Photo: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK · CC BY 2.0The University of California-Los Angeles is 2.3 miles from Beverly Hills
No college sits inside Beverly Hills’ boundary, but the University of California-Los Angeles’s campus in Los Angeles, with 46,029 students on campus, is 2.3 miles from the center of town, and American Academy of Dramatic Arts-Los Angeles is 3.5 miles away in Los Angeles. About 8% of Beverly Hills’ residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California (8%).
From the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard, June 2026; IPEDS fall 2023 enrollment) and the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–24. Straight-line distances from the center of Beverly Hills. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Beverly Hills
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Beverly Hills
43 private colleges within 15 miles, three public colleges within 13.4 miles, and 14 community colleges.
Degree-granting colleges with 100 or more students on campus (fall 2023 enrollment, minus students who study only online). Admitted: share of applicants offered a place. Net price: the average a year after grants, for students on federal aid. Graduate: within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting.
What would your family pay?
The average a year after grants, for families on federal aid, at the colleges within 15 miles. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at Over $110k, where Beverly Hills’ median household income ($132,977) falls.
The average a year after grants and scholarships, for first-time, full-time students on federal aid, from the College Scorecard. Your own price depends on your aid package; every college has a net price calculator. For community colleges the net price counts housing and food at full cost, so tuition is shown beside it. “—”: not reported for that income.
Do students finish, and does it pay?
Each dot is a college within 15 miles of Beverly Hills: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.
Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: American Career College-Los Angeles (2); West Coast University-Los Angeles (6); The Chicago School at Los Angeles (8); Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology (2); Glendale Career College (5); Platt College-Los Angeles (4); UEI College-Gardena (5).
Questions about college near Beverly Hills
Is Beverly Hills a college town?
No. About 8 of every 100 Beverly Hills residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as California (8). The nearest campus, the University of California-Los Angeles, is 2.3 miles away in Los Angeles.
What colleges are near Beverly Hills?
57 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: the University of California-Los Angeles (2.3 miles, 46,029 students on campus), the University of Southern California (7.9 miles, 41,282) and California State University-Northridge (13.3 miles, 34,847).
What is the closest community college to Beverly Hills, and what does it cost?
American Academy of Dramatic Arts-Los Angeles in Los Angeles, 3.5 miles away.
How much does the University of California-Los Angeles cost if we live in California?
Tuition and fees are $15,203 a year in-state and $49,403 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $5,579 (under $30,000 income) to $29,682 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
Neighbors talk college
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023 enrollment). “On campus” is fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Distances are straight-line from the center of Beverly Hills. Residents in college, age, rent and poverty (including poverty without college students, table B14006): U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24. Colleges are described, not graded; the College town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents are enrolled. How TownRatings describes colleges →