeavors! read more

The campus is nice, the professors are helpful, there are many resources and clubs and the veteran center has a lot of resources.

Citrus college is cool and has nice resources, but the librarians are the absolute worst. They are very rude and will kick you out early just because they want to begin closing. On top of that, the library is only open until 8pm and does not adjust for finals week. Compared to other schools in the area such as Mt. Sac where the library is open until midnight. They just kicked me out of a room because "they have a big group coming", yet i was sitting in a room that does not require a reservation and I have yet to see this alleged "group" come into the library and use the room I was in 30 minutes after being kicked out. Now my group of 5 is stuck outside waiting for a reserved room to become available so that we may study for our Midterm just because they kicked me out of the large room that does not require a reservation. Like I said, the school is nice and has a university feel to it however, the librarians are some of the meanest, most rude, and lazy librarians I have ever met and they have no concern for the students of Citrus College and their study time. Thanks for your time read more

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I've been to Citrus to complete some of my prerequisite classes and Arnold Kondo is the best professor in the whole world. He is the only professor I know, who will personally go the extra mile for his students. Even though his classes are completely filled (because everyone loves him and because he's such an amazing professor), he still tries to add as many students in his class. He even gives up his own chair for his students! Who does that?! Don't even let me get started about parking. Why is it 10 times cheaper than Cal Poly's?! And there are always parking spots available! I always end up parking at the same exact spot since 2 years ago (super close to my class). I'm not complaining, I promise. I just want to make it known that this campus is so easy to maneuver and there are wonderful staff here to help you. So take advantage of it! read more

So our elementary school got invited to a Christmas play at Citrus College. Almost our whole school bought tickets to support the drama program and the college. When the play was over however, several of our cars got a $35 ticket for pulling through a parking space and parking facing out, instead of parking head in. Even though there is a faded sign 50 ft away with small print stating the rule, visitors to the college aren't going to know this and aren't going to walk half way across the parking lot to read a faded sign with small print on it. Besides, if the college is trying to sell itself to visitors and potential future students, they have a funny way of showing it. They have to know on days when the play is happening, there are going to be a lot of visitors from out of the area attending and should relax the rules a bit, at least for the 2 hours during the performance. VERY poor PR on behalf of Citrus College and their parking enforcement. Looks like they are using this event to take advantage of visitors and make extra money for the college. It's very disappointing and puts Citrus College in a VERY bad light. read more

The counseling staff is amazing!!!! here, not so much the admission and records the lady who handles the transcripts hates her job for sure ! But I would definitely recommend this school read more

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This place is a joke. I'll just begin by saying if you have other options definitely attend another school. I'm completing my last semester here at Citrus & therefore I've had much contact with additional services offered at the school- admissions, financial aid, counseling, etc. 99% of the time I interact with any of these department staff, it's simply disappointing. They're demeaning, rude, and do just about everything to get out of helping you. Now, the part the matters the most: the professors. Citrus College's only striking characteristic is the staff who teach the students. Just about every Professor I've had was an exceptional teacher- caring, intelligent & always encouraging learning. It's incredibly sad to say that the only part of this college you will be satisfied with are your professors. If you give Citrus College a chance just keep in mind you won't meet helpful staff outside the classroom. Counseling appointments are usually booked weeks in advance & fill up so quickly that often times an urgent meeting will require a walk-in, which leaves you sitting, waiting, & hoping you'll get a spot that day. Additionally, keep your expectations low for the admissions department staff & most of the library staff & you might not be disappointed like I am. All in all, the parking is not terrible here, professors are exceptional & I hope you have a better experience here than I did. read more

Love the teachers and even during these hard times classes have been enjoyable. This is my first semester here and I look forward to next semester. read more

The counseling department is extremely unorganized and rude! I was interrupted several times as they decided to stop and talk amongst each other and chat about work and gossip. Aside from that the school is pretty meager when it comes to the choices you can make for classes due to the impacted classes and small faculty. Classes are always crowded especially with popular teachers! read more

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Trash school financial aid office members are very rude and don't help at all. Tell them about something they done wrong and they will tell you to just talk to bank mobile smh bs read more

