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Lake Tahoe Community College

South Lake Tahoe, California Public 2-year Rural area

Overview

Located in South Lake Tahoe, California, Lake Tahoe Community College is a public two-year institution. Its campus is in a rural area. It enrolled 4,040 students in fall 2024.

Lake Tahoe Community College offers certificates and associate degrees across 58 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Social Sciences, General, Education, General, and Sociology. It awarded 631 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 3 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 44% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 25 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
4,040
Students enrolled
44%
First-year retention
631
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
58
Programs and majors
25:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 58

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Social Sciences 5
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 5
Business, Management and Marketing 10
Education 2
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1
Health Professions 4
Psychology 1
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1
Liberal Arts and General Studies 2
Computer and Information Sciences 3
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Natural Resources and Conservation 4
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 1
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 4
Mathematics and Statistics 1
Visual and Performing Arts 6
English Language and Literature 1
Communications Technologies 3
Physical Sciences 1
Engineering Technologies 1
Public Administration and Social Services 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
44%
First-year retention, part-time students
26%
Student-to-faculty ratio
25:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Associate degrees
372
Certificates under 1 year
85
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
105
Certificates of 2 to 4 years
69

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
4,040
Undergraduates, fall 2024
4,040
Full-time, fall 2024
19%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
9,489
Full-time, 2024-25
11%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
40%
Men
60%
White
44%
Hispanic or Latino
26%
Black or African American
5%
Asian
7%
Two or more races
3%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
13%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
3
Programs with a fully online option
4
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
35%
Students taking some online courses
9%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Rural area
Academic calendar
Quarter
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-High Nontraditional
Superintendent/President
Jeff DeFranco
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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