University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Enrollment 33,475Setting urban
Colleges Near Los Angeles
LA's single most distinctive feature is the Claremont Colleges: five separately admitting, individually selective schools (Pomona, Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, Scripps) that share a campus, library, and dining halls as one consortium, all clustered in the same few blocks 30 miles east of downtown. Caltech (3% admit) and UCLA (9%) anchor the selective end citywide, USC and UC Irvine sit just behind them, and a large Cal State system (Long Beach, Fullerton, LA, Northridge, Pomona) plus a cluster of faith-affiliated private schools (Pepperdine, Biola, Azusa Pacific, Vanguard) fill out one of the widest, most spread-out college landscapes of any metro here.
32Colleges tracked
18Cities covered
54%Avg. admit rate
6Under 20% admit
9% admit
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Enrollment 20,443Setting urban
Occidental College
Los Angeles, CA
Enrollment 1,877Setting urban
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
Enrollment 7,094Setting urban
Mount Saint Mary's University
Los Angeles, CA
Enrollment 1,719Setting urban
Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, CA
Enrollment 1,223Setting urban
California State University-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Enrollment 19,562Setting urban