Brief History
Initially its name was San Benito County Junior College and was renamed as Gavilan College in 1963 when a new community college district was formed amalgamating San Benito County with Santa Clara County. Finally the college moved to its present location in the year 1966.
Campus
Campus was expanded in 1997 with the addition satellite sites in Hollister and Morgan Hill augmenting the main campus. Land was purchased in Coyote Valley and San Benito Community in 2008 for further development of the college creating additional campuses to meet the growing demands of students for admission and education.
Early College Academy
An early college academy, a high school named Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy or GECA was established inside the campus in 2007. Students can complete two years of college in four years of high school and can become graduates with up to sixty transferable units. Thus the students passing out from GECA enters the four year college or university as a junior instead of freshman.
Accreditation
Western