Laney College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Laney College was established in 1953 as Oakland City College. It is the flagship campus of the Peralta Community College District. The college is spread over 60 acres in Oakland, California. As of June 2008, Laney College had more than 13,000 students, including approximately 500 international students. The college offers more than 40 degrees and about 28 certificate programs. It is organized into the following academic units:

• Division of Business, Math, and Sciences
• Division of Community Partnerships and Workforce Development
• Division of Fine and Applied Arts, Communications, and Physical Education
• Division of Humanities, Language Arts, and Social Sciences
• Division of Vocational Technology

According to the Laney College Fact Sheet of June 2008, the college has 29% African American, 32% Asian, 16% White, and 13% Latino students.

The sports teams of Laney College are known as the Eagles. The teams include football, baseball, track and field, volleyball, water polo, swimming and diving, and basketball. The mascot is named Eddie the Eagle.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in construction trades, mathematics, liberal arts, drama and performing arts, science, office and administration, beauty and cosmetology, cooking and culinary arts, and business and management.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Large number of students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of programs of study offered.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Associates Colleges.

Features of note:

• Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 13,297 in 2009-2010 (8,128 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 48% of the student body. About 18% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Associate.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (0 awarded)

• Architectural Technology/Technician

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BEAUTY AND COSMETOLOGY (41 awarded)

• Cosmetology/Cosmetologist

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (114 awarded)

• Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
• Banking and Financial Support Services
• Business Administration and Management
• Labor and Industrial Relations
• Retailing and Retail Operations
• Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

• Computer Programming/Programmer
• Information Technology
• System Administration/Administrator
• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (41 awarded)

• Building/Construction Site Management/Manager
• Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector
• Carpentry/Carpenter

COOKING AND CULINARY ARTS (25 awarded)

• Cooking and Related Culinary Arts

DESIGN (4 awarded)

• Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (4 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (16 awarded)

• Biomedical Technology/Technician
• Drafting and Design Technology/Technician
• Heating/AC/Refrigeration Technology/Technician

FINE ARTS (0 awarded)

• Ceramic Arts and Ceramics

LIBERAL ARTS (326 awarded)

• English Language and Literature/Letters
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies
• General Studies
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Social Sciences

MATHEMATICS (9 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (6 awarded)

• Journalism
• Photographic and Film/Video Technology/Technician and Assistant
• Radio and Television

MUSIC (2 awarded)

• Music

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (50 awarded)

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
• Office Management and Supervision

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (0 awarded)

• Commercial and Advertising Art

PRODUCTION TRADES (12 awarded)

• Cabinetmaking and Millwork/Millwright
• Machine Tool Technology/Machinist
• Welding Technology/Welder

SCIENCE (59 awarded)

• Biological and Physical Sciences