Los Angeles Harbor College

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Los Angeles Harbor College
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MottoEducation Changes Everything!
Type Public community college
Established1949
President Luis Dorado
Students10,083
Address
1111 Figueroa Place
,
Wilmington
,
California
,
United States

33°47′02″N118°17′02″W / 33.784°N 118.284°W / 33.784; -118.284
Campus Urban
Colors    Blue and Yellow
MascotSammy the Seahawk
Website www.lahc.edu
Los Angeles Harbor College
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Los Angeles Harbor College
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Library and Learning Resource Center
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A library

Los Angeles Harbor College (LAHC) is a public community college in Wilmington, California. It is one of two community colleges serving the South Bay region of Los Angeles. LAHC serves mainly students from Harbor City, Carson, San Pedro, Gardena, Lomita, Wilmington and the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

Contents

LAHC islocated between Wilmington and Harbor City, the heart of the Los Angeles harbor region.

Student body

LAHC accommodates over 8,900 students per semester. As of 2010, 37% of LAHC's population were part-time students, with 65% describing themselves as full-time. Its student population is about 39% male and 61% female.

Student body composition as of 2022
Race and ethnicity [1] Total
Hispanic 61%61
 
White 11%11
 
Asian 11%11
 
Black 9%9
 
Unknown3%3
 
Two or more races [a] 3%3
 
Foreign national 1%1
 
Gender Distribution
Male 39%39
 
Female 61%61
 
Age Distribution
Under 1811%11
 
18–2454%54
 
25–6435%35
 

Academics

Like most community colleges in the state of California, LAHC offers programs for students to eventually transfer to a four-year university as well as occupational training programs in business and office administration, electronics technology, computer technology, and nursing. The college also offers a program for international students.

Notable alumni

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Ben Cayetano

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Other consists of Multiracial Americans & those who prefer to not say.

References

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  14. ↑ "Faces of Our Community - Notable Alumni". californiacommunitycolleges.cccco.edu. California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  15. ↑ "Justin Miller Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
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