Santa Rosa Junior College ranked second for “Top Schools” in the nation for community colleges on RateMyProfessors.com with 114 SRJC professors scoring a perfect 5.0 overall quality. SRJC has 1,172 professors on RateMyProfessor.com
RateMyProfessors.com has an annual compilation of the student ratings called the “Professor Top Lists 2010-11.” This list has three divisions: Highest Rated, Hottest, and Top Schools.
SRJC student Aaron Mikulka enjoys finding great teachers at the school. “A few of the teachers just really know how to teach and really care about their jobs. And it’s really awesome when you stumble upon those few,” Mikulka said.
One of  Mikulka’s favorite professors is Keith Waxman, an astronomy teacher with an overall rating of 4.6 out of 5. Mikulka’s other favorite teacher, Nicole Slovak-Villano, professor of anthropology, is rated a 4.7 out of 5. Both of the teachers from Mikulka’s favorites scored second and third placements on the scale of “hotness.”
“My favorite teacher is Jake Fitzpatrick,” said SRJC student Griffin Freitas,  though Fitzpatrick is not an instructor rated on RateMyProfessors.com. Freitas has been at the SRJC for more than four years, and enjoys helping lost students find their way around the campus.
SRJC was founded in 1918 and has an annual student body of more than 54,000 students between the Santa Rosa and Petaluma Campus. SRJC is one of the 10 oldest two-year colleges.