About
East Los Angeles College (ELAC) is a public community college in Monterey Park, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. It is part of the California Community Colleges System and the Los Angeles Community College District. With fourteen communities comprising its primary service area and an enrollment of 35,403 students, ELAC had the largest student body campus by enrollment in the state of California as of 2018. It was situated in northeastern East Los Angeles before that part of unincorporated East Los Angeles was annexed by Monterey Park in the early 1970s. ELAC offers associate degrees and certificates.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 143 Title IV programs, 6 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 136 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing6 · 4.2%
- No Data136 · 95.1%
- Failing1 · 0.7%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
Action history · 3
- Oct 2023Grant Substantive Change: DegreeAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
- Jun 2023Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
- Jul 2016Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 10,639 students received $48.5M in Pell grants, alongside $1.5M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 249 borrowers who entered repayment, 17 (6.8%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at East Los Angeles College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 12
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus19
- Public property2
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Race1
- Sexual orientation1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
East Los Angeles College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions East Los Angeles College selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectEast Los Angeles College | 37% | — | 33,677 | $9,791 | Community College |
El Camino Community College District | — | — | 21,664 | $5,170 | Community College |
Los Angeles City College | — | — | 14,611 | $7,532 | Community College |
Los Angeles Valley College | — | — | 15,999 | $10,200 | Community College |
Pasadena City College | — | — | 24,597 | $3,123 | Community College |
Rio Hondo College | — | — | 17,441 | $11,903 | Baccalaureate |
Santa Monica College | 81% | — | 23,453 | $3,600 | Baccalaureate |
| Peer group median | 59% | — | 21,664 | $7,532 |
East Los Angeles College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
- Steven AlmarazInstr (Special Assignment)
- Dr. Laura Cruz-AtrianDean, Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Advancement (OIEA)
Reports & documents (3)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DashboardDashboardelac.edu
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- Strategic planStrategic Educational Plan and Scorecard2026East Los Angeles College's Strategic Educational Plan outlines the institution's goals and initiatives for the 2025-2030 period. This plan is part of their ongoing efforts to improve educational outcomes and institutional effectiveness. A corresponding scorecard will be released in Spring 2026 to track progress against these strategic goals.elac.edu
Notable alumni of East Los Angeles College (7)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Lee BacaLaw Enforcement
- Wendy CarrilloPolitics
- Rosario MarinPolitics
- Gloria MolinaPolitics
- Julian NavaDiplomacy
- Edward James OlmosEntertainment
- Antonio VillaraigosaPolitics
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