Colleges & Universities* in Los Angeles County
Enrollment, Degrees, Type, Year Established
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2-Year Colleges
|
School |
2006 Enrollment |
Highest Degree |
Type of Institution |
Year Established |
|
American InterContinental College (1) |
1,100 |
Masters |
Proprietary |
1982 |
|
American Jewish University (2) |
229 |
Masters |
Religious |
1947 |
|
Antioch University |
638 |
Masters |
Independent |
1972 |
|
Art
Center College of Design |
1,631 |
Masters |
Independent |
1930 |
|
Azusa Pacific University |
8,128 |
Doctorate |
Religious |
1899 |
|
Biola
University |
5,745 |
Doctorate |
Religious |
1908 |
|
Calif. State Polytechnic Univ., Pomona |
20,510 |
Masters |
Public |
1938 |
|
California Institute of Technology |
2,086 |
Doctorate |
Independent |
1891 |
|
California Institute of the Arts |
1,332 |
Masters |
Independent |
1961 |
|
California State Univ., Dominguez Hills |
12,068 |
Masters |
Public |
1960 |
|
California State Univ., Long Beach |
35,574 |
Masters |
Public |
1949 |
|
California State Univ., Los Angeles |
20,565 |
Masters |
Public |
1947 |
|
California State Univ., Northridge |
34,560 |
Masters |
Public |
1958 |
|
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science |
175 |
Doctorate |
Independent |
1966 |
|
City of Hope Graduate School of Biological Sciences |
56 |
Doctorate |
Independent |
2001 |
|
Claremont Graduate University (Claremont Colleges) |
2,039 |
Doctorate |
Independent |
1925 |
|
Claremont McKenna College (Claremont Colleges) |
1,153 |
Bachelors |
Independent |
1946 |
|
School |
2006
Enrollment |
Highest
Degree |
Type of
Institution |
Year
Established |
|
Harvey
Mudd College (Claremont Colleges) |
729 |
Masters |
Independent |
1955 |
|
Hebrew Union College |
106 |
Doctorate |
Religious |
1954 |
|
Keck Graduate Institute of Applied
Life Sciences |
86 |
Masters |
Independent |
1997 |
|
Life Pacific College |
570 |
Bachelors |
Religious |
1925 |
|
Loyola
Marymount University |
8,972 |
Doctorate |
Religious |
1865 |
|
The Master's College & Seminary |
1,545 |
Masters |
Religious |
1927 |
|
Mount Saint Mary's College (3) |
2,384 |
Masters |
Religious |
1925 |
|
Occidental College |
1,825 |
Masters |
Independent |
1888 |
|
Otis College of Art & Design |
1,125 |
Masters |
Independent |
1917 |
|
Pacific Oaks College |
1,028 |
Masters |
Independent |
1945 |
|
Pardee
RAND Graduate School |
96 |
Doctorate |
Independent |
1970 |
|
Pepperdine University |
7,317 |
Doctorate |
Religious |
1937 |
|
Phillips Graduate Institute |
351 |
Doctorate |
Independent |
1971 |
|
Pitzer
College (Claremont Colleges) |
958 |
Bachelors |
Independent |
1963 |
|
Pomona College (Claremont Colleges) |
1,545 |
Bachelors |
Independent |
1887 |
|
School |
2006 Enrollment |
Highest Degree |
Type of Institution |
Year Established |
|
RAND
Graduate School (see Pardee RAND Graduate) |
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|
Scripps College (Claremont Colleges) (3) |
890 |
Bachelors |
Independent |
1926 |
|
University of California, Los Angeles |
38,218 |
Doctorate |
Public |
1919 |
|
University of La Verne |
7,482 |
Doctorate |
Independent |
1891 |
|
University of Southern California |
33,389 |
Doctorate |
Independent |
1880 |
|
Western University of Health Sciences |
2,130 |
Doctorate |
Independent |
1975 |
|
Whittier College |
2,054 |
Masters |
Independent |
1887 |
|
Woodbury University |
1,485 |
Masters |
Independent |
1884 |
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* Institutions accredited by a regional accreditation association such as the Western Association of Schools & Colleges
(WASC)
(1) Formerly The American College
(2) Formerly University of Judaism
(3) Women’s College
For Fall 2000,
UCLA ranked first among California universities for the number
of enrolled students (36,890), followed
by San Diego State
(31,609), UC Berkeley (31,277), Cal State Long Beach
(30,918), USC (29,914) and Cal State
Northridge
(29,066).
The 2001 U.S. News & World Report annual college ranking put
Pomona College at 5th place among the top 50 liberal
arts
colleges in the nation. Locally, only Claremont Colleges made the
top 50 list. These were Harvey Mudd College
ranked 14th,
Claremont McKenna College ranked 17th and Scripps College
ranked 33rd.
Whittier College
was founded in 1887
by members of the Society of Friends (Quakers).
The University of Southern California
is a private research university of international distinction, and as such, the oldest
in
the Western United States. The university attracts students from all 50 states and 107
other countries.
California Institute of the Arts
was
founded in 1961 with the help of Walt and Roy Disney and Lulu May Von Hagen.
It merged the
Los Angeles Conservatory of Music (founded 1883) and Chouinard Art Institute (founded
1921).
The
Immaculate
Heart College, founded in 1906, closed in 1980.
UCLA
is the only campus among the
nation's top 10 research universities that was established in the 20th century.
UCLA is the largest (per enrollment) of the University of California
Campuses.
USC has the second largest
enrollment of foreign students in the nation.
California Graduate Institute is the
first independent graduate school of psychology in the country,
founded in 1968
The 2001 U.S. News & World Report annual college ranking put
Pomona College at 5th place among the best liberal
arts
colleges in the nation.
In 2000, U.S. News & World Report ranked
California State University Long Beach eighth in the nation
for the
number of transfer students (2,899).
In 2000, California Institute of Technology admitted
only 13% of all student applicants. At the other end of the scale,
the University of Judaism admitted 100% of all student
applicants. Source: U.S. News & World Report
In 2000, the colleges in Los Angeles County with the highest
percentages of students living on-campus are all Claremont
Colleges -- Harvard Mudd College at 96% and Claremont
McKenna and Pomona Colleges each at 95%.
Source: U.S.
News & World Report
In 2000, 80% of students at Azusa Pacific University
work on campus. Source: U.S. News & World Report
In 2000, the two Los Angeles County colleges where doctoral
graduates are most likely to carry debt loads are
Biola
University (77% - average debt load $23,952), Pepperdine
University (64% - average debt load $29,533)
and USC
(53% -average debt load $18,663). Pepperdine University
doctoral graduates carry the second heaviest
debt of any
college in the nation. Source: U.S. News & World Report
In 2000, 82% of students who received bachelor degrees at
Whittier College graduated with a debt load. The average
load
was $22,847. At Pitzer College, the percentage of indebted
graduates followed at 65% with an average debt load
of $20,530.
Source: U.S. News & World Report
In 2000, Whittier College was ranked
by U.S. News & World Report as the second most diverse liberal
arts campus
in the nation with 30% of its student body being
Hispanic.
In 2006, the
Institute of Computer Technology was renamed LA College
International.
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