Can't believe it has been a little over 3.5 years since I graduated citrus. Although I really experienced community at CSUF, I do miss some of my professors at citrus: dr. Salwak, professor Borja, and professor Grossman. If you are majoring in business, take Borja for accounting and Grossman for business law. They are the best and very personable! Dr. Salwak's English classes feel like philosophy classes. He enlightened me. Overall, community college is pretty easy since you don't have to read a lot and write papers and homework helps with your grade. When your transfer to a four year, that is generally not the case. Maybe also because I was a business major before I changed to human services that I didn't have to write papers. Although in my other classes, I usually didn't have to write big papers either. The classes that I read the most for and did papers on were my English classes. I know people complain about the parking here, but it really isn't that bad compared to CSUF. Really, it is pretty easy to find parking at citrus as long as you come by 8 am or before and for sure before 10 am. Most people leave by 2:30 pm so the parking lot gets more empty. It is also nice to take many different classes at community college such as dance and music classes whether you are majoring in that or not and cheap. CSUF, not the case. I also hope disability services gets better at citrus and they are more inclusive and accommodating to different students, especially blind students. What I liked about citrus is I feel professors and staff didn't get political like they do at CSUF. Although I wish more social justice and awareness was happening at citrus, it was nice not to have your beliefs attacked as much. I do miss some things at community college and can be great to attend if you can finish in 2-3 years through priority registration. But I'm also glad that I'm working toward my career now. read more

Many colleges have polical biases, but Citrus seems pretty open minded, only downside is the extremely Biased teachers that all (ironically) come from P.C.C. , where I attended before here, and hated. Basically if you don't want biased graded papers, or your teacher to go on gun law tangents, wether Obama or Trump is good or not, and trans equality speehes in a Math class then go here. Sidenote parking stinks. Library is helpful. Financial Aid office is full of helpful staff And counseling is amazing. read more

The councilors really care and I am excited to start my career path here in the summer semester.

I absolutely loved my experience at Citrus College. I really got to get in at the ground level of all the programs they have for Veterans there and its amazing to me to see where they have gone. I made numerous friends there, participated in many student activities, and graduated with a 3.9 GPA. I transferred to the school I wanted to and took advantage of all of the peer tutoring they offered. I'll say it again, I absolutely loved my experience there and would highly recommend this school to anyone looking to make an investment in their future. Background: Previously I went to PCC and Miramar community college. Citrus had its own completely unique vibe that really made me feel comfortable. Nothing against those other schools they were both good, but Citrus was really where I needed to be. read more

I had a meeting with Laura Villegas counselor. She is the best! She is so kind and so helpful and goes above and beyond to get you the information you need. read more

I graduated from this college with my business degree. I loved my professors. They really cared about our education. If you cant afford books there are programs to help you. Financial aid and bogw are also available. I never had problems getting classes I wanted. I did get a parking ticket my first day because I parked in client parking I didn't know it matter the first week. The graduation was nice. I never had problems trnasferring to universities with my credits. The bus and metro run close to the school. When I forgot to drop my classes one time I got an F and owed money. I was able to get it taken off. The instructors signed the paper and the office took care of it. I wish this school had more programs. I got cpr certified here as well. read more

I must give a shout out to the Financial Aid Office. Miss Katrina is absolutely amazing! No matter what issue I have or anything I am confused with she is always there helping me. I attribute a lot of the success I have because of Miss Katrina. They also have great student workers who I always see helping students out. I know when I transfer in the Fall I will miss Citrus College. The admissions and Records are also awesome miss Julie and miss Debbie are wonderful. I've noticed the staff wants to help us with whatever they can we just have to be honest and prepared!! read more

Counselor virtual has been great ! She made it very easy and simple to pick the classes that I needed. She's a great guidance counselor . I was very glad I got to talk to her. Laura Villegas is a great, professional and friendly counselor. read more

Katrina in the Financial Aid office at Citrus College helped me with all my questions and was very attentive to any of my concerns. With the school being closed due to Covid I felt like they still cared enough to make sure all paperwork was done correctly. She was very patient and I couldn't believe that she made her best effort to make sure I received the best service. read more

Today my daughter was waiting for an answer on her financial aid. She kept a secret that she would be going to school. Almost the whole time I was going to school I was hoping she would get the influence from my example. I must say thank you to the woman named Denise whoever she is. My daughter got some information today that has made her change her mind about school. I am glad they have more competent women working in the office now. Thank you Citrus College and THE FINANCIAL AID OFFICE. read more

