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Los Angeles Mission College

Sylmar, California·Public, 4-year or above·Far West·lamission.edu
Acceptance
Open admission
—
6-yr Graduation
20%
—
Total enrollment
10,690
peer median 9,255
Avg net price
$13,380
+$850 vs Community College
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About

Los Angeles Mission College is a public community college in Los Angeles, California. It is part of the Los Angeles Community College District and is accredited by the WASC Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges.

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

IPEDS
Overall completion
20%

Pell equity

3.7pp gap
Pell recipients
22%61 of 279
Non-Pell (all)
18%55 of 300
Subsidized loan, no Pell
100%1 of 1
No Federal Aid
18%54 of 299

Pell recipients here graduate at a 3.7-point higher rate than non-Pell students, unusual and worth a closer look.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

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 91 Title IV programs, 1 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 90 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
91
Passing
1
1.1% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

91programs
  • Passing1 · 1.1%
  • No Data90 · 98.9%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
1
No data
90

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.

1
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+26.0%
$45,465 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 1978Next review Mar 2030

Action history · 4

  1. Jun 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
  2. Sep 2022Grant Substantive Change: Degree
    Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
  3. Sep 2022Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
  4. Jul 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$12,586
$30–48k$12,673
$48–75k$15,149
$75–110k$17,280
$110k+—

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

Avg net price
$13,380
+$850vs Community College median $12,531
Federal loans
0.9%
In-state tuition
$1,238
Out-of-state
$10,572

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, 2,980 students received $14.4M in Pell grants, alongside $1.1M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
2,980
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$14.4M
$14,445,785 total
Direct Loans
$1.1M
252 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

2k
’20
2k
’21
2k
’22
3k
’23
3k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$488K
128 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$627K
122 loan awards
Parent PLUS$14K
2 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 135 borrowers who entered repayment, 4 (2.9%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
2.9%
+0.6pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
135
Defaulted
4
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
12.3%
2017
3.0%
2018
7.5%
2019
2.9%
2020*
0.0%
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 Los Angeles Mission College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs59
UndergraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

940 total completions
01Liberal Arts
37840.2%
02Multi/Interdisciplinary
10911.6%
03Business
10210.9%
04Health Professions
889.4%
05Psychology
697.3%
06Family/Consumer Sci
555.9%
07Social Sciences
464.9%
08Visual/Performing Arts
384.0%
09Security/Protective
303.2%
10Personal/Culinary
252.7%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

IPEDS
Fall total
10,690
12-mo unduplicated
19,478
Undergraduate
19,478
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
42%8,152
Women
58%11,326

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
70.7%
White
15.3%
Black
4.6%
Asian
4.2%
Unknown
2.9%
Two or more
1.7%
Non-resident
0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.0%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

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

EADA
Athletes
157
92 M · 65 W
Women athletes
41.4%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$2.3M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$0
$0
Head-coach salaries
$47K
$63K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 7

Baseball
51 M · —
$295K
Soccer
33 M · —
$249K
Cross Country
8 M · 12 W
$90K
Volleyball
— · 18 W
$218K
Basketball
— · 14 W
$175K
Softball
— · 14 W
$195K

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
0.48
5 offenses · 10,425 students

3-year trend

0.682 yrs ago0.541 yr ago0.48Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
16
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
1
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
1
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Motor vehicle theft
3
Burglary
1
Fondling
1

By location

5total
  • On campus5

VAWA offenses

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

Hate crimes by bias

  • Sexual orientation1

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
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
32.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
101

Los Angeles Mission College vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Los Angeles Mission 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
SubjectLos Angeles Mission College
20%Open admission10,690$13,380Community College
College of the Desert
—Open admission12,861$15,728Community College
Compton College
—Open admission5,225$12,647Community College
Contra Costa College
—Open admission6,538$9,490Community College
Evergreen Valley College
—Open admission9,336$12,414Community College
Hartnell College
—Open admission11,273$2,039Community College
Los Angeles Harbor College
—Open admission9,463$13,250Community College
Los Angeles Southwest College
—Open admission5,371$5,964Community College
Los Medanos College
—Open admission8,455$7,443Community College
Oxnard College
—Open admission7,361$0 or lessCommunity College
San Bernardino Valley College
—Open admission14,055$18,943Community College
San Jose City College
—Open admission8,609$16,959Community College
West Los Angeles College
—Open admission9,255$9,634Baccalaureate
Peer group median20%—9,255$12,531

Institutions like Los Angeles Mission College

Explore the federal data for institutions in Los Angeles Mission College's comparison group.

IPEDS

Los Angeles Mission College Institutional Research office

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

Office
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Reports to Office of Academic Affairs
Phone
818-364-7788
Address
Student Services & Administration Building, Academic Affairs, Room 305

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness is responsible for conducting institutional research and developing information in support of institutional accountability, institutional assessment, unit assessment, planning, and accreditation.

Visit IR office page
Team
3 members
  • Sarah Master, Ph.D.
    Dean of Institutional Effectiveness
  • Emil Mubarakshin
    Research Analyst
  • Irma Luna
    Assistant Research Analyst

Reports & documents (2)

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

Grants & funding (7)

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

USA Spending

Frequently asked questions about Los Angeles Mission College

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Los Angeles Mission College.

What is the acceptance rate at Los Angeles Mission College?

Los Angeles Mission College does not have a reported acceptance rate. This institution has an open admission policy: it admits all applicants who meet basic requirements, so it does not report a selective admit rate.

What is the graduation rate at Los Angeles Mission College?

Los Angeles Mission College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 20% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Los Angeles Mission College?

Los Angeles Mission College reports a total enrollment of 10,690 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Los Angeles Mission College?

The average net price at Los Angeles Mission College is $13,380 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

Where is Los Angeles Mission College located?

Los Angeles Mission College is located in Sylmar, California 91342.

Who runs Institutional Research at Los Angeles Mission College?

Los Angeles Mission College's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness, which reports to Office of Academic Affairs.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDSFall 2025–26 release, published July 28, 2026
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant & loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant and Direct Loan recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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