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Antelope Valley Community College District

Lancaster, California·Public, 4-year or above·Far West
6-yr Graduation
34%
Enrollment
13,532
peer median 21,970
Avg net price
$8,263
+$1.8k vs Baccalaureate
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About

Antelope Valley College (AVC) is a public community college in Lancaster, California. It is part of the California Community College system. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles (5,040 km2) covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. Instruction is offered at several sites, including Palmdale and Lancaster, and through online and instructional television courses.

Outcomes & equity

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
34%

Pell equity

33.0pp gap
Pell recipients
33%
Non-Pell
0%

Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.

What families actually pay

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$8,263
$30–48k$8,263
$48–75k$8,263
$75–110k$8,263
$110k+$8,263

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$8,263
+$1,805vs Baccalaureate median $6,458
Pell recipients
64.6%
Federal loans
4.2%

Academic programs

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs84
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

1,623 total
01Social Sciences
47229.1%
02Multi/Interdisciplinary
18311.3%
03Mechanic
17010.5%
04Business
1619.9%
05Liberal Arts
1569.6%
06Security/Protective
1378.4%
07Health Professions
1227.5%
08Psychology
885.4%
09Family/Consumer Sci
684.2%
10Computer Sciences
664.1%

Enrollment & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
13,532
12-mo unduplicated
17,155
Undergraduate
17,155
Graduate
14,569

Gender split

Men
44%7,546
Women
56%9,609

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
64.8%
Black
13.5%
White
13.0%
Two or more
3.8%
Asian
3.4%
Unknown
1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.2%
Non-resident
0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Faculty

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
23.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
191

AVCCD vs IPEDS peer group

The peer institutions AVCCD selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectAntelope Valley Community College District
34%13,532$8,263Baccalaureate
Austin Community College District
39,727$6,306Baccalaureate
Bakersfield College
50%30,746$4,751Baccalaureate
Broward College
30,728$20,077Baccalaureate
College of Southern Nevada
28,313$6,329Baccalaureate
Collin County Community College District
39,548$8,986Baccalaureate
Cypress College
15,924$4,683Baccalaureate
Dallas College
69,749$4,146Community College
Front Range Community College
21,970$10,854Community College
Greenville Technical College
11,999$6,246Community College
Henry Ford College
11,410$576Baccalaureate
Hillsborough Community College
21,483$4,929Community College
Houston Community College
53,253$6,738Community College
Lone Star College System
73,077$9,322Community College
Miami Dade College
58,941$5,929Baccalaureate
Modesto Junior College
0%18,258$10,176Baccalaureate
Palm Beach State College
25,916$9,832Baccalaureate
Pikes Peak State College
12,556$9,682Baccalaureate
Rio Hondo College
17,441$11,903Baccalaureate
Rio Salado College
18,841$8,764Community College
Saint Louis Community College
15,649$6,458Community College
San Antonio College
19,901$5,290Community College
San Diego Mesa College
92%19,212-$904Baccalaureate
San Jacinto Community College
31,812$7,540Community College
Santa Ana College
27,248$3,854Baccalaureate
Santa Fe College
12,758$11,154Baccalaureate
Santa Monica College
81%23,453$3,600Baccalaureate
Sinclair Community College
19,415$5,741Community College
South Texas College
20%27,431$1,291Baccalaureate
Tyler Junior College
0%11,885$9,924Baccalaureate
Valencia College
47,425$10,399Baccalaureate
Peer group median34%21,970$6,458

Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Institutional Effectiveness, Research & Planning (IERP)

The mission of the Department of Institutional Effectiveness, Research & Planning (IERP) is to provide research and analytic support to all groups within Antelope Valley College and to the greater community, as well as to facilitate the effectiveness and planning efforts of AVC.

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Documents & reports (2)

Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

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