by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
East Los Angeles College was awarded 2 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminal justice & corrections.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, East Los Angeles College is ranked #1,098 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when East Los Angeles College held the #1,386 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 161 colleges in California, East Los Angeles College is ranked at #121.
If you are worried about getting into East Los Angeles College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At East Los Angeles College, this rate is 29 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at East Los Angeles College is 33%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at East Los Angeles College is 68%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 33,397 undergraduates at East Los Angeles College with 5,969 being full-time and 27,428 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,748 | $11,510 | $13,786 | $16,333 | $16,944 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of East Los Angeles College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
See which majors at East Los Angeles College make the most money.
Get more details about the location of East Los Angeles College.
Contact details for East Los Angeles College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park, CA 91754-6099 |
| Phone: | 323-265-8650 |
| Website: | www.elac.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 1,888 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 532 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 384 | NA |
| Biological & Physical Science | 368 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 304 | NA |
| General Psychology | 237 | NA |
| Accounting | 206 | NA |
| Fire Protection | 149 | NA |
| Sociology | 122 | NA |
| Mathematics | 80 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 15,815 students took at least one online class at East Los Angeles College. This is a decrease from the 21,787 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 15,815 | 10,641 |
| 2021-2022 | 21,787 | 19,248 |
| 2020-2021 | 13,676 | 6,268 |
| 2018-2019 | 6,281 | 2,475 |
Learn more about online learning at East Los Angeles College.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
References
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