LaGuardia Community College opens the doors of higher education to a broad range of local and international communities; over 160 countries are represented among LaGuardia's full-time students. Because of our boundary-breaking success educating underserved students, we have become a nationally recognized model of excellence for community colleges in America.

LaGuardia Fast Facts

President	Gail O. Mellow, Ph.D.
Founded	1971
Location	31-10 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101 (718) 482-5000 www.laguardia.edu
Awards	2002 One of 13 National Institutions of Excellence – awarded by the Policy Center on the First Year of College 2003 One of the Top Three Large Community Colleges in the Nation – named by the Community College Survey of Student Engagement 2004 Certificate of Excellence for Innovative Faculty Training Programs – Theodore M. Hesburgh Award given by TIAA-CREF 2006 Community College Excellence Award – awarded by the MetLife Foundation 2007 Exemplary Instructional Programs Services – Bellwether Award given by the Community Colleges Futures Assembly 2008 Winner, City University of New York (CUNY) Sustainability Award 2009 Recognized by Excelencia in Education for its exemplary leadership in serving the needs of Latino and nontraditional students
Faculty	325 Full Time 796 Part Time 55 % have doctorates
Grants	Secured $16.3 million from competitive sources.
Charitable Support	LaGuardia Community College Foundation (501(c)(3) status) has raised over $4.5 million since its inception in 2003, providing over $1.4 million in academic aid and awarding more than 3,000 scholarships.

Credit Students

Enrollment	18,623 (Fall 2011) 56 % Full-time 44 % Part-time
Classes	49% day 10% evening 1% weekend 40% mixed
Annual Tuition	$3,941.70
Household Income	81.4% report household income less than $25,000
College Revenue	39.3 % Government Appropriation 31.3% Grants & Contracts 15.4 % Tuition and Fees 13.5 % Other Sources 0.5 % Auxiliary Enterprise
Median Age	22
Gender	58 % Female 42 % Male
Race/Ethnicity	18 % Asian 15 % Black 37 % Hispanic 10 % White (non-Hispanic) 3 % Other 17 % Unknown
Institutional Profiles provided by the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

Facts about Non-Credit Students

Adult and Continuing Education
The Division of Adult and Continuing Education at LaGuardia
Community College is the largest CUNY continuing education
division and one of the most comprehensive in the country,
serving over 40,000 students who come from diverse cultures,
ages, and educational and economic backgrounds. Funding
comes from grants and tuition.

Programs are mostly non-credit and include academic courses
(literacy/basic skills, GED, ESL and college preparation),
vocational training, career development, and business and
financial services.