Data shows that students paid $8,341 on average to attend higher education courses at the time, $183 more than the previous school year.
Among the 129 institutions providing full disclosure in the county, Glendale Career College stood out with the highest tuition fees, reaching an average of $76,757. California Career College followed with an average of $67,000 per year. El Camino Community College District students were offered the lowest annual tuition fees at $1,144.
At the time, at least $548.4 million in grants or scholarships were awarded to full-time undergraduates who started at the Los Angeles County universities in the 2022-23 school year. Additionally, federal student loans reached more than $105.7 million.
Currently there are 135 higher education institutions in Los Angeles County, including FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, North-West College-Long Beach, and College of the Canyons.
Undergraduate education costs have seen a significant increase over the past few decades. Data shows a 169% rise in the average total cost, including tuition, fees, room, and board, between 1980 and 2020.
According to a 2023 College Board report, in-state students at public universities paid an average of $11,260, while out-of-state students paid $29,150 in the 2023-24 academic year.
Meanwhile, student loan debt has steadily increased over the last 30 years, reaching $1.75 trillion in 2024, averaging a total of $28,950 per borrower. Federal loans make up 92% of the debt, with over half of students at both public and private four-year colleges graduating with student loans.
Of the 135 institutions in Los Angeles County, six did not provide detailed data on tuition fees, including Dongguk University Los Angeles, American Jewish University, and Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health.
Available data sometimes exceeds 100% due to rounding and administrative calculations.
Total Student Aid in Los Angeles County Universities in 2022-23 School Year
| Institution | Number of Students Receiving Grants | Total Amount of Grants Received | Average Amount of Grant Per Student | Number of Students Receiving Loans | Total Amount of Loans Received | Average Amount of Loans Per Student |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCI College | 14 | $92,482 | $6,606 | 16 | $77,700 | $4,856 |
| Harvey Mudd College | 162 | $6,815,282 | $42,070 | 80 | $488,960 | $6,112 |
| California Career College | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Cerritos College | 1,984 | $11,723,104 | $5,909 | 28 | $185,411 | $6,622 |
| American Career College-Los Angeles | 338 | $1,959,930 | $5,799 | 326 | $3,161,374 | $9,697 |
| Presbyterian Theological Seminary in America | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Associated Technical College-Los Angeles | 222 | $1,050,536 | $4,732 | 83 | $472,680 | $5,695 |
| Long Beach City College | 2,555 | $14,567,511 | $5,702 | 20 | $147,161 | $7,358 |
| Musicians Institute | 47 | $176,346 | $3,752 | 31 | $170,111 | $5,487 |
| North-West College-Long Beach | 311 | $1,330,296 | $4,277 | 354 | $2,107,806 | $5,954 |
| Borner's Barber College | 7 | $45,491 | $6,499 | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| Career Care Institute | 391 | $1,764,523 | $4,513 | 387 | $2,888,513 | $7,464 |
| Annenberg School of Nursing | 6 | $42,513 | $7,086 | 6 | $66,670 | $11,112 |
| Pitzer College | 112 | $5,379,446 | $48,031 | 60 | $340,660 | $5,678 |
| California Institute of the Arts | 165 | $3,641,635 | $22,071 | 57 | $569,819 | $9,997 |
| Salon Success Academy-West Covina | 19 | $81,961 | $4,314 | 20 | $129,929 | $6,496 |
| El Camino Community College District | 1,767 | $11,555,475 | $6,540 | 18 | $113,906 | $6,328 |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 2,570 | $26,833,269 | $10,441 | 964 | $5,855,235 | $6,074 |
| Pomona Unified School District Adult and Career Education | 68 | $265,560 | $3,905 | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| Diamond Beauty College | 46 | $200,913 | $4,368 | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| Los Angeles Valley College | 724 | $4,903,105 | $6,772 | 10 | $88,840 | $8,884 |
| Art Center College of Design | 182 | $3,315,800 | $18,219 | 96 | $792,942 | $8,260 |
| Los Angeles Trade Technical College | 542 | $3,650,958 | $6,736 | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| Mt San Antonio College | 1,882 | $12,626,314 | $6,709 | 15 | $99,940 | $6,663 |
