Lassen Community College District: Narrative Description

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LASSEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT E-7

Hwy. 139
PO Box 3000
Susanville, CA 96130
Tel: (530)257-6181; Admissions: (530)257-6181; Fax: (530)257-8964; Web Site: http://www.lassen.cc.ca.us/

Description: State and locally supported, 2-year, coed. Part of California Community College System. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1925. Setting: 100-acre rural campus. Students come from 12 states and territories, 3 other countries, 58% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study at members of the Northeastern California Higher Education Council.

Entrance Requirements: Open admission. Option: early admission. Recommended: high school transcript. Placement: ACT recommended. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year: State resident tuition: $0 full-time. Nonresident tuition: $4590 full-time, $153 per unit part-time. Mandatory fees: $548 full-time, $18 per unit part-time, $5 per year part-time.

Collegiate Environment: Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper. Most popular organization: Lassen Student Union. Major annual events: Career Day, Vocational Olympics, Skunk Days. Student services: legal services, health clinic. Option: coed housing available. Lassen College Library with 15,000 books and 100 serials. 30 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.

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