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Colleges in and near Pico Rivera

East Los Angeles College is 4.9 miles from Pico Rivera

No college sits inside Pico Rivera’s boundary, but East Los Angeles College’s campus in Monterey Park, with 17,853 students on campus, is 4.9 miles from the center of town, and Rio Hondo College is 3.8 miles away in Whittier. About 8% of Pico Rivera’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California (8%).

Rio Hondo CollegeEast Los Angeles College

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 Pico Rivera. Colleges are described, not graded.

Within 15 miles
70
351,585 students on campus
Nearest college
3.3 mi
Whittier College
Residents in college
8%
About the same as CA (8%)
Nearest community college
3.8 mi
Rio Hondo College · $1,388 tuition
Nearest public university
3.8 mi
Rio Hondo College · $1,388 in-state
Median household income
$88K
prices below start here

What stands out about college from Pico Rivera

Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.

Two colleges within 4.9 milesTogether they have 30,376 students on campus.A community college 3.8 miles awayRio Hondo College in Whittier: tuition and fees $1,388 a year for California residents.In-state price at Rio Hondo CollegeLiving in California, Rio Hondo College charges $1,388 in tuition and fees; from out of state, $9,884. State residency rules decide which a new arrival pays.Students are 8% of residentsAbout the same as California (8%). The Census counts anyone enrolled, including part-time and online students.
Every college

Colleges within 15 miles of Pico Rivera

52 private colleges within 15 miles, four public colleges within 14.3 miles, and 15 community colleges.

