Mt. SAC was founded in 1946 as a part of the California Community Colleges system.Mt. San Antonio College (commonly called Mt. SAC) is a community college located in the Los Angeles suburb of Walnut, California, 2.12 miles west of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). It is amongst the largest community colleges in California with 52,954 students.

The mission of Mt. San Antonio College is to support students in achieving their educational goals in an environment of academic excellence.

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