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All new, returning, and continuing students are encouraged to meet with a counselor each semester in order to review their academic progress before completing registration.

New and Former Students

New or former students need to apply. A new student is a person who has never attended LBCC. A former student is a person who at one time attended LBCC but has not attended for one year or more and now wishes to return. All applications are completed through www.lbcc.edu. Applications are processed within 24 to 72 business hours. An email will be sent to the email account provided on the application with a Viking Student ID, login instructions, and residency status.

Continuing Students

A continuing student is a person who has attended LBCC within the previous year.

Admission and Enrollment of Special Admit Minors

Special Admit Minors are students enrolled in grades K-12, who have not earned high school diplomas, and who may benefit from advanced scholastic or career technical work.

High School/K-12 Students

Through dual enrollment, LBCC offers high school/K-12 students the opportunity to accelerate their college and career pathways by earning college credit before completing high school. Dual enrollment provides opportunities for advanced academic or vocational work for high school students and is not intended as remedial or makeup work.

Students must maintain current enrollment in a K-12 school to participate. Enrollment limits are as follows:

  • Individual dual enrollment: up to 11 units per fall/spring semester; 5 units per winter/summer intersession
  • CCAP students: 15 units per semester

Upon successful course completion, students receive official college credit documented on their college transcript. K-12 credit for college courses is awarded at the discretion of the middle school or high school.

There are four different tracks available for high school students who wish to enroll (see below). For more information, contact the Early College Initiatives team at 562-938-5272 or earlycollege@lbcc.edu.

• Individual Dual Enrollment (IDE) is for high school/K-12 students desiring to enroll at LBCC on their own and outside of a coordinated program between LBCC and the K-12 district/high school. Individual dual enrollment students may enroll in any available course if prerequisite requirements are met. 

• College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) is a dual enrollment opportunity for 9th-12th grade students from the following selected districts: Long Beach Unified (LBUSD), Norwalk-La Mirada (NLM), and Intellectual Virtues Academy (IVA). Students participate in tuition-free courses held at their high school campuses in partnership with LBCC.

• Early College at Browning (ECB) is a dual enrollment opportunity for 9th-12th grade students attending Richard D. Browning High School (LBUSD). The tuition-free program takes place at the high school and may lead to LBCC's Associate in Science for Transfer (AS-T) in Hospitality Management. 

• High School Articulation Agreements 
Students from LBUSD, CalAPS, and Centinela Valley Union High School may receive college credit free of cost by completing an articulated high school course, completing the matriculation process, and passing the credit-by-examination process.