Build Career Skills, Learn English, Earn Your High School Diploma, or Get Ready for College…FAST
Our Adult Education classes are flexible and FREE!
Reach Your Personal & Professional Goals
Los Angeles’ community colleges offer a variety of noncredit, adult education programs to help students upskill for work, get ready for college, learn English, gain citizenship, and enjoy a lifetime of learning. While noncredit courses do not count towards degree completion, they are a fast and free way to build your skills and reach your goals.
Why Adult Education?
- Classes are FREE (noncredit classes do not count towards degree completion)
- Classes are offered day, night, online, and at convenient locations across Los Angeles
- Choose from a variety of programs that can help you build career skills, improve your English, complete your high school diploma, become a US citizen, and more.
- Students can enroll and start anytime (in most cases)
- Extensive services support student success
- Many classes are offered in Spanish or other languages
- Undocumented students welcome
We Support Student Success
All LACCD students have access to free resources like these (offerings vary by college).
- Academic Tutoring
- Basic Needs Support
- Career Counseling
- Career Placement & Job Center
- Child & Family Services (CalWORKS, Childcare, Foster & Kinship Care Education)
- Cultural Resources (APASS, Puente, Umoja)
- Dream Resource Center (for Dreamers, AB540, & undocumented students)
- Financial Aid
- Free Metro/Bus Passes
- Health Services
- LGBTQIA+ Resources
- Veteran’s Center
¿Hablas Español? So do we!
Get the benefits of a college education and the convenience of learning in your native language. LACCD is now offering select classes taught in Spanish! Search your local community college’s catalog for details.
