CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FACT SHEET

California Community Colleges Student Financial Aid Administrators Association

www.cccsfaaa.org

 

2004-05 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ENROLLMENTS

CA Community Colleges (CCC)

2,516,036

Full-year unduplicated headcount (all students)

 

1,297,050

Full-year unduplicated headcount (vocational students)

 

1,040,381

Full-Time Equivalent Students (FTES)

 

91,640

Noncredit FTES

 

 

 

California State University (CSU)

397,048

Headcount

 

317,234

FTES

 

 

 

University of California (UC)

158,431

Headcount/FTES

 

 

 

WASC-accredited nonpublic

125,000

Headcount

 

Fact: California’s community colleges serve one-third of all community college students in the United States.

 

COMPARISON OF PUBLIC COLLEGES

CCC

109 Campuses, 60 state-approved off-campus centers, 72 Districts

CSU

23 Campuses

UC

10 Campuses

 

STATE-DETERMINED FUNDS PER FTES, 2004-05

(Includes General Fund, local property tax, and student fee revenues)

K-12

$  7,023

CCC

$  4,559

CSU

$10,623

UC

$19,883

 

NUMBER OF STUDENT TRANSFERS TO 4-YEAR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, 2004-05

CCC to UC

13,211

CCC to CSU

53,693

 

Fact: Two-thirds of CSU graduates and one-third of UC graduates begin their college years at a community college

and upon transferring to their 4-year institution, obtain GPA’s equal to, or better than, “native” UC or CSU students.

 

Fact: In 2004, UC officials indicated that 25% of UC-eligible high school graduates had at least one community college

 course on their college transcript.

 

CCC DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES AWARDED, 2004-05

Associates of Arts (A.A.) degree

  58,233

Associates of Science (A.S.) degree

  19,976

Certificate requiring 6 to less than 18 units

  13,771

Certificate requiring 18 to less than 30 units

    8,277

Certificate requiring 30 to less than 60 units

  10,847

Certificate requiring 60 or more units

    1,992

Other Credit Award, under 6 semester units

    6,246

TOTAL (Credit)

119,342

 

Fact: Nearly one-fourth of Chicanas and Chicanos who received doctorates first attend a community college.

 (UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center)

 

 

This information was obtained from the Community College League of California, March 2006