Career Programs at Compton

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Compton College is $8,822 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

65% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $3,142 (exclude student loans).

Compton 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$8,822
Average Financial Amount	$3,142

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Compton College offers 22 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 653 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Compton College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	13	13	15
2 Years Certificate	9	9	0
Total	22	22	653

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

15 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
638 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communications Technologies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✔	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Information Technology	✔	0	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Special Education and Teaching	✔	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician	✔	0	$24,500
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✔	1	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (1 completers)	14 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✔	14	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✔ (2 completers)	0 completers	-
Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician	✔	0	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✔	0	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✔ (2 completers)	0 completers	-
Machine Tool Technology/Machinist	✔	0	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✔	0	-
Business [+]	✔	0 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	0	-
Retail Management	✔	0	-
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	✔	0	-
	Total	15

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✔	0	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	✔	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician	✔	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✔	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	$26,200
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✔	0	$26,200
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✔	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✔	0	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✔	0 completers	-
Machine Tool Technology/Machinist	✔	0	-
	Total	0

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Ethnic Studies	✔	0	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✔ (1 completers)	6 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✔	6	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	0 completers	-
Information Technology	✔	0	-
Computer Science	✔	0	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✔	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	2 completers	-
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician	✔	2	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✔ (1 completers)	4 completers	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✔	4	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	24 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✔	24	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✔ (1 completers)	3 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✔	3	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (2 completers)	251 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✔	178	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✔	73	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✔	0	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✔ (1 completers)	9 completers	-
Mathematics	✔	9	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	119 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✔	119	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✔ (2 completers)	7 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✔	0	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✔	7	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	22 completers	-
Physical Sciences	✔	17	-
Physics	✔	5	-
Psychology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	40 completers	-
Psychology	✔	40	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (2 completers)	21 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✔	21	-
Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician	✔	0	-
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	33 completers	-
Political Science and Government	✔	0	-
Sociology	✔	33	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✔ (2 completers)	2 completers	-
Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician	✔	1	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✔	1	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✔ (2 completers)	0 completers	-
Machine Tool Technology/Machinist	✔	0	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✔	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✔ (2 completers)	0 completers	-
Art/Art Studies	✔	0	-
Music	✔	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	64 completers	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✔	64	-
Business [+]	✔ (2 completers)	31 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	31	-
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	✔	0	-
History [+]	✔	0 completers	-
History	✔	0	-
	Total	638

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 4,082 students are attending at Compton College. There are 98 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 153 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 14 to 1 (7.14%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 276 (full-time) and 166 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Compton College is 10% and transfer-out rate is 9%. The retention rate is 64% at the school.

Compton 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	4,082
Graduation Rate	10%
Number of Faculty	251
Student to Faculty Ratio	14 to 1

Student Population at Compton

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 4,236 students enrolled into Compton College. By gender, 1,461 male and 2,775 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Compton College.

Student Population By Gender
Compton College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,236	1,461	2,775
Full-time	742	302	440
Part-tme	3,494	1,159	2,335

There are 74 White (1.75%), 952 Black/African American (22.47%), 2,763 Hispanic (65.23%), 232 Asian (5.48%), and 2,953 students with other races attending Compton College.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Compton College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,236	1,461	2,775
American Indian/Native American	9	4	5
Asian	232	99	133
Black/African American	952	287	665
Hispanic	2,763	965	1,798
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	25	7	18
White	74	39	35
Two More	98	31	67
Un-Known	83	29	54
Non-resident Alien	0	0	0

Compton College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

1,456 students (34.37% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 951 students (22.45% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Compton College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Compton College
	Number of Students
Total	4,236
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,456
Enrolled Some Online Courses	951
Not in Online Courses	1,829

By age range, at Compton College, 878 students are aged 20 to 24 (20.73% of total students), 1,818 students are aged below 20 (42.92%), 143 students are aged above 50 (5.67%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Compton College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,236	1,461	2,775
Under 18	1,442	572	870
Age 18-19	376	173	203
Age 20-21	409	181	228
Age 22-24	469	159	310
Age 25-29	544	150	394
Age 30-34	388	77	311
Age 35-39	244	49	195
Age 40-49	221	48	173
Age 50-64	120	40	80
Over 64	23	12	11

Directory Information

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1111 East Artesia Blvd., Compton, CA

310-900-1600

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