5 mi10 mi15 miUniversity of Southern CaliforniaCalifornia State University-FullertonCalifornia State University-Long BeachPico Rivera
University or collegeCommunity college
Whittier CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 859 on campus · 3.3 mi · Whittier81%admitted$26knet price60%graduate$59kearningsRio Hondo CollegeCommunity college · Public · 12,523 on campus · 3.8 mi · Whittier$14knet price25%graduate$45kearningsTuition and fees: $1,388 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.University of the WestUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 145 on campus · 3.9 mi · Rosemead100%admitted$7knet price38%graduateEast Los Angeles CollegeCommunity college · Public · 17,853 on campus · 4.9 mi · Monterey Park$11knet price37%graduate$42kearningsTuition and fees: $1,238 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.ATI College-WhittierUniversity or college · For-profit · 125 on campus · 5.7 mi · Whitter$20knet price72%graduate$39kearningsCalifornia State University-Los AngelesUniversity or college · Public · 23,850 on campus · 7 mi · Los Angeles91%admitted$4knet price53%graduate$59kearningsCerritos CollegeCommunity college · Public · 13,757 on campus · 7.1 mi · Norwalk$2knet price31%graduate$41kearningsTuition and fees: $1,364 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.Alhambra Medical UniversityUniversity or college · For-profit · 144 on campus · 7.1 mi · AlhambraBiola UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 4,288 on campus · 7.2 mi · La Mirada74%admitted$31knet price68%graduate$57kearningsPlatt College-Los AngelesUniversity or college · For-profit · 405 on campus · 7.3 mi · Alhambra$28knet price63%graduate$41kearningsEarnings are reported for all 4 campuses that file with it.California Institute of Advanced ManagementUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 163 on campus · 7.3 mi · AlhambraGraduate students only; the Scorecard reports no undergraduate figures.Southern California University of Health SciencesUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 957 on campus · 7.6 mi · Whittier · mostly online$46knet price50%graduate$71kearnings52% of its students study only online; price, graduation and earnings count them too.Healthcare Career CollegeUniversity or college · For-profit · 381 on campus · 7.7 mi · Paramount$14knet price71%graduate$33kearningsPCI CollegeUniversity or college · For-profit · 163 on campus · 8 mi · Cerritos$27knet price68%graduate$36kearningsPremiere Career CollegeUniversity or college · For-profit · 106 on campus · 8.4 mi · Irwindale$25knet price52%graduate$41kearningsLos Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied HealthCommunity college · Public · 220 on campus · 8.7 mi · Los Angeles$115kearningsSouthern California Institute of ArchitectureUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 457 on campus · 9.1 mi · Los Angeles77%admitted$44knet price71%graduate$72kearningsNational Polytechnic CollegeUniversity or college · For-profit · 299 on campus · 9.4 mi · Lakewood$31knet price47%graduate$31kearningsNorth-West College-West CovinaUniversity or college · For-profit · 635 on campus · 9.8 mi · West Covina$30knet price68%graduate$38kearningsEarnings are reported for all 2 campuses that file with it.Charles R Drew University of Medicine and ScienceUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 763 on campus · 9.9 mi · Los Angeles39%admitted$36knet price30%graduate$83kearningsGlendale Career College-North-West College-MFSONUniversity or college · For-profit · 218 on campus · 9.9 mi · West Covina$45knet price$41kearningsEarnings are reported for all 5 campuses that file with it.Compton CollegeCommunity college · Public · 3,330 on campus · 10.3 mi · Compton$13knet price27%graduate$34kearningsTuition and fees: $1,142 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.California Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 2,463 on campus · 10.4 mi · Pasadena3%admitted$16knet price94%graduate$129kearningsCalifornia College of ASUUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 136 on campus · 10.4 mi · Los AngelesFIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & MerchandisingUniversity or college · For-profit · 1,348 on campus · 10.5 mi · Los AngelesThe Chicago School at Los AngelesUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 616 on campus · 10.5 mi · Los Angeles · mostly online46%admitted0%graduate$57kearnings82% of its students study only online; price, graduation and earnings count them too.Earnings are reported for all 8 campuses that file with it.Los Angeles Trade Technical CollegeCommunity college · Public · 8,945 on campus · 10.7 mi · Los Angeles$12knet price35%graduate$35kearningsTuition and fees: $1,238 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.Pasadena City CollegeCommunity college · Public · 17,485 on campus · 10.8 mi · Pasadena$4knet price48%graduate$44kearningsTuition and fees: $1,180 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.Los Angeles College of MusicUniversity or college · For-profit · 279 on campus · 10.9 mi · Pasadena88%admitted$44knet price41%graduate$32kearningsLong Beach City CollegeCommunity college · Public · 17,484 on campus · 11.1 mi · Long Beach$6knet price30%graduate$39kearningsTuition and fees: $1,556 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.Institute of Culinary EducationUniversity or college · For-profit · 357 on campus · 11.1 mi · Pasadena77%graduate$48kearningsEarnings are reported for all 2 campuses that file with it.Fuller Theological SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 770 on campus · 11.3 mi · Pasadena · mostly online60% of its students study only online; price, graduation and earnings count them too.Graduate students only; the Scorecard reports no undergraduate figures.Grace Mission UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 121 on campus · 11.3 mi · Fullerton100%graduateUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 41,282 on campus · 11.4 mi · Los Angeles10%admitted$33knet price92%graduate$92kearningsProvidence Christian CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 147 on campus · 11.4 mi · Pasadena100%admitted$25knet price20%graduate$46kearningsAmerican Career College-AnaheimUniversity or college · For-profit · 1,643 on campus · 11.6 mi · Anaheim$31knet