Public · Community college

Los Angeles Pierce College

Woodland Hills, California · Large city

9%
Transfer rate: $13,270
Avg net price: 46%
Grad / completion: $44,521
Median earnings

Los Angeles Pierce College is a public associate-granting institution in Woodland Hills, California (large city setting), enrolling 13,436 undergraduates. It is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 13,436 undergradsLarge cityCCCAANear the coast

About Woodland Hills, California

Woodland Hills is a neighborhood bordering the Santa Monica Mountains in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California, United States. The first Europeans to enter the San Fernando Valley were the Portola Expedition in 1769, exploring Alta California for Spanish mission and settlement locations. The Los Angeles Public Library operates the Woodland Hills Branch Library (Ventura Boulevard) and the Platt Branch Library (Victory Boulevard) in Woodland Hills. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 21 miles to Los Angeles, CA
To the ocean: 10 miles
Nearest airport: 12 miles to Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope (BUR) · major hub

How Los Angeles Pierce College compares

#43 · Cheapest Community Colleges

Graduation rate46%

Higher than 33% · #270 of 382 in California

First-year retention76%

Higher than 57%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$44,521

Higher than 82% · #75 of 326 in California

Average net price$13,270

Cheaper than 57% · #131 cheapest of 377 in California

Median debt at graduation$12,936

Lower than 23%

Student–faculty ratio30 : 1

Lower than 5%

Undergraduate enrollment13,436

Larger than 98%

Percentiles compare Los Angeles Pierce College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in California.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women7,42655%
Men6,01045%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White27%
Black5.1%
Hispanic51%
Asian8.3%
Other or multiracial9.0%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 13,436
Student–faculty ratio: 30 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 28%
First-generation students: 55%
Students over 25: 32%
Median family income: $15,511
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $113,085

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 3,062 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From California95%
Other U.S. states1.8%
International2.8%

Most first-years stay in state — Los Angeles Pierce College draws overwhelmingly from California.

3% came from outside the U.S. Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition: $1,238
Out-of-state tuition: $10,572
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,062
Total cost of attendance: $21,400
Average net price: $13,270

Outcomes

Graduated: 46%
First-year retention: 76%
Transferred to another college: 9%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $33,606
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $44,521
Median debt at graduation: $12,936
Students with federal loans: 3%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 25%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

46%

First-generation

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free
Athletics: CCCAA
Varsity athletes: 223 (178 men · 45 women)

Varsity sports (6)

Football70

Soccer49

Baseball36

Volleyball29

Swimming21

Basketball18

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.4 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 3
Property offenses (2022–2024): 16

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

6.3reported offenses a year

1.0 violent a year5.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary

4.0

Motor vehicle theft

1.3

Aggravated assault

0.7

Fondling

0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$12,626

$30–48k

$12,371

$48–75k

$14,565

$75–110k

$17,337

$110k+

$18,929

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Los Angeles Pierce College funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $44,521
Typical debt at graduation: $12,936
Debt vs. one year's pay: 29%
Out-earn a HS grad: 44%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.9 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$42,330

Men

$46,721

Men out-earn women by $4,391 (10%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 97°F
Winter low: 42°F
Annual rain: 16.4″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Woodland Hills Pierce College, CA US station (0.1 mi from campus).

What Los Angeles Pierce College graduates study — and earn

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

1,180 grads— 1 yr$45k 5 yr$12k debt

1,180—$44,767$12,102 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCert.

974 grads— 1 yr$42k 5 yr— debt

974—$42,457—Biological and Physical SciencesAssoc.

522 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

522———Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.

130 grads— 1 yr$46k 5 yr— debt

130—$46,248—EconomicsAssoc.

125 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

125———Psychology, GeneralAssoc.

95 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

95———MathematicsAssoc.

79 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

79———Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCert.

65 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

65———Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssoc.

52 grads— 1 yr$50k 5 yr— debt

52—$50,414—SociologyAssoc.

50 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

50———Communication and Media StudiesAssoc.

44 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

44———Biology, GeneralAssoc.

44 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

44———

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.