Dear Citrus Students, I am so glad you are pursuing higher education, but please be considerate of the people who live in this area. I know you are late for class but please remember our children are walking home from school down these streets, speed limits are posted for a reason. On that note, I did attend school here and I had some great professors here. Glendora is a great community, even if you don't live here, please respect those that do. read more

I've ran into more garbage professors than good. Berkley is the only good one. If you are planning on taking graphic or web design, be aware that you're learning on your own- something you could do without paying arm and leg. "Fiddle with it" isn't teaching the class. I'm incredibly disappointed. read more

As a community college, this school is good overall. I like their math and biology professors, very knowledgeable, accessible and helpful. The after-school tutoring help a great lot too. (I actually went to lectures with my friends there) They are big on athletic training and sports. Some kinesiology professors are pretty cool and you actually learn quite a lot from them. Some are very iron-hand-coach-style: opinionated, condescending and intimidating! My friend actually took a class from a professor (I think the last name is Merandi) there who actually believes (and shares such beliefs) that all fat people should be embarrassed and go to hell and gay folks have low self-esteem!!! (I know, "Really? In CA?") So be careful what class you take and who teaches that class. Go to www.ratemyprofessors.com to find out how other people think of them first!!! read more

First time at this campus Positive impressive,hope I get the most of it ready to start my journey

Citrus College is one of Glendora's greatest assets. My brother just graduated from Citrus this year and I am so very proud of him; my brother has a learning disability and the DS services were wonderful and very helpful. The college continues to evolve and they offer lots of neat programs so I wish future students the best of luck at Citrus. read more

Nothing good to say about this college. I came here to take some classes that were full at Cal Poly Pomona, since I was here I thought I'd try and get as many classes as I could. It seemed that all my classes were taught by coaches or other teachers not too familiar with the subject. In the 3 of my 6 classes I took the classes were taught by coaches and every so often one of their players would come in to ask sport related questions or get keys to open something or drop off equipment. It was annoying and always interrupted class as that player seemed to be the priority. Trying to make an appointment to see a counselor? GOOD LUCK, better camp out or wake up early. I tried for two weeks straight and all I heard was 'Call back tomorrow, we are booked today and for the rest of the week' apparently they are short counselors and book a week in advanced. I would NOT recommend coming here, I don't feel I received a good education and the staff was not helpful or considerate at all. I would have rather waited another year to take my classes needed at Cal Poly or another campus. read more

After being out of school for more than 5 years, I'm back! I got tired of Mt. SAC and it's busy, can-never-register-for-a-class, over-crowded campus!! So I came here! It's been a year now since I started and my experience so far had been great. My first semester here, I was able to register for classes that I needed even though my registration appt was a week after it began! I guess some students didn't pay for their classes and they got rolled over and lucky for me, I got the open spots! :) and it was that way for the next couple of semesters! The only downside problem I've had is scheduling an appt with the nursing counselor! She's always busy and never has any available spot! Gotta call the counseling dept 2 weeks in advance and early in the morning, like right when they open at 8am! And even then, I say, good luck to you! And when u do get that appt, make sure u show up and have all of your questions ready coz u only have 30 mins with the counselor! read more

I am writing this review specifically for the Campus Safety department, or the security department. I am very, VERY dissatisfied with their service. I got a $35 parking citation in my first week of school here for parking backwards in a parking stall. I pulled into a spot, there was no car in front of me, so I pulled in farther, thinking it'd be easier to pull out of my parking spot after school. I do not have that kind of money to just be throwing out, I am in school FULL time for crying out loud, and only work part time, with a ton of other things going on. AND I'm paying non resident fees for school. Seriously so stupid, and I am very mad. I had no idea this was not allowed. There are absolutely no obvious signs in the parking lot about this. There is ONE, that I saw, and it was in the far corner of the front of the parking lot, which I never park near because parking is a nightmare here. I have friends from class who got parking citations for worse things that got dismissed. I appealed my ticket and it got denied, then I appealed it a second time in the campus center and it STILL got denied. They were late to appeal the citations, by about 15 minutes. I waited for over 30 minutes WHILE I was supposed to be in class. What a waste of time, be ON TIME! I am very livid, my classmate parked backwards in a parking stall and only got a warning, a WARNING, not a citation. My other classmate didn't even have a parking permit and was still able to have her citation dismissed. I feel this is very unfair. I even have a parking permit. I had only been at school a week, give me a break! This is all just BS and whoever wrote me that citation seriously needs to find something more useful to do with their time, because I think I should have only gotten a warning. Other than the stupid security people, this is a great school. But the security guards can go suck a big one. read more