price70%graduate$38kearningsEarnings are reported for all 2 campuses that file with it.Cypress CollegeCommunity college · Public · 10,494 on campus · 11.7 mi · Cypress$5knet price37%graduate$44kearningsTuition and fees: $1,150 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.Universal Technical Institute-Southern CaliforniaUniversity or college · For-profit · 1,447 on campus · 11.7 mi · Long Beach$28knet price63%graduate$53kearningsEarnings are reported for all 6 campuses that file with it.Occidental CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 1,854 on campus · 11.8 mi · Los Angeles44%admitted$38knet price81%graduate$76kearningsSaybrook UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 705 on campus · 11.9 mi · PasadenaGraduate students only; the Scorecard reports no undergraduate figures.Pacific Oaks CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 405 on campus · 11.9 mi · Pasadena · mostly online34%admitted$52kearnings61% of its students study only online; price, graduation and earnings count them too.South Baylo UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 234 on campus · 12.3 mi · AnaheimGraduate students only; the Scorecard reports no undergraduate figures.InterCoast Colleges-West CovinaUniversity or college · For-profit · 118 on campus · 12.4 mi · West Covina · mostly online$28knet price97%graduate$36kearnings77% of its students study only online; price, graduation and earnings count them too.Earnings are reported for all 4 campuses that file with it.Southwestern Law SchoolUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 950 on campus · 12.5 mi · Los AngelesGraduate students only; the Scorecard reports no undergraduate figures.Fullerton CollegeCommunity college · Public · 12,859 on campus · 12.6 mi · Fullerton$6knet price34%graduate$43kearningsTuition and fees: $1,150 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.North-West College-AnaheimUniversity or college · For-profit · 455 on campus · 12.7 mi · Anaheim$29knet price60%graduate$40kearningsEarnings are reported for all 4 campuses that file with it.Integrity College of HealthUniversity or college · For-profit · 154 on campus · 12.8 mi · Pasadena$15knet price0%graduateCalifornia State University-Dominguez HillsUniversity or college · Public · 13,167 on campus · 12.9 mi · Carson93%admitted$9knet price43%graduate$57kearningsLos Angeles Southwest CollegeCommunity college · Public · 1,754 on campus · 13 mi · Los Angeles · mostly online$6knet price34%graduate$32kearnings67% of its students study only online; price, graduation and earnings count them too.Tuition and fees: $1,238 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.Angeles CollegeUniversity or college · For-profit · 493 on campus · 13 mi · Los Angeles$29knet price93%graduate$49kearningsSouthern California Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · For-profit · 536 on campus · 13.1 mi · Anaheim74%admitted$33knet price74%graduate$54kearningsSmith Chason CollegeUniversity or college · For-profit · 2,221 on campus · 13.2 mi · Los Angeles$34knet price72%graduate$58kearningsAmerican Career College-Los AngelesUniversity or college · For-profit · 2,066 on campus · 13.2 mi · Los Angeles$32knet price75%graduate$38kearningsEarnings are reported for all 2 campuses that file with it.UEI College-GardenaUniversity or college · For-profit · 1,115 on campus · 13.2 mi · Gardena$29knet price60%graduate$31kearningsEarnings are reported for all 5 campuses that file with it.West Coast University-Center for Graduate StudiesUniversity or college · For-profit · 527 on campus · 13.2 mi · Los Angeles$103kearningsEarnings are reported for all 6 campuses that file with it.Graduate students only; the Scorecard reports no undergraduate figures.Bethesda UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 248 on campus · 13.2 mi · Anaheim$11knet price11%graduateCBD CollegeCommunity college · Private nonprofit · 824 on campus · 13.4 mi · Los Angeles$23knet price82%graduate$37kearningsNorth-West College-Long BeachUniversity or college · For-profit · 576 on campus · 13.4 mi · Long Beach$34knet price58%graduate$40kearningsEarnings are reported for all 4 campuses that file with it.Los Angeles City CollegeCommunity college · Public · 6,569 on campus · 13.5 mi · Los Angeles · mostly online$10knet price29%graduate$36kearnings53% of its students study only online; price, graduation and earnings count them too.Tuition and fees: $1,238 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.Marshall B Ketchum UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 679 on campus · 13.5 mi · FullertonGraduate students only; the Scorecard reports no undergraduate figures.Art Center College of DesignUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 2,339 on campus · 13.6 mi · Pasadena75%admitted$49knet price79%graduate$72kearningsCalifornia State University-FullertonUniversity or college · Public · 38,210 on campus · 13.8 mi · Fullerton91%admitted$7knet price70%graduate$63kearningsHope International UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 656 on campus · 14 mi · Fullerton33%admitted$29knet price49%graduate$50kearningsAmerican University of Health SciencesUniversity or college · For-profit · 523 on campus · 14.1 mi · Signal Hill50%admitted50%graduate$94kearningsCalifornia State University-Long BeachUniversity or college · Public · 38,193 on campus · 14.3 mi · Long Beach46%admitted$10knet price69%graduate$64kearningsMt San Antonio CollegeCommunity college · Public · 21,946 on campus · 14.5 mi · Walnut$6knet price45%graduate$46kearningsTuition and fees: $1,364 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.American Medical Sciences CenterUniversity or college · For-profit · 200 on campus · 14.5 mi · Glendale$22knet price75%graduate$30kearningsGlendale Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · 7,661 on campus · 14.6 mi · Glendale$8knet price37%graduate$42kearningsTuition and fees: $1,191 a year. The net price counts housing and food at full cost.Glendale Career CollegeUniversity or college · For-profit · 854 on campus · 14.6 mi · Glendale$49knet price63%graduate$41kearningsEarnings are reported for all 5 campuses that file with it.Azusa Pacific UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · 5,836 on campus · 15 mi · Azusa88%admitted$22knet price62%graduate$67kearnings