| Hollywood Cultural College | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Premiere Career College | 48 | $252,318 | $5,257 | 29 | $249,321 | $8,597 |
| California Institute of Technology | 124 | $7,464,865 | $60,201 | 37 | $392,700 | $10,614 |
| California State University-Northridge | 4,033 | $48,397,923 | $12,000 | 1,029 | $5,557,512 | $5,401 |
| CBD College | 93 | $482,107 | $5,184 | 128 | $1,309,277 | $10,229 |
| Gnomon | 6 | $24,990 | $4,165 | 7 | $36,500 | $5,214 |
| Casa Loma College-Los Angeles | 34 | $205,595 | $6,047 | 35 | $234,123 | $6,689 |
| Loyola Marymount University | 1,607 | $34,670,307 | $21,575 | 608 | $6,347,545 | $10,440 |
| Alhambra Medical University | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Life Pacific University | 70 | $687,077 | $9,815 | 46 | $304,278 | $6,615 |
| Pepperdine University | 855 | $28,203,012 | $32,986 | 412 | $3,657,454 | $8,877 |
| Marian Health Careers Center-Van Nuys Campus | 5 | $19,857 | $3,971 | 6 | $41,000 | $6,833 |
| ATI College-Whittier | 16 | $112,670 | $7,042 | 17 | $117,249 | $6,897 |
| California State University-Dominguez Hills | 1,785 | $19,767,686 | $11,074 | 203 | $914,532 | $4,505 |
| Latin American Bible Institute | 5 | $28,200 | $5,640 | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| Citrus College | 766 | $5,286,432 | $6,901 | 12 | $77,708 | $6,476 |
| Redondo Beach Beauty College | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Baldwin Park Adult & Community Education | 146 | $632,874 | $4,335 | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| Healthcare Career College | 263 | $1,141,157 | $4,339 | 263 | $1,704,243 | $6,480 |
| High Desert Medical College | 754 | $4,374,057 | $5,801 | 892 | $7,656,986 | $8,584 |
| Glendale Community College | 808 | $4,849,664 | $6,002 | 16 | $102,929 | $6,433 |
| North-West College-Glendale | 62 | $250,025 | $4,033 | 59 | $301,498 | $5,110 |
| Beyond 21st Century Beauty Academy | 0 | $0 | $0 | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| California State University-Long Beach | 4,070 | $42,781,835 | $10,512 | 1,284 | $7,015,255 | $5,464 |
| American Beauty College | 36 | $237,837 | $6,607 | 36 | $228,942 | $6,360 |
| Los Angeles Pierce College | 1,210 | $7,918,846 | $6,545 | 28 | $232,115 | $8,290 |
| ABC Adult School | 50 | $199,316 | $3,986 | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| Los Angeles Harbor College | 420 | $2,981,866 | $7,100 | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| Compton College | 139 | $827,369 | $5,952 | 6 | $41,073 | $6,846 |
| FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising | 115 | $1,479,757 | $12,867 | 87 | $683,172 | $7,853 |
| Otis College of Art and Design | 311 | $7,059,241 | $22,699 | 146 | $1,454,839 | $9,965 |
| College of the Canyons | 1,040 | $5,348,316 | $5,143 | 12 | $60,401 | $5,033 |
| America Evangelical University | 14 | $28,700 | $2,050 | 12 | $32,276 | $2,690 |
| Diversified Vocational College | 356 | $1,755,182 | $4,930 | 135 | $828,794 | $6,139 |
| Professional Institute of Beauty | 29 | $194,213 | $6,697 | 15 | $33,143 | $2,210 |
| Antelope Valley Community College District | 576 | $8,147,393 | $14,145 | 22 | $129,673 | $5,894 |
| Concorde Career College-North Hollywood | 268 | $1,318,753 | $4,921 | 278 | $2,718,364 | $9,778 |
| California College of ASU | 18 | $83,972 | $4,665 | 8 | $22,000 | $2,750 |
| International College of Beauty Arts & Sciences | 26 | $124,145 | $4,775 | 23 | $131,946 | $5,737 |
| Galaxy Medical College | 38 | $260,000 | $6,842 | 36 | $204,800 | $5,689 |
| California College of Music | 9 | $38,284 | $4,254 | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| Pomona College | 232 | $14,795,410 | $63,773 | 55 | $662,503 | $12,046 |
| Medical Allied Career Center | 55 | $320,120 | $5,820 | 55 | $419,525 | $7,628 |
| New York Film Academy | 250 | $3,094,637 | $12,379 | 97 | $1,505,429 | $15,520 |
| Pasadena City College | 2,088 | $14,563,809 | $6,975 | 9 | $52,624 | $5,847 |
| Homestead Schools | 0 | $0 | $0 | 5 | $39,472 | $7,894 |
| Hacienda La Puente Adult Education | 202 | $749,335 | $3,710 | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| Providence Christian College | 39 | $1,013,322 | $25,983 | 29 | $192,482 | $6,637 |
| National Career College | 109 | $806,770 | $7,402 | 101 | $777,213 | $7,695 |
| Capstone College | 37 | $201,851 | $5,455 | 42 | $320,391 | $7,628 |
| Angeles Institute | 25 | $221,341 | $8,854 | 25 | $270,768 | $10,831 |