Every time I run into a tough situation when at school I always turn to Katrina Hewitt, she is always very helpful with whatever I need and she always finds the answer to any situation I may have. She is a great representation of what a great staff member is at Citrus. read more

The campus security of this Citrus College is the most money-gouging and manipulative department I have ever seen anywhere PERIOD! My wife went to attend a night class and parked in an student open-parking lot where she has already bought a semester parking permit. Yet she was given a parking violation ticket - for what? Could you believe in this day and age just for parking head-out in the marked parking spot because there was so few cars in the lot that she had the courtesy to pull ahead to park at the next row? Isn't parking with your head out safer than with the car's butt out (when you need to reverse your car to get out with limited vision and a lot of blind spots if not careful)? OK, so we appeal and disputed the ticket online. It was refused! But was given a second in-person appeal by calling in for info. My wife called and was told that the officer handling the appeal would come only once a month, BUT wife was given a date which was one day late! Deliberately or not you can only guess! We arrived at campus security den to find out that the personal appeal session was just yesterday! They overwhelmingly denied that they had given a wrong date over the phone! Unflinching liars who even mocked us by saying that we were too loud in our frustration! Heck! Did they expect thank you's and flowers for their "great job?" I would be OK if given a ticket for any head out or back-in parking that would cause imminent danger to anyone or any building structure (in some places the posted highly visible signs to that effect warning against head-out/back-in parking as it would hit an air vent, lamp post, railing or something). But parking in an open-air wide space parking lot that is sparsely populated at night without any clear visible signs about this antiquated rule? Tell me one thing Campus Security, why do you even have such a rule in the first place??? Citrus College's campus security is not better than a bunch of overzealous cops-wanna-be practicing law in the dark ages without reason but on per se basis only! Blah! Visitors and students beware! AVOID! read more

The first time I am highly upset with Citrus College Counciling Dept. I came here to print out a copy of my Plan for classes and I'm being told to take a seat and wait about 30 min for them to PRINT out a paper. Just because there are 4 people ahead of me. You got to be kidding me. read more

CERTIFICATE IN ACCOUNTING My first visit was the website, user friendly, all information is well placed & mostly up to date. Counselors are full of patience & helpful. I did certificate in accounting course. I did all the required classes. (traditional, distance learning-online as well as hybrid.) All professors were very organized & helpful in every aspects. If you need more details about course feel free to message me. I will be more than happy to share my experience & give you guidance. Library has comfortable chairs, clean but some times noisy. Campus is clean and safe but always stay alert of surroundings especially at dusk to late night. Starbucks on campus. read more

Shout out to Dominic, the best college counselor ever . This campus wouldnt be what it is if it wasnt for him. He doesnt judge if a student has had bad grades in the padt and will work with you to help you get to where you want to be. Hes also super funny! read more

The Professors and couselours are amazing and very helpful! BUT THE FINANCIAL AID OFFICE. OH that's a DIFFERENT story!. They are composed of middle aged women who are so rude, give these ugly having attitude women a job at the DMV! THEY ARE PERFECT FOR THAT JOB. They dont give a shit about why your there they just want to get through with their miserable day. They offer little to no help and most of the time expect you to know the information you are seeking and they make you feel stupid or that your not as good as them. I Love this school but those ladies should be fired they arnt helpful. read more

This was my first college experience after High School And has been a beneficial part of my education. The teachers here truly enjoy their jobs and care about their students. They only encourage and want the best successful experience for their students!! Plus it has been easier to obtain entry into the more important classes needed (calculus, biology, chemistry, Etc..) A very hard thing to come across in any school now a days. I attended here, left to try Chaffey due to the proximity of my residence and was the Most Regretful decision I've ever made. I completed the semester class and immediately returned to Citrus. read more