Mendocino College Fast Facts - Fall 2011

California Community College Fast Facts 2010 in pdf.

Name Mendocino-Lake Community College District (MLCCD)

Type Public two-year community college

Governance Board of Trustees
Number of Trustees - 7
Term - 4 years
Elections - Odd-numbered years and staggered in two-year increments

The District
Approx. 3,200 square miles of Mendocino and Lake Counties, with 105,000 population.

Campus
Ukiah (127 Acres), 1000 Hensley Creek Road, Ukiah, CA 95482
Tel: (707) 468-3000

Centers

• Lake Center (10,000 sq. ft), 1005 Parallel Drive, Lakeport, 263-4944
• Willits Center (6,000 sq. ft.), 11 Marin Street, Willits, 459-6224
• Pt. Arena Research Station (15 acres, 7,200 sq. ft.)

Our Mission
Mendocino College is a dynamic community of learners in which faculty and staff partner with students to help them achieve their educational goals. Informed by research, reflection and dialogue, we meet community needs through learning opportunities in lower division programs in Basic Skills, Transfer Preparation and Career and Technical Education as well as Workforce Improvement.

Our Vision

Within this partnership, all members share a mutual accountability for student success. Faculty and staff serve as the catalyst for students actively engaged in the learning process; students accept their responsibility to define their goals and to work actively toward them.

STUDENTS

• Enrollment - 3,878 students (Fall 2011 census)
• Full-time - 1,182 (12+ units)
• Part-time - 2,559
• Non-Credit only: 137
• Female - 61.1%, Male - 38.7%
• Average Age - 31

Ethnicity:

• American Indian/Alaskan Native 5.1%
• Asian 2.6%
• Black/Non-Hispanic 2.9%
• Hispanic 21.4%
• White, Non-Hispanic 56.8%
• Native Hawaiian/Pacific Island 0.8%
• Decline to state 2.7%
• Unknown/No Response 5.0%
• Non-Resident Alien 2.0%

Enrollment Status: 

• First-Time - 581 (15.0%)
• First-Time Transfer - 240 (6.2%) 
• Returning - 678 (17.5%)    
• Continuing -2009 (51.8%)      
• K-12 - 223 (6.0%)
• Non-credit only - 137 (3.5%)

Spring 2011
 

Retention Rate:  86.8% (% of students who complete a course they  enrolled in)      
Success Rate:  71.2%  (% of students who passed)

Degrees and Certificates Awarded - 2010-11

AA & AS Degrees - 297

• Certificates of Achievement- 44

More than 100,000 students have enrolled at Mendocino College since our founding in 1973 through Spring 2011 semester.

About 60% of MC students qualify for financial aid.

PROGRAMS

• Two-year degrees and certificates, Transfer to four-year schools, Life-long learning, and Economic development
• 31 Associate of Arts and Associate of Science Degrees.
• 20 Certificates of Achievement.
• Recording Artist-in-Residence Program
• New Program: Sustainable Technology Program 
• Our goal is to serve all residents in our District. We offer special outreach to our Native American and Latino populations.
• ADA Accessible, including student work stations, Braille door and direction signs, Braille machine, voice recognition software for web access, closed captioning of instructional videos, and website compliance.
• ComEx, Community Extension, fee-based workshops, travel tours and theatre tours

FUNDING & COSTS

Funding Per Full-time Student per Year, 2010-11 (Source: LAO, Proposed Budget)

• University of California........................... $21,087
• Cal State ..............................................$11,542
• US Two-year colleges .............................$6,700
• CA Community Colleges...........................$5.506

Annual Full-time Student Tuition Cost Per Year, 2010-11 (2 full-time semesters; does not include local fees, room and board)

(Source: CPEC)

• Private..................................................... $18,000
• Private Technical/Trade............................... $7,635
• University of California............................... $12,192
• California State University........................... $5,402
• California Community Colleges..................... $1,080

FACULTY & STAFF

• Faculty: Full-time - 52, Adjunct - 219
• Classified - 75
• Management - 26
  
  

Created: December 22, 2004 @ 12:00 AM
Last Modified: August 13, 2012 @ 08:57 AM