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Laney College

Laney College
900 Fallon Sreet
Oakland, CA 94607-4893

Official telephone: (510) 834-5740
Website: https://laney.edu/
Screen last updated on: October 2026
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 54%
Student:Faculty ratio: 31:1
Total faculty: 108 men, 136 women
Full-time faculty: 55 men, 62 women
Part-time faculty: 53 men, 74 women

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
distance learning
Cooperative programs are offered: no
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
  • Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  • African-American/Black Studies
  • Anthropology, General
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Architectural Technology/Technician
  • Area Studies, Other
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Art/Art Studies, General
  • Banking and Financial Support Services
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biological and Physical Sciences
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Biomedical Technology/Technician
  • Building/Construction Site Management/Manager
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Cabinetmaking and Millwork
  • Carpentry/Carpenter
  • Ceramic Arts and Ceramics
  • Chinese Language and Literature
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Programming/Programmer, General
  • Construction Trades, General
  • Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General
  • Cosmetology/Cosmetologist, General
  • Culinary, Entertainment, and Personal Services, Other
  • Dance, General
  • Drafting and Design Technology/Technician, General
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • Economics, General
  • Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair Technology/Technician, General
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Ethnic Studies
  • Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Geography
  • Graphic Design
  • Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Humanities/Humanistic Studies
  • Information Technology
  • International/Globalization Studies
  • Journalism
  • Labor and Industrial Relations
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Machine Tool Technology/Machinist
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanics and Repairers, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Music, General
  • Office Management and Supervision
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Photographic and Film/Video Technology/Technician
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Precision Production Trades, General
  • Pre-Engineering
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Radio and Television
  • Recording Arts Technology/Technician
  • Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager
  • Rhetoric and Composition
  • Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General
  • Social Sciences, General
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Sociology, General
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Welding Technology/Welder
  • Women's Studies
Certificates

  • Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
  • Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Architectural Technology/Technician
  • Banking and Financial Support Services
  • Biology/Biotechnology Technology/Technician
  • Biomedical Technology/Technician
  • Building Construction Technology/Technician
  • Building/Construction Site Management/Manager
  • Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Cabinetmaking and Millwork
  • Carpentry/Carpenter
  • Chinese Language and Literature
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, Other
  • Computer Programming/Programmer, General
  • Construction Trades, General
  • Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General
  • Cosmetology/Cosmetologist, General
  • Culinary, Entertainment, and Personal Services, Other
  • Dance, Other
  • Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration
  • Drafting and Design Technology/Technician, General
  • Electrical and Power Transmission Installation/Installer, General
  • Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair Technology/Technician, General
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • English as a Second Language
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Graphic Design
  • Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology/Technician
  • Labor and Industrial Relations
  • Language Interpretation and Translation
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Machine Tool Technology/Machinist
  • Mechanics and Repairers, General
  • Music Performance, General
  • Music Theory and Composition
  • Music, General
  • Office Management and Supervision
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Photographic and Film/Video Technology/Technician
  • Physical Fitness Technician
  • Precision Production Trades, General
  • Radio and Television
  • Recording Arts Technology/Technician
  • Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager
  • Retail Management
  • Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General
  • Science Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Small Business Administration/Management
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Welding Technology/Welder

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement
  • credit for CLEP general
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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