Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0El Camino Community College District is 5 miles from Inglewood
Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology (319 students on campus) and the University of West Los Angeles (256) are inside the city, and El Camino Community College District (15,562) is 5 miles from the center, in Alondra Park. About 6% of Inglewood’s residents are enrolled in college, below 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 Inglewood. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college in Inglewood
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Inglewood
39 private colleges within 14.8 miles, three public colleges within 12.6 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 $48–75k, where Inglewood’s median household income ($72,750) 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 Inglewood: 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: Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology (2); UEI College-Gardena (5); The Chicago School at Los Angeles (8); American Career College-Los Angeles (2); Homestead Schools (2); Platt College-Los Angeles (4); Glendale Career College (5); Universal Technical Institute-Southern California (6).
What students study in Inglewood
Share of bachelor’s and associate degrees by field across Inglewood’s 2 colleges, weighted by undergraduates; then the biggest programs.
College Scorecard: degree shares (PCIP; each college’s six largest fields are kept, the rest count as everything else) and the field-of-study file, median earnings 4 years after graduating.
Questions about college in Inglewood
Is Inglewood a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 Inglewood residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below California (8). The largest campus in the city, Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology, has 319 students on campus.
What colleges are in Inglewood?
Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology and the University of West Los Angeles are inside the city. El Camino Community College District is 5 miles from the center, in Alondra Park, Loyola Marymount University is 4.2 miles from the center, in Los Angeles, Otis College of Art and Design is 4.1 miles from the center, in Los Angeles, and Los Angeles Southwest College is 2.9 miles away in Los Angeles.
What is the closest community college to Inglewood, and what does it cost?
Los Angeles Southwest College in Los Angeles, 2.9 miles away. Tuition and fees are $1,238 a year for California residents; the federal net price, $5,964, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does California State University-Dominguez Hills cost if we live in California?
Tuition and fees are $7,449 a year in-state and $20,049 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $7,303 (under $30,000 income) to $18,947 (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 Inglewood. 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 →