California 50 colleges

Los Angeles, California

IPEDS Fall Enrollment, US Department of Education · 2025

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Colleges

5 in the 2027 U.S. News rankings

Students

183,114

2025 school year

International

22,026

12.0% of students

Intl. undergrad / grad

7,460 / 14,566

2025 school year

International students by year

International undergraduate and graduate students (fall)

17K 13

19K 14

21K 15

23K 16

23K 17

24K 18

24K 19

24K 20

21K 21

23K 22

23K 23

23K 24

22K 25

UndergraduateGraduate

Students by group, 2025

White

20.0%

Asian

16.5%

Hispanic

35.9%

Black

7.6%

Other

8.0%

Intl.

12.0%

From 2013 to 2025, international students grew 32% and their share of students went from 9.7% to 12.0%.

Colleges in Los Angeles, California

Rank	School	Type	Students	International	International share
#27	University of Southern California	Private nonprofit, 4-year	46,566	12,374	26.6%
#20	University of California-Los Angeles	Public, 4-year	47,335	6,352	13.4%
#109	Loyola Marymount University	Private nonprofit, 4-year	10,179	907	8.9%
#148	California State University-Los Angeles	Public, 4-year	23,163	468	2.0%
—	Los Angeles City College	Public, 2-year	14,611	381	2.6%
—	World Mission University	Private nonprofit, 4-year	510	263	51.6%
—	Otis College of Art and Design	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,267	238	18.8%
—	Southern California Institute of Architecture	Private nonprofit, 4-year	418	212	50.7%
—	American Film Institute Conservatory	Private nonprofit, 4-year	379	182	48.0%
—	FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising	Private for-profit, 4-year	564	128	22.7%
—	Pacific States University	Private nonprofit, 4-year	101	100	99.0%
LAC #38	Occidental College	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,881	97	5.2%
—	The Chicago School at Los Angeles	Private nonprofit, 4-year	3,344	84	2.5%
—	Los Angeles Trade Technical College	Public, 2-year	12,519	41	0.3%
—	American Academy of Dramatic Arts-Los Angeles	Private nonprofit, 2-year	112	39	34.8%
—	Angeles College	Private for-profit, 4-year	603	32	5.3%
—	Southwestern Law School	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,006	25	2.5%
—	Mount Saint Mary's University	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,312	24	1.0%
—	Claremont School of Theology	Private nonprofit, 4-year	213	22	10.3%
—	Dongguk University Los Angeles	Private nonprofit, 4-year	102	19	18.6%
—	Los Angeles College of Aesthetics	—	117	12	10.3%
—	Los Angeles Southwest College	Public, 2-year	5,371	7	0.1%
—	Career Development Institute Inc	—	172	5	2.9%
—	Marian Health Careers Center-Los Angeles Campus	—	150	5	3.3%
—	West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies	Private for-profit, 4-year	548	3	0.5%
—	American Jewish University	Private nonprofit, 4-year	424	3	0.7%
—	Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary	Private nonprofit, 4-year	163	2	1.2%
—	Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine	Private nonprofit, 4-year	166	1	0.6%
—	Smith Chason College	Private for-profit, 4-year	2,447	0	0.0%
—	American Career College-Los Angeles	Private for-profit, 2-year	2,168	0	0.0%
—	CBD College	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,581	0	0.0%
—	Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science	Private nonprofit, 4-year	852	0	0.0%
—	Associated Technical College-Los Angeles	—	315	0	0.0%
—	Universal Healthcare Careers College	—	287	0	0.0%
—	Diversified Vocational College	—	264	0	0.0%
—	Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health	Public, 2-year	204	0	0.0%
—	ZMS The Academy	—	144	0	0.0%
—	Los Angeles Pacific College	Private for-profit, 2-year	78	0	0.0%
—	ABCO Technology	Private for-profit, 2-year	75	0	0.0%
—	California College of ASU	Private nonprofit, 4-year	71	0	0.0%
—	International College of Beauty Arts & Sciences	—	62	0	0.0%
—	Academy for Jewish Religion California	Private nonprofit, 4-year	58	0	0.0%
—	Borner's Barber College	—	54	0	0.0%
—	Universal College of Beauty Inc-Los Angeles 2	—	44	0	0.0%
—	KC Beauty Academy	—	41	0	0.0%
—	Hollywood Cultural College	—	38	0	0.0%
—	Reiss-Davis Graduate School	Private nonprofit, 4-year	35	0	0.0%
—	Los Angeles Community College District Office	—	0	0	—
—	Neihule Academy of Beauty	—	0	0	—
—	Annenberg School of Nursing - Los Angeles	—	0	0	—

