Aerial View of University of California Los Angeles Campus, 1933. Photo by Airscapes Program, U.S. War Department, courtesy of the National Archives.
Click here for links, addresses & telephone numbers Community Colleges Private 2-Year Colleges
| School | Highest Degree | Student Enrollment (1) | Type of Institution | Year Founded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy for Jewish Religion California | Masters | 65 | Religious | 2000 |
| American Film Institute | Masters | 356 | Independent | 1967 |
| American Jewish University | Masters | 112 | Religious | 1947 |
| Antioch University Los Angeles | Masters | 819 | Independent | 1972 |
| Art Center College of Design | Masters | 1,824 | Independent | 1930 |
| Azusa Pacific University | Doctorate | 6,160 | Religious | 1899 |
| Biola University | Doctorate | 4,373 | Religious | 1908 |
| California Institute of Technology | Doctorate | 983 | Independent | 1891 |
| California Institute of the Arts | Masters | 895 | Independent | 1961 |
| California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | Masters | 22,395 | Public | 1938 |
| California State University, Dominguez Hills | Masters | 12,617 | Public | 1960 |
| California State University, Long Beach | Masters | 31,523 | Public | 1949 |
| California State University, Los Angeles | Masters | 20,668 | Public | 1947 |
| California State University, Northridge | Masters | 35,206 | Public | 1958 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Doctorate | 35 | Independent | 2008 |
| Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science | Doctorate | 230 | Independent | 1966 |
| Claremont Graduate University (Claremont Colleges) | Doctorate | 2,160 | Independent | 1925 |
| Claremont Lincoln University | Masters | 41 | Independent | 2011 |
| Claremont McKenna College (Claremont Colleges) | Bachelors | 1,301 | Independent | 1946 |
| Claremont School of Theology | Doctorate | 254 | Independent | 1885 |
| School | Highest Degree | Student Enrollment** | Type of Institution | Year Founded |
| Columbia College Hollywood | Bachelors | 359 | Independent | 1952 |
| FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising | Bachelors | 3,142 | Independent | 1969 |
| Fuller Theological Seminary | Doctorate | 2,805 | Religious | 1947 |
| Harvey Mudd College (Claremont Colleges) | Masters | 804 | Independent | 1955 |
| Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion (Jack H. Skirball Campus) |
Doctorate | 297 | Religious | 1954 |
| Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences at City of Hope |
Doctorate | 79 | Independent | 1994 |
| Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences | Doctorate | 84 | Independent | 1997 |
| Life Pacific College | Bachelors | 514 | Religious | 1925 |
| Logos Evangelical Seminary | Doctorate | 170 | Religious | 1989 |
| Loyola Marymount University | Doctorate | 6,184 | Religious | 1865 |
| Marymount California University | Masters | 1,086 | Religious | 1932 |
| Mount Saint Mary's University (2) | Masters | 2,667 | Religious | 1925 |
| Occidental College | Masters | 2,117 | Independent | 1888 |
| Otis College of Art and Design | Masters | 1,032 | Independent | 1917 |
| Pacific Oaks College | Masters | 257 | Independent | 1945 |
| Pardee RAND Graduate School | Doctorate | 102 | Independent | 1970 |
| Pepperdine University | Doctorate | 3,451 | Religious | 1937 |
| Phillips Graduate University (4) | Doctorate | 210 | Independent | 1971 |
| School | Highest Degree | Student Enrollment** | Type of Institution | Year Founded |
| Pitzer College (Claremont Colleges) | Bachelors | 1,081 | Independent | 1963 |
| Pomona College (Claremont Colleges) | Bachelors | 1,650 | Independent | 1887 |
| Providence Christian College | Bachelors | 100 | Religious | 2005 |
| Scripps College (Claremont Colleges) (2) | Bachelors | 972 | Independent | 1926 |
| Shepherd University | Doctorate | 46 | Religious | 1999 |
| Southern California Institute of Architecture | Masters | 263 | Independent | 1972 |
| Southern California University of Health Sciences (3) | Doctorate | 507 | Independent | 1911 |
| The Broad Center for the Management of School Systems | Masters | 42 | Independent | 2001 |
| The Chicago School of Professional Psychology | Doctorate | 249 | Independent | 2008 |
| The Master's College and Seminary | Masters | 1,137 | Religious | 1927 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Doctorate | 29,633 | Public | 1919 |
| University of La Verne | Doctorate | 2,713 | Independent | 1891 |
| University of Southern California | Doctorate | 18,740 | Independent | 1880 |
| University of the West | Doctorate | 142 | Religious | 1990 |
| Western University of Health Sciences | Doctorate | 3,862 | Independent | 1975 |
| Whittier College | Masters | 1,665 | Independent | 1887 |
| Woodbury University | Masters | 1,357 | Independent | 1884 |
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* Listed institutions as of 2016, except for Shepherd University, are accredited by a regional accreditation association such as the Western Association of Schools & Colleges (WASC). Shepherd University is a Candidate for Accreditation as of December 2016.
(1) Enrollment numbers are from Peterson's, the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education or are self-reported.
(2) Women’s College
(3) Formerly Los Angeles Chiropractic College
(4) Formerly Phillips Graduate Institute
The California Graduate Institute merged with The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in 2008. The California Graduate Institute was the first independent graduate school of psychology in the nation, founded in 1968.
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).
Cleveland Chiropractic College Los Angeles, founded in 1911, closed in 2011.
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.
