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Lake Tahoe Community College Data & Information Overview

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How Well Is Lake Tahoe Community College Ranked?

2024 Rankings

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Overall Quality

LTCC was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.

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Is It Hard to Get Into LTCC?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

If you are worried about getting into Lake Tahoe Community 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.

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Lake Tahoe Community College Faculty

15 to 1 Student to Faculty
20% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Lake Tahoe Community College is about average at 15 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Lake Tahoe Community College is 20%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  20 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Lake Tahoe Community College

44% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 44% rate at Lake Tahoe Community College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.

Freshmen Retention Rate  44 out of 100
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Lake Tahoe Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

636 Full-Time Undergraduates
51.4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
50.3% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,332 undergraduates at LTCC with 636 being full-time and 1,696 being part-time.

How Much Does Lake Tahoe Community College Cost?

$4,853 Net Price
1% Take Out Loans
$31,664 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of LTCC is $4,853. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

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 LTCC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At LTCC, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $7,916 a year. That adds up to $31,664 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do LTCC Graduates Make?

$40,805 Avg Salary of Grads
Average Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from LTCC with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $40,805 in their early years. This is in the same neighborhood of the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, certain majors may produce higher-paying graduates.

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Location of Lake Tahoe Community College

California State
636 Full-Time Undergraduates
Rural Campus Setting
Lake Tahoe Community College is a public institution located in South Lake Tahoe, California. The rural area surrounding the school is great for students who prefer living in a country setting.

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Contact details for LTCC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: One College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
Phone: 530-541-4660
Website: www.ltcc.edu/

Lake Tahoe Community College Majors

34 Majors With Completions
198 Undergraduate Degrees
Learn more about the majors offered at Lake Tahoe Community College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at LTCC

75% Take At Least One Class Online
59% Take All Classes Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2020-2021, 1,519 students took at least one online class at Lake Tahoe Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,812 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 1,519 1,189
2019-2020 1,812 1,327
2018-2019 1,614 1,178
2017-2018 1,477 1,037
2016-2017 1,150 748

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Notes and References

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.

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