A brief portrait of the typical LAVC online student
A typical LAVC online student is an Asian female, age 20-34.
- 68.32% of online students are female, and 37.11% are male.
(In the college as a whole, it's 58.7% female and 41.3% male.)
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The average age group of an online student is the same as for students as a whole: 20-34.
- 12.55% are under 20
- 39.63% are 20-24
- 32.53% are 25-34
- 15.33% are 35+
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The ethnic breakdown online:
- 18.82% Asian (it's 17.3% for all students)
- 67.58% Hispanic/Latino (78.1% for all students!)
- 4.51% African-American (1.9% for all students)
- 3.75% Caucasian (2.1% for all students)
| Rates of: | Face-to-Face | vs. | Online |
| Completion: | 84.3% | 79.08% | |
| Success: | 60.50% | 52.70% |
The average class size for fall 2010:
- Online classes: 36.4 students
- Face-to-face classes: 44.4 students
These numbers are improving as more online instructors actively seeking assistance with course design as well as excluding non-participating students.