East Los Angeles College
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.
Outcomes & equity
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.
What families actually pay
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.
Academic programs
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Faculty
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
East Los Angeles College vs IPEDS peer group
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 |
Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
- Steven AlmarazInstr (Special Assignment)
Documents & reports (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 (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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