Lake Tahoe Community College

South Lake Tahoe, California

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • Rural
  • 3,660 students

What you can study

Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Child care and early education

  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763

Computers and IT

  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
  • Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
  • Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
  • Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
  • Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926

Culinary arts

  • Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
  • Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674

Dental assisting and hygiene

  • Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575

Engineering technology

  • Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,256
  • Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,210

Medical assisting and pharmacy tech

  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452

Office and business support

  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
  • Fire ProtectionCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
  • Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Other programs (47)
  • AnthropologyAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $37,748
  • Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $27,737
  • Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $29,515
  • Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 34 finishedNationally: $33,713
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 16 finishedNationally: $41,208
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $54,610
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $40,381
  • Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $22,567
  • Education, GeneralCertificate · 37 finishedNationally: $53,127
  • Education, OtherCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $52,848
  • Education, OtherAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $78,686
  • English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $27,003
  • Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $43,067
  • Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $35,157
  • Film/Video and Photographic ArtsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $29,024
  • Finance and Financial Management ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $42,478
  • Fine and Studio ArtsCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $32,800
  • Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $24,176
  • ForestryCertificate · 39 finishedNationally: $41,922
  • ForestryAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $39,285
  • General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $44,599
  • Geography and CartographyAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $45,792
  • Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $33,448
  • Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $24,502
  • Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $27,878
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,933
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $37,255
  • International BusinessAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $41,937
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 18 finishedNationally: $34,134
  • MathematicsAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $36,826
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $41,294
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $38,048
  • Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,576
  • Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $36,701
  • Parks, Recreation, and Leisure StudiesCertificate · 0 finished
  • Parks, Recreation, and Leisure StudiesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $30,522
  • Political Science and GovernmentAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $34,854
  • Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 24 finishedNationally: $30,994
  • Public Administration and Social Service Professions, OtherCertificate · 0 finished
  • Public Administration and Social Service Professions, OtherAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $41,001
  • Real EstateCertificate · 14 finishedNationally: $45,163
  • Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $42,581
  • Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $41,894
  • Social Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 65 finishedNationally: $33,090
  • SociologyAssociate degree · 34 finishedNationally: $33,731
  • Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $32,424
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$10,741$30–48k$11,540$48–75k$7,526$75–110k$12,340Over $110kNot reportedSource: College Scorecard
Average net price
$10,673per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$18,246sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$1,131Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
2%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
56%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$39,6496 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$44,56910 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
Not reportedfederal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
11%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
43%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard

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Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Lake Tahoe Community College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.

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