Los Angeles Pierce College

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Introduction Enrollment Trends Demographic Characteristics Transfers Financial Aid Math Sequence

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Introduction

Los Angeles Pierce College is a two-year community college that serves more than 20,000 students in Woodland Hills, a community within the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles.

Website: www.piercecollege.edu

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Enrollment Trends

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5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

159926

2,0042,492 3,146

5,1465,738

6,678 7,007

10,4809,420

12,20712,636

14,12814,617

16,00016,317 17,335

21,206

23,798

22,18521,70022,852

23,770

21,260

19,28617,393

18,513

18,038

19,201

15,69514,618

14,192

14,523

13,082

16,233 17,954

18,874

16,76417,575

18,55619,960

22,16422,052

# Enrolled: Fall 1947 - 2009

Increase in enrollment from 1947 through 1975 Decrease in enrollment from 1983 through 1999 Steady increase in enrollment from 1999 to present

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Enrollment Trends

Majority of the students enrolled are of the ages 20-24

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

732830

1,155

594441

611

1,070

1,367

1,810

9931,001

1,2731,406

1,315 1,269 1,343 1,376

1,601

2,0892,220

1,871

2,090

2,353 2,370 2,398 2,4102,228

2,501

2,836

3,184

1,5691,748

1,944 1,756

1,591 1,5331,398

1,597 1,8362,001

1,8051,935

2,108

1,7141,629 1,628 1,467

1,5301,668

1,758

# Enrolled by Age: Fall 2000 - 2009

Concurrent High School Under 20 20-2425-34 35 and over

Stable enrollment trends by citizenship Majority of students are U.S. citizens 6

Demographics Characteristics

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

81 81 80 80 80 81 81 82 83 84

14 14 14 14 14 13 12 12 11 10

1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 22 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1

1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3

% Enrolled by Citizenship: Fall 2000 - 2009

Other Student Visa Refugee Temporary Resident Permanent Resident US Citizen

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Demographics Characteristics

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

20 21 20 20 20 19 19 19 17 18

6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

23 24 25 26 27 29 31 32 33 35

45 44 43 42 41 39 38 37 37 37

5 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 4

% Enrolled by Ethnicity: Fall 2000 - 2009

OtherWhiteHispanicBlackAsian

Majority of students are white and Hispanic Asians are the third biggest population

Steady enrollment of ~55% females and ~45% males8

Demographics Characteristics

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

58 58 58 58 58 57 57 56 55 55

42 42 42 42 42 43 43 44 45 45

% Enrolled by Gender: Fall 2000 - 2009

Percent MalePercent Female

Majority of the students are English speakers9

Demographics Characteristics

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

72 73 72 72 72 73 74 75 77 79

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 19 8 9 9 9 10 10 9 9 8

17 17 18 18 17 16 14 14 13 12

% Enrolled by Home Language: Fall 2000 - 2009

Other Spanish Speakers Armenian Speakers English Speakers

Majority of students enrolled are U.S. high school graduates 10

Demographics Characteristics

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

9,81910,673

11,477 11,239 10,86511,453

11,94712,930

14,628 15,041

1,573 1,808 1,928 1,855 1,678 1,455 1,271 1,383 1,464 1,359812 928 1,008 932 860 676 700 793 998 1,025

567 603 661 610 537 534 584 616 688 675

2,403 2,601 2,587 2,363 2,017 2,240 2,351 2,450 2,739 2,546

# Enrolled by Educational Attainment: Fall 2000 - 2009

US High School Graduate Foreign High School GraduateHigh School Equivalency, Proficiency Certificate, etc. Concurrently Enrolled High School StudentNot a High School Graduate AA or Higher Degree

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Transfers

Majority of students aim to transfer

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

5,2685,221

4,8984,374

3,7794,351

3,909 4,195 4,5154,043

5,5756,605

7,780 7,856 7,4997,471

8,3599,033

10,28310,786

2,002 2,076 1,9881,781 1,568 1,703 1,888 2,031 2,194

2,128

720 844 849 825 725 816 951 1,132 1,319 1,333

2,8053,320 3,503 3,552 3,316 3,376 3,568 3,910 4,009 3,935

# Enrolled by Educational Goal: Fall 2000 - 2009

VocationalTransferGeneral EducationTransitional Unknown/Undecided

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Transfers

Steady trends Majority of students transfer to a CSU

2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-090

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

1,400

729657 641

770 768 765

934 934857

182186 248

221 246 249

316 299

290

# of Transfer Students to a UC or CSU: 2000 - 2009

University of California

13 Approximately 45% of students who wanted to transfer

successfully transferred

Transfers

1 2 3 4 5 60%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

1%

6%

16%

29%

38%

45%

1%

4%

15%

27%

38%

45%

Transfer Velocity Cohort Report (6 Years)

1995-19962003-2004

14 Majority of students who transfer to a CSU are white Steady trends

Transfers

2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-090%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

20.1 22.3 23.916 18.9 18.3 21.5 21.9 20.2

4.9 4.85.9

4.35.1 5.3 4.4

5.5 4.8

21.9 23.221.4

21.826.4 26.6

22.6

28.1 30.91.2 0.9 1.3

0.7

0.40.2

0.6

0.4 0

51.948.8 47.6

57.149.3

49.7

51

44.2 44.1

21.529.8 26.2 30.4 28.4

20.3

54.2

22.2 20.3

% of Transfer Students to CSU by Ethnicity: 2000 - 2009

Unknown White Native American Hispanic Black Asian

15 Majority of transfers to a UC are white Steady trends

Transfers

2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-090%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

18.625.6 22.5 22.1

30.223.3 22.3 23 25.5

2.3

1.10 1.5

0.91.8 2.3 2.2

4.311.6

12.513.3 11.6

13.7

9.412.3 12.2

13.38.15.7

0.9 0.5

0.9

0.9

4.70

5.4

59.3 55.1

63.3 64.354.2

64.6

58.562.6

51.4

5.5 5.412.1 10 13.8 10.4

4.7 9.74.1

% of Transfer Students to UC by Ethnicity: 2000 - 2009

Unknown White Native American Hispanic Black Asian

Approximately 43% of students receive some form of financial aid 16

Financial Aid

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1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000 6,656

2,911

1,039

1,808

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# of Full-Time Students Receiving Financial Aid2007-2008 Academic Year

Total Unduplicated Full-Time Students Receiving Financial Aid BOGW Only BOGW + Pell

Math Sequence

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