Las Positas College
Las Positas College is a public community college in Livermore, CA, with about 6,701 students on campus.
What to know about Las Positas College
Generous aid, but few lower-income students
Families earning under $30,000 pay about $3,020 a year here, yet only 14% of undergraduates receive Pell grants, the federal grant for lower-income students. The students ↓
Most students study part-time
58% of undergraduates attend part-time. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students, so it covers a minority of the people studying here. The students ↓
Rent in Livermore is above the state median
Median rent in Livermore is $2,677 a month, 31% above the state median. Living in Livermore ↓
Las Positas College focuses on liberal arts
43% of the degrees Las Positas College awards are in liberal arts; the next biggest field, business, is 11%. Majors ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students.
The students
7,299 degree-seeking undergraduates.
By race and ethnicity
Women and men
How hard is it to get into Las Positas College?
anyone with a high school diploma can enroll
Test scores of admitted students
No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Las Positas College is likely test-optional.
The sticker price, and what families really pay
Sticker price: $15,138 a year
Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $9,808
After grants, the average family on aid pays $5,377.
Tuition and fees are $1,168 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.
Your family’s price
Average net price after grants, by family income
About $13,348 over 2 years · 56% off the sticker price
Do students finish, and does it pay off?
Paying back loans
Federal student loans, this college
of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 59% of U.S. colleges.
Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).
What students study, and what it pays
Share of degrees by field
Associate degree programs with the most graduates
And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).
Living in Livermore
6% of Livermore’s 83,457 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Livermore pages.
Other colleges within 30 miles
Straight-line distances from Las Positas College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.
Ask around
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.