Metro area directory

Colleges in the Greater Los Angeles Area

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Greater Los Angeles spans the city of Los Angeles and surrounding communities including Long Beach, Pasadena, Pomona, and the San Fernando Valley. The region mixes large public university campuses, well-known private universities, art and film schools, and a dense network of community colleges.

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Data sources & methodology

College listings for the Greater Los Angeles metro are aggregated live from each institution's record, compiled from federal datasets and the institutions' own published information.

Sources used across this page

Not every source informs every figure. Each data point draws on the source appropriate to it see the relevant section and the data dictionary for field-level provenance.

  • IPEDS / NCES College Navigator

    Federal enrollment, admissions, tuition, retention, and program data. Released annually with a 1–2 year lag.

  • U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard

    Net price by income band, post-graduation earnings, and federal aid context.

  • Institutional websites

    Each school's official admissions, registrar, and financial-aid pages are the authoritative source for current details.

Where a value is unavailable it is shown as unavailable, never as 0, free, or a negative judgment. Always confirm final details with the institution before applying.

Suggested citation

CampusPin. Colleges in the Greater Los Angeles Area. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/colleges-in-metro/los-angeles