| American University of Health Sciences | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Los Angeles Film School | 1,820 | $11,321,284 | $6,220 | 1,817 | $16,017,254 | $8,815 |
| Antioch University-Los Angeles | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Los Angeles Southwest College | 150 | $1,091,611 | $7,277 | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| Downey Adult School | 957 | $3,914,130 | $4,090 | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science | 6 | $37,106 | $6,184 | 5 | $79,210 | $15,842 |
| Learnet Academy Inc | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Rio Hondo College | 1,109 | $6,090,210 | $5,492 | 5 | $20,046 | $4,009 |
| Academy of Esthetics and Cosmetology | 8 | $48,713 | $6,089 | 7 | $37,656 | $5,379 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Sherman Oaks | 45 | $260,059 | $5,779 | 49 | $386,278 | $7,883 |
| American Jewish University | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Los Angeles City College | 508 | $3,650,666 | $7,186 | 23 | $204,028 | $8,871 |
| Hypnosis Motivation Institute | 33 | $206,538 | $6,259 | 40 | $375,572 | $9,389 |
| Los Angeles College of Music | 43 | $358,513 | $8,338 | 16 | $113,976 | $7,124 |
| California State University-Los Angeles | 3,449 | $43,037,272 | $12,478 | 540 | $2,795,609 | $5,177 |
| American Medical Sciences Center | 16 | $83,620 | $5,226 | 17 | $89,556 | $5,268 |
| Regan Career Institute | 0 | $0 | $0 | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| Los Angeles Pacific University | 11 | $95,682 | $8,698 | 10 | $65,884 | $6,588 |
| Institute of Culinary Education | 16 | $73,295 | $4,581 | 27 | $370,966 | $13,739 |
| ABCO Technology | 10 | $32,096 | $3,210 | 5 | $19,290 | $3,858 |
| East Los Angeles College | 1,222 | $9,395,587 | $7,689 | 6 | $32,664 | $5,444 |
| Los Angeles Mission College | 388 | $2,398,739 | $6,182 | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| American Academy of Dramatic Arts-Los Angeles | 56 | $707,722 | $12,638 | 26 | $215,412 | $8,285 |
| Dongguk University Los Angeles | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| North-West College-Van Nuys | 24 | $146,971 | $6,124 | 33 | $319,191 | $9,672 |
| CES College | 16 | $112,484 | $7,030 | 14 | $133,000 | $9,500 |
| Los Angeles College of Aesthetics | 20 | $112,405 | $5,620 | 13 | $80,470 | $6,190 |
| Brand College | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Beverly Hills Design Institute | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Flair Beauty College | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| NTMA Training Centers of Southern California | 73 | $787,903 | $10,793 | 23 | $178,312 | $7,753 |
| Los Angeles Pacific College | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Glendale Career College | 176 | $792,204 | $4,501 | 213 | $1,530,603 | $7,186 |
| KC Beauty Academy | 13 | $75,922 | $5,840 | 11 | $64,315 | $5,847 |
| Academy for Salon Professionals | 16 | $84,771 | $5,298 | 18 | $84,162 | $4,676 |
| John Wesley International Barber and Beauty College | 12 | $81,492 | $6,791 | 8 | $26,721 | $3,340 |
| American College of Healthcare and Technology | 203 | $1,292,204 | $6,366 | 202 | $1,700,968 | $8,421 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Pasadena | 11 | $61,635 | $5,603 | 12 | $76,386 | $6,366 |
| Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Biola University | 691 | $19,414,658 | $28,096 | 301 | $2,149,197 | $7,140 |
| Occidental College | 412 | $13,811,347 | $33,523 | 213 | $1,582,168 | $7,428 |
| North-West College-West Covina | 116 | $544,076 | $4,690 | 131 | $800,325 | $6,109 |
| Pacific Oaks College | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Azusa Pacific University | 508 | $14,555,222 | $28,652 | 212 | $1,278,697 | $6,032 |
| InterCoast Colleges-West Covina | 318 | $2,290,922 | $7,204 | 323 | $3,100,144 | $9,598 |
| Lancaster Beauty School | 47 | $332,983 | $7,085 | 47 | $348,134 | $7,407 |
| Pacific States University | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career Development Institute Inc | 27 | $199,734 | $7,398 | 29 | $233,500 | $8,052 |
| Claremont McKenna College | 171 | $8,917,478 | $52,149 | 113 | $839,702 | $7,431 |
| Angeles College | 27 | $169,832 | $6,290 | 27 | $256,803 | $9,511 |
| California Healing Arts College | 166 | $985,643 | $5,938 | 165 | $1,251,448 | $7,585 |
| Fremont University | 57 | $322,042 | $5,650 | 51 | $449,481 | $8,813 |
| Palladium Technical Academy Inc | 49 | $287,576 | $5,869 | 34 | $219,015 | $6,442 |
| Marian Health Careers Center-Los Angeles Campus | 10 | $47,806 | $4,781 | 12 | $90,000 | $7,500 |
