CUNY LaGuardia Community College

LaGuardia Community College, or LaGuardia, is a City University of New York (CUNY) community college located in Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States. It was established in 1968. It is named in honor of former New York City Mayor, Fiorello La Guardia. The college is referred to as the World's Community College because it has a diverse international student body, representing more than 150 countries.

LaGuardia offers various programs leading to three degrees - associate in arts (AA), associate in science (AS), and associate in applied science (AAS). Many students transfer to four-year institutions to attain bachelor degrees upon completing their studies at LaGuardia. The college also offers continuing education programs.

The college’s historic logo is a flower with five petals which symbolizes the five boroughs of New York City. LaGuardia also uses an apple logo covered with many national flags. The apple is taken from the "Big Apple" nickname that describes New York City.

CUNY LaGuardia Community College Highlights

Where CUNY LaGuardia Community College stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

• Many students concentrating in nutrition and exercise therapy, fine arts, hospitality, law, business and management, photography and commercial art, and computer science and engineering.
• Large number of students.
• High female/male ratio.
• Racially diverse student body.
• High faculty salary.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Affordable tuition & fees.

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

La Guardia Community College Students

The student enrollment at La Guardia Community College was 15,169 in 2007 (10,501 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

About 6% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 94% of incoming freshmen.

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.