Proudly serving our community and students for nearly 80 years, our faculty and staff are dedicated to providing you with an excellent educational experience in a student-centered environment. Whether you seek to transfer to a university, complete a certificate in a career field, obtain an AA degree, improve your skills or just enjoy learning a new subject, Long Beach City College has wonderful opportunities for you. I hope that while you are at LBCC, you take full advantage of the tremendous student resources, leadership opportunities and rich history. Welcome to the LBCC family, and I look forward to celebrating your success!
Eloy Ortiz Oakley
Superintendent-President
Long Beach Community College District
Long Beach City College, established in 1927, is a community college located in Long Beach, California. It is divided into two campuses. The Liberal Arts Campus, known as LAC, is located in the residential community of the Lakewood Village section of Long Beach, on Carson Street west of Clark Avenue. The Pacific Coast Campus, known as PCC, is located in central Long Beach, near the city of Signal Hill, on Pacific Coast Highway east of Orange Avenue. It is the only college in the Long Beach Community College District.
The college as a whole is known as LBCC, as well as “City.” Occasionally, the college is also known as “Beach,” although this is commonly used as the nickname for California State University, Long Beach. LBCC serves the cities of Long Beach, Lakewood, Signal Hill, and Santa Catalina Island. As of the Spring 2007 semester, the college has an enrollment of 26,729.
The current Superintendent-President of the College is Eloy Oakley.
Founded in 1927, Long Beach City College was initially housed at Wilson Classical High School in southeast Long Beach. An earthquake in 1933 resulted in classes being held at Recreation Park until 1935, when the college moved into its Liberal Arts Campus in Lakewood Village at Carson Street and Clark Avenue.
During and after World War II, the college increased so rapidly that a new campus had to be established. This was realized in 1949 with the establishment of the Pacific Coast Campus, occupied on the former site of Hamilton Junior High School. As Long Beach City College grew in the 1970s, state law separated the college from the Long Beach Unified School District. In that decade and the 1980s, Proposition 13 signaled retrenchment for the college, with many popular classes and services folding.
Also during the 1980s, the arrival of refugees from Southeast Asia resulted in the need for extensive courses in the ESL program. This program became the largest at the college due to a later wave of amnesty applicants.
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In State vs. Out-of-State
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| Percent of Students International: | 2% |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | In-State | Out-of-State | |
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 624 | $ 4,200 | |
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 40 | $ 40 | |
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 3,374 | 46% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 984 | 59% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 781 | 3% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 3,086 | 4% | |
Any Aid: |
61% |
College Advice
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Question:
Long Beach CIty College?
I'm moving to Long Beach July 10th and beginning at Long Beach City College this fall. How is it there?
18 months ago
Best Answer
It's OK. Parking can be a bit of a mess at the beginning of a semester but gets better later on as people drop classes. Something to note is that the school's library is closing this summer for a three year remodel so there will be no library on campus. Students will have library rights to Cal State Long Beach's library but will not have parking privileges there.
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I attend Long Beach City College(LBCC) and I placed into remedial english via essay sample. My english skills aren't dire, infact I received an AP score of three on The English Literature exam without taking the class. What should I do? The college does not take an AP Score of 3 to meet its college entry requirement. It's ridiculous; Cal State Long Beach accepts scores of three and LBCC lets you skip Freshmen English with an AP score of four. Should I take The AP test again, in an attempt to get a 4 or a five(Yes college students can take APs)? Should I petition the English Department to accept the score for remedial credit? I'm majoring in computer engineering and I don't want to waste time taking English classes just to meet undergraduate general education. I would have been better off at a real university than a community college.What can I do?
My hurry is to transfer by the fall of '08, master French and Latin, and finish the calculus sequence. My English isn't dire and I have been told I am not suitable for remedial classes. If English were as beautiful as the Romnce languages, I wouldn't have a problem taking the classes.
Uh, you can't begin sentences with the conjunction but. Disdain, disdain.
I abhor academic English. Why can't I write stream of consciousness. I do so much better in Spanish.
25 months ago
Best Answer
I also have trouble with English I started at a Junior college and took 3 English writing classes, this transfered to a 4 year University. I would take at least one English class at the junior college level. But before I did that I would see if that class would transfere to the 4 year college that you have selected. Junior college English courses are generally easier than 4 years college level English courses.
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