Why Choose LaGuardia Community College?

At LaGuardia Community College you will receive high quality, affordable education at a nationally recognized institution of excellence from award-winning faculty who will help you reach your career and personal goals.
 

• LaGuardia offers more than 50 associate degree programs in many fields, from nursing to business to the arts to computer science, and four certificate programs.
• LaGuardia graduates transfer to four-year colleges at triple the national rate, and family income increases an average of 17% upon graduation.
• We have comprehensive transfer agreements with more than 70 private and public senior colleges, including NYU, St. John's, Columbia, Cornell and CUNY's acclaimed four-year colleges, that enables you to continue your education so you can write your own future.
• LaGuardia offers a quality education at one of the lowest tuitions in NYC, and 80% of our students receive financial aid.
• LaGuardia was ranked as one of the top three large community colleges in the U.S. for our high academic standards and innovative teaching practices.
• LaGuardia faculty are experts in their field. Fifty-four percent of our faculty holds Ph.D.s, more than twice that of faculty at most community colleges.
• Our campus is located near several MTA subway and bus lines only ten minutes from Manhattan.

Students, faculty, and staff at LaGuardia Community College demonstrate the courage to question, the drive to experiment and the will to change, inside and outside the classroom.