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Welcome to the Office of

Institutional Effectiveness

 

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Please click the three lines on the left of the screen to access Data Dashboards and other information.  Additional resources for faculty and staff may be found on the Institutional Effectiveness SharePoint site.

Institutional Effectiveness SharePoint site

What's New

Los Angeles Valley College Fast Facts

Established: June 1949
Campus: Located on 105 - acres in the eastern San Fernando Valley

Special programs, accreditation and other information about LAVC

 

  • Accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC)
  • Member of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
  • A Hispanic Serving Institution

 

Enrollment

Enrollment trends (headcount & FTES) from 2012-2022

Academic Year Annual Headcount Fall Headcount Annual FTES
2023-2024 30,225 17,729 10,804.32
2022-2023 27,178 16,555 10,036.46
2021-2022 24,468 15,061 8,858.15
2020-2021 26,062 16,494 10,206.65
2019-2020 26,796 16,915 10,965.18
2018-2019 26,969 17,785 11,841.41
2017-2018 26,624 16,515 12,115.96
2016-2017 27,568 17,500 11,785.80
2015-2016 27,959 19,080 12,018.41
2014-2015 27,880 19,301 11,928.51
2013-2014 28,203 19,174 11,815.13
2012-2013 26,607 19,236 10,789.70

Source: http://datamart.cccco.edu/Students/Student_Term_Annual_Count.aspx;

http://datamart.cccco.edu/Students/FTES_Summary.aspx

last updated 8/9/23

*Click here for more on LAVC Headcount & Demographics

Academic Programs and Offerings

LAVC Degrees & Certificates 

51  AA degrees                       66    Certificates of Achievement
20  AS degrees                  10     Skills Certificates
18  AT degrees                       37     Non-Credit Certificates
11   ST degrees                        2     CY Certificate (competency)
1   BS degree (RT)                    3    Digital Badge
2 STU degrees (U. of CA Transfer Pathway)                   

program count last updated 9/11/24

For a complete list of current programs see the campus catalog

Course Offerings: 1,346 credit sections; 62 non-credit sections (Fall 2022). Source: MIS Data Mart updated 5/7/23

Completion & Transfer Data

Transfer and Completion

LAVC Transfer, Degree and Certificate Awards Data

  • 155 UC Transfers (Fall 2023)
  • Top Transfer Institutions: UCLA (79), UC San Diego (14), UC Berkeley (15) UC Irvine (15)
  • 524 CSU Transfers (Fall 2023) 
    • Top Transfer Institutions: CSUN (434), CSLA (26), CSU Long Beach (11)
    • Transfer GPA: 3.2
    • Top Concentrations: Psychology, Sociology, Management, Art, Marketing, Kinesiology/Physical Education, Liberal Studies, Child Development, Computer Science
  • 115 Transfers to Out-of-State (OOS) institutions (2022-2023)
  • 77 Transfers to In-State-Private (ISP) institutions (2022-2023
  • Cohort Transfer Rate = 6.62% (Source: 2023 Student Right to Know)

 

updated 2/8/24

Student Right to Know (3-year transfer and completion rates), Fall 2020 to Spring 2023 Cohort

Transfer Rate 6.62%

Completion Rate 32.11%

(2024 available data)

 

 

Count of Awards Granted by Type
Degree Description 2023-2024
AA Associate of Arts 688
AS Associate of Science 370
AT AA Transfer 420
ST AS Transfer 371
C Certificate of Achievement 1714
CS Skill Certificate 52
CN Non-Credit Certificate of Completion 850
  Updated 9/3/24  

 

LAVC Employee Data

Faculty, Staff and Other Employees

 

Faculty
Year 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Full-Time 213 193 192 195 205 202 202 213 201 186
Part-Time 381 415 449 404 423 441 451 396 432 471
All Other Employees
Year 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Full-Time 246 247 241 243 246 231 227 225 218 223
Part-Time 345 328 293 384 518 620 667 619 571 501

Source: LACCD Report for Department of Census Survey. Updated April 17, 2024

LAVC Student Profile

Institution-Set Standards

The minimum acceptable standards set by the institution

 

  Institution Set Standard
(Floor)
Current
*Updated 6/13/22
Success (course success) 66% 69% (Fall 2021)
Retention (within course) 84% 86% (Fall 2021)
Persistence - (Fall to Fall - New Student Cohort) 54% 56% (Fall 2020 Cohort)
Degree Awards (AA, AS, ST, ST) - count 1298 2,190 (2020-21)
Certificate Awards (CA) - count 1163 1,495 (2020-21)
UC & CSU Transfer (count) 832 974 (Fall 2021)
823 - CSU (Fall 2021)
151 - UC (Fall 2021)

Community Colleges Profile & Information

Mission

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness facilitates and supports campus-wide processes for evaluating the effectiveness of programs and the institution in order to foster sustainable continuous quality improvement. The Office of Institutional Effectiveness is coordinates and supports institutional efforts related to data, research,  accountability, assessment for planning, goal-setting, and decision-making.

OIE Team Contact Information

Office Location

Requests and Questions:

Office: ACA 2201

Contact

Email: @email


Michelle Fowles, Dean, Institutional Effectiveness
Email: fowlesmr@ecom888.com
Phone: (818) 947-2437

 


Agyeman Boateng, Research Analyst
Email: boatenas@ecom888.com
Phone: (818) 778-5978

Cathy Jin, Research Analyst
Email: jinck@ecom888.com
Phone: (818) 778-5917


Michelle Lin, Research Analyst
Email: @email
Phone: (818) 947-7205

Ilene Sutter, Administrative Assistant
Email: sutteril@ecom888.com
Phone: (818) 947-2686