The Top Ten Things We Need to Know About LBCC

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Who is at LBCC?

1. There were 24,264 students enrolled at LBCC last year.

2. Of the 3,761 new students who began at LBCC last year, 2,665 (71%) placed into at least one developmental course, with 50% placing into two or more.

3. Of the total student body, 31% were enrolled in a developmental course sometime during the last academic year.

(see Fast Facts for more information)

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Are they staying and progressing?

4. An average of 50% of 2009's fall, first-time, credit students re-enrolled at LBCC the following fall: 39% of part-time and 60% of full-time.

5. In 2008-09, 40% of our students earned their first 15 college-level credits within one year, and 20% went on to earn their first 30 credits in the same time frame.

(see Fall to Fall Retention and Transition, Progress, and Milestones factsheets for more information)

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How do they feel about the LBCC experience?

6. According to the 2011 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE), LBCC is above the state and national averages in four of the five benchmarks.

7. According to the 2009-10 Campus Climate Survey, the majority of students indicate that they are more than "somewhat" in agreement (4 or 5 on a five-point scale) that LBCC has made a positive impact on their lives.

(see the CCSSE page and the Student Satisfaction & Campus Climate page for more information)

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Are they reaching their goals, both here and beyond?

8. Of all of the fall-enrolling, first-time, full-time, credit students starting at LBCC in 2007, by the end of last year (or in 150% of "normal" time) 29% had achieved some sort of academic success (13% had graduated and 17% had transferred out).

9. 79% of 2008-09's CTE graduates report finding employment within nine months of earning their degree, and 80% of the same year's Transfer graduates report continuing on to a 4-year college within a year of earning their degree.

(see Success Rates and the Graduate Follow-Up Page for more information)

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Where can we go for additional information?

10. Core Themes and Objectives for LBCC

Faculty Handbook