Montebello Woman's Club · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0California State University-Los Angeles is 4.9 miles from Montebello
No college sits inside Montebello’s boundary, but California State University-Los Angeles’s campus in Los Angeles, with 23,850 students on campus, is 4.9 miles from the center of town, and East Los Angeles College is 2.8 miles away in Monterey Park. About 7% of Montebello’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 Montebello. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Montebello
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Montebello
52 private colleges within 15 miles, two public colleges within 13.3 miles, and 15 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 Montebello’s median household income ($79,971) 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 Montebello: 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: Platt College-Los Angeles (4); The Chicago School at Los Angeles (8); Institute of Culinary Education (2); North-West College-West Covina (2); American Career College-Los Angeles (2); Glendale Career College (5); InterCoast Colleges-West Covina (4); Universal Technical Institute-Southern California (6); UEI College-Gardena (5); American Career College-Anaheim (2); North-West College-Long Beach (4); North-West College-Anaheim (4).
Questions about college near Montebello
Is Montebello a college town?
No. About 7 of every 100 Montebello residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as California (8). The nearest campus, the University of the West, is 2.7 miles away in Rosemead.
What colleges are near Montebello?
67 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: the University of Southern California (9.9 miles, 41,282 students on campus), California State University-Los Angeles (4.9 miles, 23,850) and East Los Angeles College (2.8 miles, 17,853).
What is the closest community college to Montebello, and what does it cost?
East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park, 2.8 miles away. Tuition and fees are $1,238 a year for California residents; the federal net price, $10,852, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Rio Hondo College cost if we live in California?
Tuition and fees are $1,388 a year in-state and $9,884 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $14,549 (under $30,000 income) to $17,355 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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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 Montebello. 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 →