Photo: Sherry Venegas from La Verne, CA · CC BY 2.0La Verne is home to University of La Verne
The University of La Verne (4,321 students on campus) is inside the city, and Western University of Health Sciences (3,621) is 4.5 miles from the center, just over the line in Pomona. About 7% of La Verne’s 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 La Verne. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college in La Verne
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of La Verne
23 private colleges within 13.1 miles, one public college within 5.2 miles, and three 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 $75–110k, where La Verne’s median household income ($103,761) 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 La Verne: 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: InterCoast Colleges-West Covina (4); North-West College-West Covina (2); West Coast University-Ontario (6); DeVry University-California (11); Universal Technical Institute of California Inc (6); Platt College-Ontario (4); San Joaquin Valley College-Ontario (14).
What students study in La Verne
Share of bachelor’s and associate degrees by field at University of La Verne, weighted by undergraduates; then the biggest programs.
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 La Verne
Is La Verne a college town?
No. About 7 of every 100 La Verne residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as California (8). The largest campus in the city, the University of La Verne, has 4,321 students on campus.
What colleges are in La Verne?
The University of La Verne is inside the city. Western University of Health Sciences is 4.5 miles from the center, in Pomona, Pomona College is 3.5 miles from the center, in Claremont, Claremont Graduate University is 3.4 miles from the center, in Claremont, and Mt San Antonio College is 6.7 miles away in Walnut.
What is the closest community college to La Verne, and what does it cost?
Mt San Antonio College in Walnut, 6.7 miles away. Tuition and fees are $1,364 a year for California residents; the federal net price, $6,490, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does California State Polytechnic University-Pomona cost if we live in California?
Tuition and fees are $7,780 a year in-state and $20,380 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $7,851 (under $30,000 income) to $20,716 (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 La Verne. 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 →