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FAST FACTS

  • Fifty four percent of the students who graduated from the California State University (CSU) system in 2009-2010 had attended a community college. (ARCC 2011 Final Report)
  • Twenty eight percent of graduates from the University of California (UC) system in 2009-2010 had attended a community college. (ARCC 2011 Final Report)
  • Our nine colleges offer educational opportunities to students in more than 36 cities and communities covering an area of more than 882 square miles.

ENROLLMENT FIGURES, Fall 2010
City
17,807
  Southwest
7,291
East
26,742
  Trade-Tech
15,037
Harbor
10,511
  Valley
19,888
Mission
11,106
  West
11,140
Pierce
21,230
  Instructional TV
834
TOTAL: 141,586


STUDENT PROFILE, Fall 2010
51.2% Latino
15.8% African-American
13.8% Asian
17.4% White
26.1% Non-Native English speaking
43% Below the poverty line
15% From homes in which parents received only elementary education (according to the LACCD
Fall 2009 Student Survey)


AGE OF STUDENT POPULATION, Fall 2010
Under 20
26.0%
20-24
32.6%
25-34
22.6%
35 and over
18.9%


COURSE LOAD, Fall 2010
Full Time (12+ credit hours)
27.6%
Part Time
72.4%


EDUCATIONAL GOALS, Fall 2010
Vocational
27.7%
Transfer
39.4%
General Education
10.4%
Transitional
6.4%
Unknown/Undecided
16.1%


FEES for California community college students, Fall 2011
Los Angeles Community Colleges
$36 per unit


For more detailed research and statistics about the Los Angeles Community College District and its students, please visit the Office of Institutional Research and Information (link opens a new browser window).