Other cities in California

City	Colleges	Students	International
Los Angeles	47	183,114	22,026
Irvine	5	64,587	10,761
La Jolla	2	44,308	8,056
Berkeley	10	53,335	7,406
Davis	1	40,065	5,985
San Francisco	17	68,791	4,840
Stanford	1	18,625	4,790
Santa Barbara	6	41,033	3,482
Pasadena	14	76,896	3,167
San Jose	10	61,483	2,934
Riverside	12	65,259	2,908
San Diego	27	142,916	2,639
Santa Monica	2	23,683	1,778
Northridge	2	38,447	1,633
Long Beach	5	69,398	1,615
Santa Clara	2	16,637	1,440
Fullerton	5	65,162	1,327
Cupertino	1	17,425	1,318
Santa Cruz	2	20,259	1,238
Claremont	8	9,087	1,158
Stockton	8	31,223	1,089
Palo Alto	2	2,210	1,039
Hayward	4	26,070	947
Sacramento	17	106,666	885
Costa Mesa	5	20,012	819
Fresno	10	67,911	797
Burbank	3	2,099	687
Pomona	4	31,753	645
Oakland	9	22,184	639
Malibu	1	8,976	617
Pleasant Hill	3	17,828	611
Fremont	4	15,518	596
San Bernardino	5	33,840	557
Orange	4	22,024	552
La Mirada	1	5,434	539
Los Altos Hills	1	12,949	454
Hollywood	3	6,306	452
Monterey	3	10,140	433
Aliso Viejo	2	9,491	419
Mission Viejo	1	20,764	400
Valencia	1	1,277	387
Merced	4	22,161	382
Carson	3	15,525	376
San Mateo	1	9,901	351
Alhambra	3	1,054	345
Loma Linda	1	4,210	344
Torrance	3	21,865	340
Chico	3	15,353	319
Anaheim	12	9,924	289
San Marcos	5	40,923	280
San Bruno	1	9,572	261
Huntington Beach	2	10,754	253
Walnut	1	29,971	248
Rocklin	2	20,990	245
San Luis Obispo	4	35,509	239
Azusa	1	6,272	239
Thousand Oaks	1	3,351	230
El Cajon	5	23,743	224
La Verne	1	5,021	209
Glendale	6	13,534	203
Bakersfield	8	44,873	196
Monterey Park	1	33,677	195
Santa Ana	7	28,858	192
Atherton	1	810	187
North Hollywood	4	951	184
Whittier	3	20,244	183
Fountain Valley	3	9,312	182
Redwood City	2	7,183	181
Modesto	6	18,950	172
Santa Clarita	2	20,935	169
Glendora	1	10,429	166
Woodland Hills	1	16,906	137
Camarillo	1	5,592	133
San Pablo	1	6,538	124
Garden Grove	7	2,109	116
Cypress	1	15,924	115
Seaside	1	7,713	113
Livermore	1	8,103	95
Moraga	1	2,734	94
Santa Rosa	2	17,940	89
Rancho Cucamonga	3	24,174	87
Moorpark	1	14,583	87
Oroville	1	10,968	84
Oceanside	3	12,313	83
Kentfield	1	4,838	77
Palm Desert	5	13,618	74
Milpitas	1	238	69
Chula Vista	4	23,237	67
Redlands	2	3,307	67
Valley Glen	1	15,999	65
Rosemead	1	138	65
Turlock	1	9,724	64
Norwalk	1	21,859	58
Culver City	2	10,165	58
Aptos	1	9,457	54
Sonora	1	2,828	54
San Rafael	1	1,900	50
Carlsbad	1	186	49
Ventura	4	12,813	48
Norco	1	11,351	46
Redding	4	10,202	42
Saratoga	1	7,655	41
Laguna Beach	1	775	39
Ukiah	3	4,311	38
Santa Paula	1	566	38
