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Pierce College

School info
3.6
Overall Quality
Reputation
3.7
Food
3.3
Clubs
3.3
Facilities
3.8
Internet
3.8
Location
3.8
Opportunities
3.5
Safety
4
Social
3.2
Happiness
3.7

Basic Information

Institution Overview

  • Public/Private: Public
  • Established: 1947
  • Founder: Clarence W. Pierce, Thomas May Peirce

Academic information

Degree Courses

  • Pierce College offers a range of 26 associate degrees
  • 52 professional certificates
  • and six applied bachelor's degrees

Key Area

  • Psychology
  • Addiction Studies
  • Information Studies
  • Anthropology
  • Criminal Justice

Student and Staff Numbers

  • Undergraduates: The total enrollment at Pierce College District in 2022 was 8,635 students, which includes both undergraduate and graduate students. However, the exact number of undergraduate students is not specified. Therefore, the range is approximately 8,000 to 8,635 students
  • Academic Staff: The number of academic staff at Pierce College is approximately 30-40 faculty members and several department chairs and other administrative staff, as listed in the provided sources. However, an exact total is not given in the sources

Notable Alumni

  • Victoria Woodards
  • Nathan Gibbs-Bowling
  • Brandon Stogsdill
  • Sunshine Eversull
  • Mark Harmon
  • Arianne Zucker
  • Barry Zito
  • Gary LeRoi Gray
  • Ted Newsom
  • Shia LeBeouf
  • Riley Salmon
  • Melanie Griffith

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Students talk about this school

Good reviews
Overall 5
It’s a great college
Overall 5
Great school
Overall 5
Very helpful in so many ways.
Overall 5
Loved it!
Overall 5
This school is amazing!
Overall 4.9
A very nice and clean community college. Haven’t had one problem with any teachers or any students.
Overall 4.8
I have gone to CPTC and never felt like I belonged and never felt like I learned much. I feel at home here, the staff is great and helpful, all the teachers I have had have been amazing. Financial aid has been very helpful too. Love everything about this school!
Overall 4.7
Beautiful campus next to a 400 acre park. Great resources for success, free tutoring center, writing lab and STEM center. Dedicated Dental Hygiene Program, Nursing Program, select 4 year degree opportunities (Central Washington).
Overall 4.7
I have attended several Community Colleges from moving to different states and this is by far the best College. The staff and professors care and go the extra mile to help you succeed. The college has several programs and clubs that are great support systems. The campus is well maintained and aesthetically beautiful too.
Overall 4.7
Awesome college!
Bad reviews
Overall 1
This college is the most unprofessional environment I have ever experienced in my life. They do not care about students whatsoever and only want to make money. You can tell because they'll give you a thousand annoying reminders about tuition due but never any reminders about student resources available on campus?? it's because they have none.
Overall 1.2
Administrators were asympathetic and bullied me and would gas light me when I went to them for support. Min Pak is the worst professor in the Graphic Design Program. She barely speaks English. I cried a lot in her programs and her classes made me feel suicidal.
Overall 1.3
I don't think they care about student. Especially, I did not recommend to live at dormitory please. They have too many rules and when I said question they answer rudely. I'm sick of their acting like that. Thus, if someone ask about Pierce I will say ����.
Overall 1.6
It is a place that will put you in debt but wont provide you what you need the most when you need the most. Teachers arent good and staffs are petty and awful. I am not recommending this college to anyone and I am regretting that I went there. It is sad.
Overall 1.8
This school needs some serious core rebuilding, my advisor is useless and the organization of this school as a whole is poor! As students, oustress levels are already so high and this school takes it up a notch, so disorganized. You'd think it would be able to accommodate the student but instead they give you the run around about almost everything.
Overall 1.9
Honestly, I really don't like much about the place.
Overall 2
I took one class here before I dropped. It seems like every teacher in the LACCD does not care about their students. There is a lot of self teaching. Pierce college gets very hot in the summer months. Internet is spotty and there are not many social activities such as clubs. School is not particularly unsafe, but dont wear anything designer.
Overall 2
I really wish I would have just gone to a university. I get no support and everything is a fight. Paperwork gets lost all the time.