LaGuardia Community College Business Programs

LaGuardia Community College is a public institution situated in Long Island City, New York. The city atmosphere of Long Island City makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

LaGuardia Community College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at LaGuardia.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#3	Most Popular Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Most Popular Accounting Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#20	Best Value Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards LaGuardia has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#2	Best Tourism and Travel Services Management Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#2	Highest Paid Tourism and Travel Services Management Graduates	College Factual
#4	Best Value Colleges for Tourism and Travel Services Management	College Factual
#30	Highest Paid Hospitality Management Graduates	College Factual
#36	Best Value Colleges for Hospitality Management	College Factual
#42	Best Hospitality Management Schools	College Factual

Where Is LaGuardia Community College?

Contact details for LaGuardia are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	31-10 Thomson Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101
Phone:	718-482-7200
Website:	www.lagcc.cuny.edu

How Do I Get Into LaGuardia?

You can apply to LaGuardia online at: www.laguardia.edu/Admissions/apply-now/

LaGuardia Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford LaGuardia Community College?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At LaGuardia, approximately 2% of students took out student loans averaging $4,551 a year. That adds up to $18,204 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at LaGuardia is 9.2%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

LaGuardia Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 16,971 undergraduate students at LaGuardia, with 9,179 being full-time and 7,792 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 9,179 full-time undergraduates at LaGuardia, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of LaGuardia Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,667
Black or African American	1,626
Hispanic or Latino	4,241
White	768
International Students	641
Other Races/Ethnicities	236

Online Learning at LaGuardia Community College

In 2019-2020, 16,902 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at LaGuardia has changed over the last few years.

LaGuardia Community College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	473	473
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	173	173
Tourism and Travel Services Management	53	53
Restaurant/Food Services Management	41	41
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	0	0
TOTAL	740	740

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.