Note
Not to be confused with Silicon Valley University (which was shut-down abruptly in 2018) nor University of Silicon Valley which still exists, but is unrelated.
I attended Silicon Valley College at 6201 San Ignacio Blvd., San Jose, CA 95119 from September 2001 until November 2003 when I completed my final class. I was the student speaker for the Design and Visualization Bachelor program at that year's graduation ceremony in May 2004.
This is a timeline of events — as best as I can put together — of what happened to Silicon Valley College since that time.
| Time | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 1998 | Earliest Wayback Machine entry for svcollege.com |
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| Apr 2001 | Earliest Wayback Machine entry for siliconvalley.edu |
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| Sept 2001 | I began attending Silicon Valley College. | |
| Summer 2002 | Silicon Valley College acquired by U.S. Education Corporation | source |
| Nov 2003 | I completed my final class with a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design degree | |
| Sept–Oct 2005 | Silicon Valley College operations merged into Western Career College (also owned by U.S. Education Corporation) | source |
| Sept 2008 | U.S. Education Corporation acquired by DeVry Inc. | source |
| June 2010 | Western Career College rebranded to Carrington College California (owned by DeVry Inc.) | source |
| Jan–Feb 2013 | Carrington College California dropped the Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design degree | source, source |
| Nov 2013 | DeVry Inc. rebranded to DeVry Education Group | source |
| Spring 2014 | Carrington College and Carrington College California merged into a single Carrington College (owned by DeVry Education Group) | source |
| Sept 2015 | San Jose campus I attended on San Ignacio Blvd. shut-down and classes moved to a new campus at 5883 Rue Ferrari, Suite 125, San Jose, CA 95138. | source |
| 2017 | DeVry Education Group rebranded to Adtalem Global Education | source |
| Dec 2018 | Adtalem Global Education sold Carrington College to San Joaquin Valley College | source |
| Dec 2018 | Separately (and unrelatedly), Adtalem Global Education sold DeVry University and Keller Graduate School of Management to Cogswell Education, a private equity firm | source |
As of 2024, the former Silicon Valley College schools continue to operate under the Carrington College brand, owned by San Joaquin Valley College.