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Los Angeles City College was awarded 4 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health sciences & services.
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Los Angeles City College is ranked #858 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
Los Angeles City College is also ranked #102 out of 161 schools in California.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Los Angeles City College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
At Los Angeles City College, the student to faculty ratio is 27 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
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 Los Angeles City College is 30%. 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 Los Angeles City College is 63%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 14,800 undergraduates at Los Angeles City College with 3,469 being full-time and 11,331 being part-time.
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 Los Angeles City College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Los Angeles City College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $8,083 a year. That adds up to $32,332 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Los Angeles City College is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Los Angeles City College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 855 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029 |
| Phone: | 323-953-4000 |
| Website: | www.lacitycollege.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 1,276 | NA |
| Biological & Physical Science | 206 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 152 | NA |
| General Psychology | 127 | NA |
| Health Sciences & Services | 118 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 115 | NA |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 66 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 58 | NA |
| Nursing | 56 | NA |
| East Asian Languages | 48 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 10,297 students took at least one online class at Los Angeles City College. This is a decrease from the 12,138 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 10,297 | 7,516 |
| 2021-2022 | 12,138 | 10,771 |
| 2020-2021 | 6,403 | 3,005 |
| 2018-2019 | 4,521 | 2,546 |
Learn more about online learning at Los Angeles City 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.
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