Far WestSuburbanPublic4-yearHumanities

East Los Angeles College

Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

Monterey Park, CA30,321 students
Acceptance Rate
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open admission
Median SAT
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Net Price After Aid
$9.8k
Sticker $10.1k
Graduation Rate
27%
6-year, full-time

East Los Angeles College is a public institution in Monterey Park, CA and 30,321 students. The average net price after financial aid is $9,791 per year.

About East Los Angeles College

A public 4-year suburban university in Monterey Park, CA.

East Los Angeles College campus
Campus · Monterey Park

East Los Angeles College is a college in Monterey Park, CA. It enrolls roughly 30,321 students.

Far WestSuburbanPublic4-yearHumanities
Acceptance Rate
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Open Admission
Total Enrollment
30,321
Very Large
Retention
68%
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
27%
6-year, full-time

Your chances at this school

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Admitted Student GPA
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Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

What strengthens an application here

  1. Depth in one or two activities
    Sustained commitment, a leadership role, or a result in a few activities says more than a long list of memberships.

Your chances estimate is based on your academic profile and activities — it is a guide, not a guarantee of admission. Decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.

Admissions

What it actually takes to get into East Los Angeles College. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at East Los Angeles College after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
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Tuition $10,130
Average net price after aid
$9,791
After grants and scholarships

Net price by family income

Average amount paid out of pocket — tuition, fees, and room & board minus all grant aid.

$0 – $30,000
$9,023
$30,001 – $48,000
$9,494
$48,001 – $75,000
$12,317
$75,001 – $110,000
$14,408
$110,001 +
N/A

Net price represents the average cost after grants and scholarships for students receiving federal financial aid.

Pell Grant Recipients
24%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
1%
Avg loan $6,999 / year
Avg Grant Aid
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Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at East Los Angeles College concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
30:1
Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Humanities
26% of degrees awarded
Retention
68%
First-years returning
A breakdown of the top majors by share of degrees awarded ships once we finish backfilling per-school program data.

Student body

Who attends East Los Angeles College. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • White13%
  • Asian7%
  • Hispanic72%
  • Black7%
  • International1%

Gender

  • Female46%
  • Male54%
International
1%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
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Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
30,321

Outcomes after graduation

What East Los Angeles College graduates do next — and what they earn.

Median Earnings
$42.0k
10 years after enrollment
Employed at 2 yrs
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Working or in grad school
Pursue Grad School
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Within 5 years
Graduation Rate
27%
6-year, full-time

Is it worth it?

Earnings, debt, and price side by side — context for the cost-vs-payoff question, not a ranking.

Median earnings
$42.0k
10 yrs after entry
Typical debt
$7.0k
median, borrowers only
Avg. net price
$9.8k/yr
after aid
  • These numbers reflect who enrolls, not the value the school adds. A college's earnings can look high simply because it admits wealthier, higher-scoring students — not because of what happens there.
  • Earnings vary far more by major and career path than by school. A school-wide median blends engineers and artists into one number that may match no real student.
  • Federal earnings and debt figures cover only students who received federal aid, so they leave out full-pay students and can skew the picture.
  • Net price is an average across aided students and debt is the median for borrowers only — many students borrow nothing. Your actual cost depends on your own aid package.

What this means

$42k is below the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 27% graduation rate is below the national average.

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