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Back to School in Glendora: Community College District Starts Classes
Classes are back in session at Glendora's Citrus College-Likewise for the Los Angeles County Community College District going back to school

GLENDORA, CA ā At Citrus College in Glendora, school is back in session. Beyond, the nation's largest community college district will begin classes today.
There are nearly 130,000 students enrolled for the fall semester, a district statement said. Eighty percent of students are from underserved populations, more than half are older than 25, and more than a quarter are 35 and older, it said.
The statement said more than two-thirds of students successfully complete their courses, with almost 15,000 earning an associate's degree or certificate and 5,700 transferring to a University of California or Cal State campus every year.
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The district, which charges $46 per unit, said a recent analysis shows that Los Angeles Trade-Technical College alumni are among the highest paid in the nation, earning a median salary of $32,000 -- $64,200 with 10 years experience or more.
Next year, Los Angeles Unified School District community college students will be eligible to receive a year at an LACCD college tuition-free through the Los Angeles College Promise partnership, which groups the LACCD, the LAUSD, and the office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
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