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Long Beach City College

Long Beach, California·Public, 2-year·Far West
6-yr Graduation
30%
Enrollment
24,985
peer median 17,333
Avg net price
$5,001
-$469 vs Community College
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About

Long Beach City College (LBCC) is a public community college in Long Beach, California, United States. It was established in 1927 and is divided into two campuses, the Liberal Arts Campus (LAC) in Lakewood Village and the Trades, Technology, and Community Learning Campus (TTC) in central Long Beach on Pacific Coast Highway. It is the only college in the Long Beach Community College District.

Outcomes & equity

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

Overall completion
30%
Full-time retention
71%

Pell equity

26.0pp gap
Pell recipients
26%
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$4,237
$30–48k$4,724
$48–75k$6,680
$75–110k$7,725
$110k+$7,128

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

Avg net price
$5,001
-$468vs Community College median $5,470
Pell recipients
57.7%
Federal loans
2.1%

Academic programs

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs125
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

1,990 total
01Business
39019.6%
02Psychology
28214.2%
03Social Sciences
24312.2%
04Communication
23311.7%
05Biological Sciences
19910.0%
06Health Professions
1658.3%
07Security/Protective
1487.4%
08Visual/Performing Arts
1477.4%
09Computer Sciences
964.8%
10Family/Consumer Sci
874.4%

Enrollment & demographics

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

Fall total
24,985
12-mo unduplicated
35,542
Undergraduate
35,542
Graduate
31,217

Gender split

Men
43%15,421
Women
57%20,121

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
60.0%
White
12.0%
Black
11.9%
Asian
9.0%
Two or more
5.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.6%
Unknown
0.6%
Non-resident
0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.2%

Faculty

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
29.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
324

Long Beach City College vs IPEDS peer group

The peer institutions Long Beach City College 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
SubjectLong Beach City College
30%24,985$5,001Community College
Bergen Community College
11,720$9,376Community College
Blinn College District
18,095$17,225Community College
Cerritos College
21,859$693Community College
Chaffey College
22,460$5,743Community College
Citrus College
10,429$3,800Community College
College of the Sequoias
14,494$29Community College
Community College of Philadelphia
12,926$13,306Community College
Community College of Rhode Island
12,275$5,240Community College
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College
20,123$4,907Community College
CUNY LaGuardia Community College
14,494$5,699Community College
Diablo Valley College
17,228$6,142Community College
El Camino Community College District
21,664$5,170Community College
El Paso Community College
25,567$4,154Community College
Fullerton College
19,521$8,090Community College
Georgia State University-Perimeter College
90.8%17,437$10,102Community College
Glendale Community College
12,075$7,461Community College
Grossmont College
14,440$2,755Community College
Merced College
12,472$4,260Community College
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City
13,523$8,165Community College
Moorpark College
14,583$742Community College
Nassau Community College
12,301$5,736Community College
Orange Coast College
17,096$4,754Community College
Pasadena City College
24,597$3,123Community College
Riverside City College
21,730$4,026Community College
Santa Barbara City College
12,334$10,029Community College
Southwestern College
20,986$10,893Community College
Suffolk County Community College
19,973$4,882Community College
Tarrant County College District
43,928$6,073Community College
Wake Technical Community College
24,609$6,935Community College
Peer group median30%90.8%17,333$5,470

Institutional Research office

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

Office
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Phone
562-938-4449
Address
LAC, G-14

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness supports student success by providing leadership and coordination of Accreditation efforts, institutional planning, program planning and review, and institutional research. It strives to promote excellence and equity in student learning, educational practices and quality of service by establishing and maintaining a campus culture of self-evaluation and improvement.

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Documents & reports (2)

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

Grants & funding opportunities (3)

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

IR job openings (1)

Institutional Research and analytics roles currently posted at this institution.

Notable alumni (23)

A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.

  • Uduak-Joe Ntuk
    Politics
  • Jenni Rivera
    Music
  • Jennifer Kumiyama
    Acting
  • Norm Rasmussen
  • John Amos
    Acting
  • Arthur E. Bartlett
    Business
  • David Bergland
    Politics
  • Westside Boogie
    Music
  • Barbara Britton
    Acting
  • Thomas Clark (Long Beach)
    Politics
  • William Perry Copple
    Law
  • Robert Cornthwaite (actor)
    Acting
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