El Camino College
El Camino College is a public community college in Los Angeles County, California. Most of it is in Alondra Park, while a section is in the city limits of Torrance. It consists of 37 buildings spanning an area of roughly. It is one of two community colleges serving Southern California's South Bay area.
The El Camino Community College District was officially established on July 1, 1947., 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. 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
| Ethnic Breakdown | 2018 | 2017 |
| 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% |
Total Students: 24,349
| 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% |
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.| 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
The college campus has been used as a filming location since at least the 1970s. Visitors to the IBM pavilion at the 1964-65 World's Fair in New York City saw an Eames film that featured El Camino coach Kenneth Swearingen and the school football team. Among other films shot in part at the college are:All AmericanCheaper by the Dozen Crime After CrimeThe CircleThe Dark Knight RisesThe Longest Yard Visiting... with Huell Howser Episode 513Performing arts
El Camino College has a 2,000-seat auditorium, a 350-seat campus theatre, and the 190-seat Robert Hagg Recital Hall. The Marsee Auditorium is the venue for the South Bay Ballet's annual production of The Nutcracker, and is known for showcasing dance and opera companies, traveling artists, and other Broadway, film and television veterans, such as Shirley Jones and Gregory Hines. 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
Some of the college's notable alumni include Alan Jardine and Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, Suge Suge Knight who is the CEO and founder of Death Row Records,Notable faculty
- John DeMita, theater professor
- Fitzhugh Dodson, psychology professor from 1959
- George Gerbner, communications professor from 1952 to 1956
- Kim Krizan, English professor
- Julius Sumner Miller, physics professor from 1953 to 1970
- Al Muratsuchi, political science professor
- April Ross, beach volleyball coach
- Ambrose Schindler, American football coach