Lake Tahoe Community College
Lake Tahoe Community College at a Glance
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About Lake Tahoe Community College
According to Wikipedia, Lake Tahoe Community College is a public community college in South Lake Tahoe, California. It was established in 1975. At an altitude of , it is at the highest elevation of any college in the state.
Lake Tahoe Community College's Online Degrees
AA in Business
Degree Concentrations
- Accounting
- Finance
- General
- Management
- Marketing
- Small Business Ownership
- Required Credits: 60
- Completion Time: 2-3 years
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Bookkeeping Technician
- Required Credits: 16
- Completion Time: 1 year or less
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Computer and Information Science
- Required Credits: 31
- Completion Time: 1-2 years
- Format: Fully online
AA in Criminal Justice
- Required Credits: 60
- Completion Time: 2-3 years
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Criminal Justice
- Required Credits: 28-29
- Completion Time: 1 year or less
- Format: Fully online
AA in Anthropology
- Required Credits: 60
- Completion Time: 2-3 years
- Format: Fully online
AA in Humanities
- Required Credits: 60
- Completion Time: 2-3 years
- Format: Fully online
AA in Liberal Arts
Degree Concentrations
- Arts and Humanities
- Mathematics and Science
- Social Sciences
- Required Credits: 60
- Completion Time: 2-3 years
- Format: Fully online
AA in Social Science
- Required Credits: 60
- Completion Time: 2-3 years
- Format: Fully online
AA in Spanish
- Required Credits: 60
- Completion Time: 2-3 years
- Format: Fully online
AA in Psychology
- Required Credits: 60
- Completion Time: 2-3 years
- Format: Fully online
Lake Tahoe Community College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information
| Retention Rate | Graduation Rate |
|---|---|
| 45% | 56% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.
How Much Does Lake Tahoe Community College Cost To Attend?
| Tuition and fees (in-state) |
|---|
| $1,131 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.
How Much Do Lake Tahoe Community College Graduates Make?
Ten years after starting college, former Lake Tahoe Community College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $44,569 a year, and 78% of those not still in school are working.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.
Lake Tahoe Community College's Demographics
Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.
| Student Body | Under-Grads |
|---|---|
| 9,293 | 9,293 |
Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.
Where is Lake Tahoe Community College?
Lake Tahoe Community College is located at One College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150.
How Safe is Lake Tahoe Community College?
No violent or property offenses were reported on Lake Tahoe Community College’s campus in 2024. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.
Relative to its enrollment, Lake Tahoe Community College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. South Lake Tahoe has a violent crime rate of 0.80% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 1.52%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.
What Is Lake Tahoe Community College Known For?
Lake Tahoe Community College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:
Lake Tahoe Community College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered
Each rank compares how much Lake Tahoe Community College's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence
Lake Tahoe Community College ranks #1119 in the U.S. and #4127 worldwide for influence in Earth Sciences.
earth-science DegreesLake Tahoe Community College ranks #2164 in the U.S. and #4337 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.
criminal-justice DegreesLake Tahoe Community College ranks #2711 in the U.S. and #7195 worldwide for influence in Psychology.
psychology DegreesLake Tahoe Community College ranks #3223 in the U.S. and #11661 worldwide for influence in Business.
business DegreesLake Tahoe Community College ranks #3225 in the U.S. and #13142 worldwide for influence in Political Science.
political-science DegreesLake Tahoe Community College ranks #3439 in the U.S. and #11784 worldwide for influence in Literature.
literature DegreesLake Tahoe Community College ranks #3615 in the U.S. and #13451 worldwide for influence in Education.
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