Evergreen Valley College, in San Jose, opened its doors in 1975 to 3,000 students and currently hosts more than 12,000 students from more than 70 countries. The rich variety of cultures, which both enhances and enriches campus life, comprises one of the most diverse student bodies within the system California community colleges.

In recent years, bond measures have allowed the college to build facilities on its 175-acre campus: classrooms and labs for biological sciences and nursing education programs, a library, a student life center, the Montgomery Hill Observatory and the Center for the Arts.