El Camino College

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The El Camino Community College District was officially established on July 1, 1947. Template:As of, the college served approximately 23,000 students within the El Camino Community College District, including the communities of Alondra Park, Carson, Del Aire, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Ladera Heights, Lawndale, Lennox, Lomita, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance, View Park–Windsor Hills.<ref name=profile>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> El Camino College offers 2,500 classes in 85 programs, including vocational, undergraduate, and honors courses, many available in online and televised formats for distance education.

Student demographics

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Hispanic and Latino American 53% 53%
Black 13% 14%
Asian American 13% 15%
White 13% 13%
Multiracial Americans 5% 4%
International students 2% Nil
Unknown Nil 1%
Female 51% 52%
Male 49% 48%

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Age Total Percentage
17 or younger 1,289 5%
18 to 19 6,293 27%
20 to 24 9,452 40%
25 to 29 3,193 13%
30 to 39 2,131 8%
40 to 49 850 3%
50 or older 840 4%
Enrollment Level Total Percentage
Full-Time 7,632 31%
Part-Time 16,715 69%

Campus media

KECC radio station

The college hosts one radio station, KECC. The first time KECC was actually on the air experimentally was Career Day, April 27, 1994. The operation lasted only four hours, from 9 am to 1 pm. On November 11, 1994, KECC signed on the air for the first time as a regularly scheduled carrier current broadcast station. At that time, the frequency used was 1620 kHz. In the fall of 2000 KECC changed frequency from 1200 kHz to 1500 kHz.

Athletics

Built in 1958, Murdock Stadium hosts some of the schools athletic programs.

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Baseball Badminton
Basketball Basketball
Cross Country Beach volleyball
Football Cross country
Golf Soccer
Soccer Softball
Swimming and diving Swimming and diving
Tennis Tennis
Track and field Track and field
Volleyball Volleyball
Water polo Water polo

In media

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Performing arts

El Camino College has a 2,000-seat auditorium, a 350-seat campus theatre, and the 190-seat Robert Hagg Recital Hall.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Marsee Auditorium is the venue for the South Bay Ballet's annual production of The Nutcracker,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and is known for showcasing dance and opera companies, traveling artists, and other Broadway, film and television veterans, such as Shirley Jones<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Gregory Hines.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Marsee Auditorium as well as the other on-campus venues also host El Camino College resident performers.

Schauerman Library

The Schauerman Library serves as the research center of the college. The library houses the El Camino College archives.

Notable alumni

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Brian Wilson, American musician

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Notable faculty

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See also

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