Compton College’s Five-Year Report to the Community Highlights Continued Student Success
“Compton College has been instrumental in my professional journey throughout higher education,” said Compton College alumnus Anthony Onwuegbuzia, who went on the earn both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in sociology at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). “As a proud alumnus, I must continue to pay it forward and encourage others to pursue their educational journey.”
Onwuegbuzia’s story is just one of the many successes highlighted in Compton College’s recently published Five Years of Success: Report to the Community. He now works at the CSUDH Mervyn Dymally African American Political and Economic Institute as the administrative coordinator and is a part-time lecturer in the Africana Studies department at the university. He is most proud of his work with the Dymally Fellows Program, a youth leadership program designed to empower youth to be politically conscious and involved, entrepreneurially competent and productive, and to become responsible future political and business leaders.
The accomplishments of outstanding Compton College students are featured in the report, along with important student success indicators, such as increased numbers of students earning degrees and certificates, higher percentages of transfers to four-year colleges and universities, addressing students’ basic needs, and Compton College’s recent reaffirmed accreditation status for seven years. To help offset the cost of higher education, financial support for students has also expanded. In the past five years, more than 450 Compton College students have received $176,200 in scholarships.
Over the last five years, Compton College has awarded 4,303 associate degrees and certificates, and 1,735 students have transferred to four-year colleges and universities. The top transfer destinations for Compton College students include California State University, Long Beach; California State University, Dominguez Hills; and the University of California, Irvine.
The spring 2023 grand opening of the $25.2 million, 34,000-square-foot Student Services Building indicates significant progress in construction projects and facility improvements in the past few years. The Student Services Building is a one-stop location for enrollment services. It includes administration offices, enrollment services, assisted learning spaces, and computer labs to help current and future students apply and register for Compton College courses. Additional projects completed during this period include the openings of Instructional Buildings 1 and 2, replacing the old “row” classroom buildings built more than 60 years ago.
Compton College is dedicated to delivering a quality education, career training leading to good-paying jobs, and vital student support services and resources for students, veterans, and working adults served by the Compton Community College District.
The Compton College: Five-Year Report to the Community was mailed to every household within the Compton Community College District – just one component of the District’s community outreach plan.
The 2018-2023 five-year report is available online via the Compton College website: https://www.compton.edu/community/community-relations/docs/2018-2023_COMPTON-Report.pdf.
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