Academics at Los Angeles City College

The Academic Picture

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Los Angeles City College: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

56 Majors With Completions

30:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

32% Full-Time Faculty

Jump to any section below, or follow a link to dig deeper into a specific part of academic life at Los Angeles City College:

Faculty Resources
Most Popular Majors
Additional Questions to Ask
Continue Your Research

Faculty Resources

The student-to-faculty ratio at Los Angeles City College is 30 to 1, higher than the national average of 15 to 1, so some classes may be larger than at other schools. 32% of the instructors at Los Angeles City College are employed full time, near the national average of 47%.

For a deeper look at tenure, adjuncts and faculty composition, visit the faculty composition report.

Majors and Fields of Study

Los Angeles City College offers 56 majors with reported completions across 23 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Los Angeles City College are shown below:

Degree Level	Offered
Associate	✓
Bachelor’s	—
Master’s	—
Doctorate	—

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at Los Angeles City College.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	1,253
Biological and Physical Sciences	219
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	173
Business Administration, Management and Operations	108
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	98

For the complete list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers, see the academic majors report.

Questions Worth Asking

Before you decide, here are a few more questions to consider about academics at Los Angeles City College:

Need flexibility? Check whether Los Angeles City College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 11,143 undergraduates study at least partly online. See distance learning options.
Thinking about graduate school? Consider how many students continue their studies and how well the school retains and graduates its students (67% of full-time freshmen return for a second year). See graduation and retention.
Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of Los Angeles City College.

Explore Further on Los Angeles City College

Each page below covers one part of academic life at Los Angeles City College in more detail:

Academic Majors at Los Angeles City College — every major and degree program offered
Faculty Composition at Los Angeles City College — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
Graduation & Retention at Los Angeles City College — graduation outcomes and retention detail
Distance Learning at Los Angeles City College — distance-learning enrollment detail
Accreditation Detail at Los Angeles City College — the schools accreditation and what it means