Academic Life at East Los Angeles College

The Academic Picture

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

Each topic below links to a dedicated page with the full detail:

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

Faculty & Class Sizes

The student-to-faculty ratio at East Los Angeles College is 30 to 1, higher than the national average of 15 to 1, so some classes may be larger than at other schools. 33% of the instructors at East Los Angeles 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 page.

Most Popular Majors

Students at East Los Angeles College can choose from 64 majors with reported graduates spanning 29 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at East Los Angeles College are summarised below:

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

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

Additional Questions to Ask

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

• Looking for flexibility? East Los Angeles College may offer online or summer classes that can help you finish your degree — 18,378 undergraduates take at least some classes 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 (65% 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 East Los Angeles College.

Continue Your Research at East Los Angeles College

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

• Majors & Degree Programs at East Los Angeles College — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
• Faculty & Class Sizes at East Los Angeles College — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
• Graduation & Retention at East Los Angeles College — how well the school retains and graduates students
• Distance Learning at East Los Angeles College — what online and distance learning is available
• Accreditation Detail at East Los Angeles College — the schools accreditation and what it means