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Las Positas College

Livermore, California·Public, 2-year·Far West·laspositascollege.edu
6-yr Graduation
53%
—
Total enrollment
8,103
peer median 8,103
Avg net price
$4,175
-$1.1k vs Community College
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About

Las Positas College is a public community college located in Livermore, California, established in 1963 as an extension of Chabot College. The college currently enrolls nearly 8,500 students and offers a variety of programs, including 24 Occupational Associate Degrees, 17 Transfer Associate Degrees, and 44 Certificate Programs, focusing on career preparation, university transfer, and personal enrichment.

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

IPEDS
Overall completion
53%
Full-time retention
81%

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 100 Title IV programs, 2 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 98 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
100
Passing
2
2.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

100programs
  • Passing2 · 2.0%
  • No Data98 · 98.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
2
Safe
0
No data
98

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.

2
Psychology General
Associate Degree · Psychology
+18.9%
$42,894 vs $36,082
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+24.1%
$44,777 vs $36,082

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

Accredited since 1991Next review Oct 2029

Action history · 2

  1. Jan 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
  2. Feb 2016Renewal of Accreditation
    Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$2,914
$30–48k$3,942
$48–75k$5,945
$75–110k$10,001
$110k+$11,071

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

Avg net price
$4,175
-$1,077vs Community College median $5,252
Federal loans
0.2%
In-state tuition
$1,168
Out-of-state
$8,176

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 1,697 students received $7.7M in Pell grants, alongside $206K in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,697
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$7.7M
$7,741,274 total
Direct Loans
$206K
48 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
2k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$96K
25 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$110K
23 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 30 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
0.0%
-2.3pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
30
Defaulted
0
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
4.2%
2017
6.2%
2018
2.3%
2019
0.0%
2020*
1.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Las Positas College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs88
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

1,193 total completions
01Liberal Arts
60951.0%
02Business
15813.2%
03Psychology
1008.4%
04Social Sciences
968.0%
05Biological Sciences
574.8%
06Visual/Performing Arts
544.5%
07Security/Protective
413.4%
08Mathematics
292.4%
09Communication
272.3%
10Computer Sciences
221.8%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

IPEDS
Fall total
8,103
12-mo unduplicated
11,170
Undergraduate
11,170
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
48%5,308
Women
52%5,862

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
30.3%
White
30.1%
Asian
24.2%
Two or more
7.9%
Black
4.2%
Non-resident
1.4%
Unknown
1.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.2%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
141
67 M · 74 W
Women athletes
52.5%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$657K
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$0
$0
Head-coach salaries
$39K
$33K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 5

Soccer
28 M · 24 W
$141K
Swimming and Diving (combined)
15 M · 16 W
$75K
Basketball
16 M · 13 W
$149K
Water Polo
13 M · 16 W
$111K
Volleyball
— · 14 W
$43K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 6,724 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.141 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
1
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
2
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    0
    Domestic violence
    0
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    • Religion2

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons01
    Drugs00
    Liquor00

    Residence-hall fires

    No residence-hall fires reported.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    IPEDS
    Student-to-faculty
    25.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    127

    Las Positas College vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Las Positas College selected for federal comparison reporting.

    IPEDS
    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
    SubjectLas Positas College
    		53%—8,103$4,175Community College
    Bristol Community College
    		——6,950$6,235Community College
    Bunker Hill Community College
    		——9,876$6,313Community College
    Butler Community College
    		——6,841$16,051Community College
    Cabrillo College
    		——9,457$13,328Community College
    Cape Fear Community College
    		——14,082$5,416Community College
    Chabot College
    		——12,842$4,616Community College
    College of the Desert
    		——12,861$11,812Community College
    Columbia State Community College
    		——5,712$4,576Community College
    CUNY Bronx Community College
    		——6,787$4,342Community College
    CUNY Hostos Community College
    		——5,478$5,001Community College
    CUNY Queensborough Community College
    		——10,337$4,620Community College
    Delta College
    		——8,397$4,550Community College
    Hartnell College
    		——11,273$2,895Community College
    Imperial Valley College
    		——8,873$1,697Community College
    Los Medanos College
    		——8,455$5,692Community College
    Motlow State Community College
    		——5,980$10,421Community College
    Mott Community College
    		——6,718$6,258Community College
    Nashville State Community College
    		——7,533$6,283Community College
    Oklahoma City Community College
    		——11,475$5,135Community College
    Oxnard College
    		——7,361$659Community College
    Pellissippi State Community College
    		——9,399$5,252Community College
    Rockland Community College
    		——5,364$8,508Community College
    Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus
    		——5,218$10,818Community College
    Santiago Canyon College
    		——11,897$3,407Community College
    South Plains College
    		——9,098$7,062Community College
    Southwest Tennessee Community College
    		—100.0%7,004$4,588Community College
    St Charles Community College
    		——6,143$5,981Community College
    Ventura College
    		——12,222$2,257Community College
    Volunteer State Community College
    		——6,963$10,477Community College
    Walters State Community College
    		——5,899$4,153Community College
    Peer group median53%100.0%8,103$5,252

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    IPEDS

    Las Positas College Institutional Research office

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

    Office
    Office of Research, Planning and Institutional Effectiveness
    Email
    rsamra [at] laspositascollege.edu
    Phone
    925.424.1027
    Address
    3000 Campus Hill Drive, Livermore, CA 94551

    The Office of Research, Planning and Institutional Effectiveness strives to provide systematic, timely, user-friendly data and analysis services that support College and department planning, enhances decision making and policy formation, fulfills reporting requirements to external agencies including accreditation, coordinates and integrates various planning and evaluative process, and measures and communicates institutional effectiveness to internal and external stakeholders.

    Visit IR office page
    Team
    2 members
    • Rajinder Samra
      Director
    • David Rodriguez
      Research Analyst

    Reports & documents (2)

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

    Grants & funding (8)

    Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.

    USA Spending

    Frequently asked questions about Las Positas College

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Las Positas College.

    What is the graduation rate at Las Positas College?

    Las Positas College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 53% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Las Positas College?

    Las Positas College reports a total enrollment of 8,103 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Las Positas College?

    The average net price at Las Positas College is $4,175 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    Where is Las Positas College located?

    Las Positas College is located in Livermore, California 94551-7650.

    Who runs Institutional Research at Las Positas College?

    Las Positas College's IR work is done by the Office of Research, Planning and Institutional Effectiveness.

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