900 Fallon Street
Oakland, CA 94607

Laney community college is an Oakland, California based institution dedicated to providing transfer and career programs of study to students from a wide array of backgrounds. Here, students will find associate degree as well as shorter certificate programs of study that typically take a year or less to complete. The college is large, serving more than 12,000 students per semester and provides am equally large array of academic options. From humanities to business to vocational programs, Laney Community College enrollees have a wide assortment of courses to choose from.

Laney Community College prides itself on being an affordable education alternative for students. Classes cost as little as $20 per credit hour. To help subsidize their tuition bill (and to get a jump on the job market), Laney Community College students are encouraged to participate in the school's Cooperative Work Experience Education program. Designed to give students a taste of their field in the real world, the CWEE program provides students with paid positions with local companies. Once CWEE students have completed both their cooperative work and their program of study, they'll leave campus armed with a diploma, a resume packed with experience, industry contacts, and a paycheck. Students that can't afford to take an entire semester to complete a cooperative work experience also have the option of taking on a non-paid volunteer position, internship, or apprenticeship.

All students are eligible for Laney Community College's free academic support services. The school provides academic advising, financial aid counseling, disability support services, English as a Second Language classes, personal counseling, and tutoring. Additional support services are available for low-income, first-generation, and physically disabled college students and childcare facilities can be found on campus. Laney Community College is also home to a diverse range of student clubs and organizations, including a chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honors society for two-year college students.

Quick Facts:

Laney Community College transfers more students per year to the University of California Berkeley than any other college of its size in the United States.

Laney Community College works to ensure student success among single parents. The school's Extended Opportunity Programs and Services program provides priority registration assistance, orientation, counseling, peer advising, tutoring, transfer assistance, book services and financial assistance for eligible students.

Laney Community College provides several creative outlets for student performers including on campus art exhibits, theatrical performances, concerts, dance recitals, and student publications.

Laney Community College is one of the few colleges in the nation to offers a Labor Studies program.

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