CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FACT SHEET

							                 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