• Located at the corner of College Avenue and Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, the Academic Center provides the campus with a welcoming front door. The site preparation included significant efforts to preserve and transplant as many healthy trees as possible, with particular emphasis on several large native specimens. The 43,000 square-foot facility features 16 general-purpose classrooms, three computer labs, a 100-seat lecture hall, and faculty and staff offices. LEED® Gold Certification is pending for the Academic Center.

  • The 77,000 square-foot, three-story Science, Math, Nursing Building includes state-of-the-art teaching facilities with appropriate laboratory ventilation and improved safety systems. In addition to housing Science, Math, and Nursing programs and the College’s IT Department, a new Central Plant accommodates electrical and mechanical equipment for the campus. Modernization also involved installation of the West Bridge over Corte Madera Creek, improving access to the campus from the south. The Science, Math, Nursing Building achieved LEED® Gold Certification.

  • The 6,200 square-foot Child Study Center is located in the Larkspur Annex site on Magnolia Avenue. The single-story custom modular houses two pre-school classrooms, one early childhood education classroom, and facility offices and support areas for the Child Development Center and Early Childhood Education program. The exterior features decks, a play yard, and organic garden. The Child Study Center achieved LEED® Certification.

  • The former Fine Arts Building was renovated and renamed the Performing Arts Building. The 61,257 square-foot building received upgrades to the theater and lobby, classrooms, offices, and music studios. New dance studios and an art gallery/lecture hall were also part of the modernization. Roofs and walls have been repaired and outdated equipment was replaced. Technology and accessibility was updated and efficient air circulation systems were installed. The Performing Arts Building Achieved LEED® Gold Certification.

  • The three-story, 22,500 square-foot Fine Arts Building features large windows that allow for natural daylighting. Taking advantage of its narrow width, the structure operates on natural ventilation during the temperate season, improving indoor air quality. Native, drought-tolerant landscaping was planted around the building, on the green roof, and in the new Arts Plaza connecting the Fine Arts Building and Performing Arts Building. Construction costs totaled $14.8 million. The Fine Arts Building achieved LEED® Gold Certification.

  • Originally built in the 1970s, the 16,750 square-foot Transportation Technology Complex, underwent a transformation that included a newly constructed steel-framed link building (with an exterior terrace and ramp) between the existing auto technology and collision repair buildings. Interiors were completely refurbished; including new state-of-the-art equipment, data, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing. Construction costs totaled $8 million. The Transportation Technology Complex achieved LEED® Silver Certification.

  • The 44,000 square-foot Physical Education Center underwent a complete facility upgrade that included the pool area, locker rooms, team rooms, and indoor and outdoor classrooms. A new gym floor and scoreboard were installed. Natural lighting, efficient heating and air circulation systems, solar panels for heating the pool and energy-producing photovoltaic umbrellas (carports) in the parking lot, are just some of the innovative design ideas incorporated into the project. Named in honor of former COM President Irwin “Red” Diamond, the center achieved LEED® Gold Certification.

  • The 36,264 square-foot Main Building includes a two-story general purpose building and surrounding landscape beautification. Featuring a spacious entryway and areas for outdoor seating, the building is filled with abundant natural lighting and is wholly supported by a geothermal field for efficient heating and air circulation systems. The building houses a variety of workforce development programs in dental assisting, court reporting, and multimedia studies, among others. Construction costs totaled $15 million. The Main Building achieved LEED® Gold Certification.

About Our Campuses

Kentfield CAMPUS (KTD)

Established in 1926 as Marin Junior College, the Kentfield Campus was founded on the 13-acre site of the Butler estate with an enrollment of 87 students. The Kentfield Campus has grown to meet the community’s need of providing high-caliber educational opportunities for students of all ages and from all walks of life. State-of-the-art facilities for STEM majors, fine and performing artists, early childhood education, kinesiology, and general education classes draw students from all over the Bay Area. Student clubs and organizations reflect a wide diversity of interests and focuses for student activity, involvement, and development. Students at College of Marin have the opportunity to join existing clubs or create new clubs in order to explore a particular area of interest beyond the classroom, and hands-on experience for gaining interpersonal and professional skills. Approximately 13,000 students enroll annually in the College's many outstanding credit/noncredit and community education classes.

Indian Valley Campus (IVC)

In 1971, the Board of Trustees established the second college of the district and named the new institution Indian Valley College. The College operated in temporary facilities at Hamilton Air Force Base and at the Pacheco School while new facilities were under construction. Indian Valley College's first associate degrees were awarded in 1972 and the new campus opened in the fall of 1975. In 1985, the two colleges merged and are now known as College of Marin. Over the years the Novato campus has evolved to become a vital educational and community resource. Currently at IVC, 17 different career technical education programs such as auto technology, court reporting, dental assisting, and multimedia studies, as well as transferrable general education classes are offered. IVC is also the site of the Indian Valley Organic Farm and Garden, a rich collaborative program with the Conservation Corps North Bay, the UC Cooperative Extension, and the Cultural Conservancy. In addition, each year thousands of swimmers from all over Marin County and beyond take advantage of the Olympic-sized pool at IVC.