Fresno Locale & Amenities

Farmers Market in Central Valley Fresno is located in heart the nation's cornucopia, California's Central Valley. Blessed with abundant sunshine and an average temperature ranging from 48-77 degrees, the region brims with orchards and blossoms. For climate, Fresno ranks in the top 15 of the nation's 96 largest cities. Winter lows are in the 30s and summer highs are in the 100s.

Conveniently located adjacent to Fresno’s Yosemite International Airport, Alliant's Fresno campus serves one of the fastest growing cities in California.

Campus Amenities

The amenities offered by this quiet, pleasant, air-conditioned campus include an auditorium, a cafe-snack bar, and a patio plaza. The commuter campus is surrounded by attractively landscaped grounds and offers plenty of parking.

The Fresno-Clovis metropolitan area offers all the advantages of a medium-size community: human scale and relaxed pace along with cosmopolitan shopping, dining and cultural activities including the local symphony, galleries, museums, and community theater groups as well as lectures and presentations sponsored by area educational institutions.

Fresno Links

Fresno Parks & Recreation
Chaffee Zoo & Gardens
Forestiere Underground Gardens
United States Aviation Museum
Fresno Art Museum
Swimming Pools
Skateboard Park

Nearby Attractions

Yosemite National Park
Sequoia/King's Canyon

Fresno is also an outdoor enthusiast's dream, located near some of the nation's most spectacular recreational areas and within a 90-minute drive of three national parks: Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon. Backpacking, camping, sailing, skiing, and trout fishing are all readily available in the nearby Sierra Nevada mountains. The rugged Pacific coastal area of Monterey-Carmel-Big Sur is just three hours from the campus. Fresno is also only a three-hour drive from both San Francisco and Sacramento and a four-hour drive from Los Angeles.

The people of Fresno County reflect the cultural heritage of the many ethnic groups that have settled in California's Central Valley and developed the region: Latino, African-American, European, and Asian. Most recently, Fresno has become the home of a significant Hmong community, originally from Laos.