Elk Grove	1	981	36
Whitter	1	149	36
Sylmar	1	10,690	35
Alameda	1	6,141	34
Santa Fe Springs	4	476	33
Pittsburg	1	8,455	32
Rohnert Park	1	5,891	32
Petaluma	1	297	32
Inglewood	2	778	31
Moreno Valley	1	11,920	29
Ontario	8	10,216	29
Angwin	1	974	26
El Monte	2	149	26
Quincy	1	2,055	24
Gardena	2	1,639	24
Folsom	1	11,098	23
Wilmington	1	9,463	23
Arcata	1	6,237	23
Visalia	5	18,152	22
Oxnard	3	7,546	21
Sandy Springs	1	2,454	21
Westminster	1	442	21
Lancaster	5	16,839	19
South Lake Tahoe	1	4,040	18
Weed	1	1,575	18
Santa Barbara CA	1	833	18
Signal Hill	1	473	16
Napa	1	4,844	14
Escondido	5	2,149	14
Cerritos	3	496	14
Belmont	1	306	13
Santa Maria	3	11,719	12
Coalinga	1	4,175	10
San Dimas	2	2,502	10
Fairfield	2	9,465	9
Gilroy	1	6,083	8
Rancho Mirage	2	542	7
Panorama City	1	398	6
Irwindale	1	105	6
Reedley	2	8,825	5
Victorville	2	8,521	5
Ridgecrest	1	5,549	5
Taft	1	4,464	5
Yucaipa	1	6,768	4
Porterville	2	4,862	4
Corona	3	301	4
Barstow	1	3,226	3
West Covina	6	2,865	3
Vallejo	3	2,031	3
Temecula	3	1,040	3
Lakewood	1	516	3
Newport Beach	1	102	3
Marysville	1	6,320	2
Lemoore	1	4,404	2
Woodland	1	4,128	2
Blythe	1	3,833	2
Reseda	2	1,208	2
Salida	1	598	2
San Leandro	1	326	2
ARTESIA	1	113	2
San Fernando	1	30	2
Imperial	1	8,873	1
Eureka	2	4,775	1
Los Alamitos	1	2,358	1
Poway	2	1,783	1
Rancho Cordova	3	1,046	1
Carpinteria	1	403	1
Van Nuys	2	384	1
Santee	1	96	1
La Quinta	1	66	1
San Jacinto	1	17,627	0
Salinas	4	12,121	0
Madera	1	6,636	0
Compton	1	5,225	0
Clovis	5	2,936	0
National City	2	2,167	0
Susanville	1	2,038	0
Joshua Tree	1	2,019	0
Vista	1	1,426	0
Emeryville	1	1,258	0
Huntington Park	2	1,204	0
Sherman Oaks	2	1,045	0
Downey	1	953	0
Colton	2	752	0
Citrus Heights	2	629	0
La Puente	2	603	0
Antioch	1	556	0
Hesperia	1	528	0
Vacaville	2	477	0
Paramount	1	447	0
Baldwin Park	1	426	0
Concord	2	396	0
El Dorado Hills	1	319	0
Cathedral City	1	292	0
Upland	1	254	0
Covina	1	217	0
Tarzana	1	209	0
South San Francisco	1	191	0
Canoga Park	1	190	0
Soledad	1	155	0
Watsonville	1	142	0
El Centro	1	130	0
Roseville	2	126	0
Riverbank	1	122	0
Beaumont	1	108	0
La Mesa	1	98	0
Coachella	1	96	0
Hemet	1	94	0
Danville	1	91	0
Sunnyvale	1	81	0
Daly City	1	77	0
Rialto	1	75	0
Paso Robles	1	73	0
Delano	1	69	0
South El Monte	1	67	0
West Hills	1	57	0
Yuba City	1	54	0
Temple City	1	49	0
Hanford	1	34	0
Fontana	1	29	0
Selma	1	21	0

Student counts: IPEDS Fall Enrollment, US Department of Education; 2025 is the latest year. Rankings: 2027 U.S. News National Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges.