Career Programs at Los Angeles Southwest

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Los Angeles Southwest College is $9,870 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.

59% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $2,988 (exclude student loans).

Los Angeles Southwest 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$9,870
Average Financial Amount	$2,988

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Los Angeles Southwest College offers 17 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, 1,557 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Los Angeles Southwest College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	13	89
2 Years Certificate	4	428
Total	17	1,557

Programs by Award Level

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

89 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
428 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
1,040 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
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	2	-
Education [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Education	✕	1	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	54 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	54	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	7	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Sociology	✕	1	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	5	-
Business [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	3	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	0	-
Office Management and Supervision	✕	4	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	2	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	6	-
Real Estate	✕	4	-
	Total	89

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications (other)	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	422 completers	$24,200
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	422	$24,200
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	6	-
Business [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Banking and Financial Support Services	✕	0	-
	Total	428

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	-
Women's Studies	✕	1	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	14	-
Journalism	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	2	-
Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications	✕	0	-
Computer Science	✕	2	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	5	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	35 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	2	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	33	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	0	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	14 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	14	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	683 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	681	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	2	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	5	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	10	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	0	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	1	-
Physics	✕	7	-
Psychology [+]	✕	41 completers	-
Psychology	✕	41	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	29	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	0	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	51 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	2	-
Geography	✕	0	-
Political Science and Government	✕	7	-
Sociology	✕	42	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	2	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	13	-
Music	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	43 completers	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	43	-
Business [+]	✕	78 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	24	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	43	-
Office Management and Supervision	✕	11	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	0	-
Banking and Financial Support Services	✕	0	-
Real Estate	✕	0	-
History [+]	✕	2 completers	-
History	✕	2	-
	Total	1,040

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 4,913 students are attending at Los Angeles Southwest College. There are 89 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 173 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 19 to 1 (5.26%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 219 (full-time) and 183 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Los Angeles Southwest College is 18% and transfer-out rate is 13%. The retention rate is 65% at the school.

Los Angeles Southwest 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	4,913
Graduation Rate	18%
Number of Faculty	262
Student to Faculty Ratio	19 to 1

Student Population at Los Angeles Southwest

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 4,565 students enrolled into Los Angeles Southwest College. By gender, 1,425 male and 3,140 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Los Angeles Southwest College.

Student Population By Gender
Los Angeles Southwest College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,565	1,425	3,140
Full-time	528	155	373
Part-tme	4,037	1,270	2,767

There are 277 White (6.07%), 1,619 Black/African American (35.47%), 2,219 Hispanic (48.61%), 158 Asian (3.46%), and 2,502 students with other races attending Los Angeles Southwest College. 14 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Los Angeles Southwest College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,565	1,425	3,140
American Indian/Native American	7	1	6
Asian	158	70	88
Black/African American	1,619	452	1,167
Hispanic	2,219	690	1,529
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	2	7
White	277	98	179
Two More	108	34	74
Un-Known	154	70	84
Non-resident Alien	14	8	6

Los Angeles Southwest College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

4,110 students (90.03% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 275 students (6.02% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Los Angeles Southwest College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Los Angeles Southwest College
	Number of Students
Total	4,565
Enrolled Online Exclusively	4,110
Enrolled Some Online Courses	275
Not in Online Courses	180

By age range, at Los Angeles Southwest College, 1,183 students are aged 20 to 24 (25.91% of total students), 1,260 students are aged below 20 (27.60%), 253 students are aged above 50 (9.81%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Los Angeles Southwest College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,565	1,425	3,140
Under 18	682	262	420
Age 18-19	578	224	354
Age 20-21	576	237	339
Age 22-24	607	182	425
Age 25-29	674	174	500
Age 30-34	505	113	392
Age 35-39	331	72	259
Age 40-49	359	93	266
Age 50-64	224	59	165
Over 64	29	9	20

Directory and Accreditation Information

Los Angeles Southwest College is accredited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (1/1/1970 - Current).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Los Angeles Southwest College.

1600 W Imperial Hwy, Los Angeles, CA

323-241-5400

School Website

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Financial Aid Information

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