| Integrity College of Health | 23 | $132,891 | $5,778 | 23 | $190,817 | $8,296 |
| National Polytechnic College | 14 | $88,380 | $6,313 | 20 | $140,455 | $7,023 |
| Platt College-Los Angeles | 58 | $260,064 | $4,484 | 38 | $365,210 | $9,611 |
| North-West College-Pomona | 94 | $422,247 | $4,492 | 113 | $727,471 | $6,438 |
| Mount Saint Mary's University | 374 | $13,881,749 | $37,117 | 282 | $1,813,012 | $6,429 |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
America Evangelical University• Abc Adult School• Antelope Valley College• Angeles Institute• Los Angeles Southwest College• Latin American Bible Institute• Institute of Culinary Education• Flair Beauty College• Capstone College• Mt San Antonio College• East Los Angeles College• National Polytechnic College• Los Angeles Mission College• El Camino Community College District• Academy for Salon Professionals• Learnet Academy Inc• Healthcare Career College• International College of Beauty Arts & Sciences• Concorde Career College-North Hollywood• Providence Christian College• Fidm-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising-Los Angeles• Musicians Institute• Los Angeles City College• California Institute of the Arts• Ces College• Brand College• Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health• John Wesley International Barber And Beauty College• Medical Allied Career Center• Pacific States University• California Career College• Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science• Paul Mitchell The School-Pasadena• North-West College-West Covina• Rio Hondo College• American Medical Sciences Center• Career Care Institute• California State University, Dominguez Hills• Baldwin Park Adult & Community Education• California State University Los Angeles• Presbyterian Theological Seminary in America• Marian Health Careers Center-Los Angeles Campus• Academy of Esthetics and Cosmetology• Marian Health Careers Center-Van Nuys Campus• Redondo Beach Beauty College• North-West College-Pomona• Loyola Marymount University• Beyond 21st Century Beauty Academy• California Institute of Technology• Galaxy Medical College• Angeles College• Harvey Mudd College• Homestead Schools• Glendale Career College• Cerritos College• North-West College-Glendale• Los Angeles College of Music• Fremont College• Regan Career Institute• American Beauty College• Casa Loma College-Van Nuys• Los Angeles Pacific College• North-West College-Pasadena• Los Angeles Film School• Pci College• National Career College• Downey Adult School• Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art• California State University, Northridge• KC Beauty Academy• American University of Health Sciences• Diversified Vocational College• Platt College-Los Angeles• Glendale Community College• Pitzer College• Los Angeles Valley College• Associated Technical College-Los Angeles• American Academy of Dramatic Arts-Los Angeles• Beverly Hills Design Institute• Mount Saint Mary's University• Integrity College of Health• Pomona Unified School District Adult and Career Education• Occidental College• California Healing Arts College• American Career College-Los Angeles• Pomona College• New York Film Academy• Columbia College Hollywood• El Camino College Compton Educ. Center• American College of Healthcare and Technology• Antioch University-Los Angeles• Azusa Pacific University• ATI College-Whittier• Professional Institute of Beauty• Salon Success Academy-West Covina• Cbd College• American Jewish University• Diamond Beauty College• Hypnosis Motivation Institute• College of the Canyons• Palace Beauty College• Hacienda La Puente Adult Education• Los Angeles Pierce College• Palladium Technical Academy• Life Pacific College• Lancaster Beauty School• Long Beach City College• California College of Music• Otis College Of Art And Design• Annenberg School Of Nursing• Abco Technology• Biola University• Pepperdine University• Intercoast Colleges-West Covina• California State Polytechnic University, Pomona• Los Angeles Pacific University• Paul Mitchell The School-Sherman Oaks• Premiere Career College• Career Development Institute Inc• High Desert Medical College• Los Angeles Harbor College• Hollywood Cultural College• Ntma Training Centers Of Southern California• California State University Long Beach• Dongguk University-Los Angeles• Borner's Barber College• Alhambra Medical University• Gnomon School Of Visual Effects• Citrus College• North-West College-Long Beach
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