West Los Angeles College


9000 Overland Avenue
Culver City, CA 90230


West Los Angeles College is an accredited California Community College offering paths to university transfer, career education and courses for personal or professional growth. The school is located on a 70-acre campus overlooking Culver City, Marina Del Rey and Greater West Los Angeles.

The school boasts an active student population of nearly 10,000 regular and extension students, 110 full-time faculty, more than 300 hourly faculty and 112 classified staff.

West Los Angeles College's dental hygiene program is a national model and extremely competitive to enter. The school's Paralegal program is the only one in the Los Angeles area recognized by the American Bar Association.

This California college awards more than 600 degrees and certificates annually in 39 different fields. Each year, West Los Angeles College sends more than 300 transfer students to four year colleges and many West associate degree and Certificate program graduates begin professional employment immediately after graduation in consumer education, engineering and industrial technologies, law and health.

More than 60 percent of the school's Associate Degree graduates each year transfer to four year colleges. Each semester, the college offers nearly 1,000 classes in 12 different academic disciplines. The College also offers associate degrees in 41 different subjects, 16 different certificates of completion, 25 different skill certificates and 26 different transfer associate degrees.

Quick Facts:
  • West Los Angeles College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The accreditation review process recently (June 2006) reaffirmed West's accreditation.

  • Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, Westside Extension has provided over 110,000 classes, serving over 50,000 different students. Each semester, Westside Extension offers more than 500 different classes in person and online.

  • In the 2003-2004 academic year, West Los Angeles College enrolled 8,305 students.

  • For students with children, West Los Angeles College offers professional child care on campus.

  • This school profile has been compiled and updated by The CollegeBound Network. The school is not affiliated with The CollegeBound Network and shall not be considered a sponsor of this program.
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