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 it costs

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.

Family income

Starts at $75–110k, where Pico Rivera’s median household income ($88,201) falls.

Cerritos College7.1 mi · Norwalk · sticker $10,236 · tuition $1,364$6,599a year
California State University-Los Angeles7 mi · Los Angeles · sticker $18,403$7,355a year
Los Angeles Southwest College13 mi · Los Angeles · mostly online · sticker $13,624 · tuition $1,238$7,420a year
California State University-Fullerton13.8 mi · Fullerton · sticker $18,269$8,930a year
Pasadena City College10.8 mi · Pasadena · sticker $13,677 · tuition $1,180$9,136a year
Long Beach City College11.1 mi · Long Beach · sticker $14,503 · tuition $1,556$10,042a year
Cypress College11.7 mi · Cypress · sticker $14,290 · tuition $1,150$10,163a year
Fullerton College12.6 mi · Fullerton · sticker $14,369 · tuition $1,150$10,392a year
Mt San Antonio College14.5 mi · Walnut · sticker $15,701 · tuition $1,364$11,065a year
Bethesda University13.2 mi · Anaheim · sticker $13,575$11,759a year
California State University-Dominguez Hills12.9 mi · Carson · sticker $23,191$12,323a year
California State University-Long Beach14.3 mi · Long Beach · sticker $22,679$12,630a year
Glendale Community College14.6 mi · Glendale · sticker $17,501 · tuition $1,191$13,944a year
Healthcare Career College7.7 mi · Paramount · sticker $18,873$14,135a year
Los Angeles City College13.5 mi · Los Angeles · mostly online · sticker $18,924 · tuition $1,238$14,784a year
East Los Angeles College4.9 mi · Monterey Park · sticker $19,193 · tuition $1,238$15,346a year
Los Angeles Trade Technical College10.7 mi · Los Angeles · sticker $20,457 · tuition $1,238$16,399a year
Compton College10.3 mi · Compton · sticker $20,447 · tuition $1,142$16,689a year
Rio Hondo College3.8 mi · Whittier · sticker $21,391 · tuition $1,388$17,305a year
Integrity College of Health12.8 mi · Pasadena · sticker $20,178$18,055a year
California Institute of Technology10.4 mi · Pasadena · sticker $86,886$18,753a year
University of Southern California11.4 mi · Los Angeles · sticker $90,300$24,976a year
Premiere Career College8.4 mi · Irwindale · sticker $32,314$25,469a year
American Medical Sciences Center14.5 mi · Glendale · sticker $27,293$25,745a year
Whittier College3.3 mi · Whittier · sticker $63,664$26,718a year
Occidental College11.8 mi · Los Angeles · sticker $84,800$28,033a year
Biola University7.2 mi · La Mirada · sticker $62,757$29,846a year
InterCoast Colleges-West Covina12.4 mi · West Covina · mostly online · sticker $35,442$29,968a year
Platt College-Los Angeles7.3 mi · Alhambra · sticker $32,164$31,116a year
North-West College-Anaheim12.7 mi · Anaheim · sticker $31,922$31,247a year
Angeles College13 mi · Los Angeles · sticker $33,854$31,390a year
North-West College-West Covina9.8 mi · West Covina · sticker $34,193$32,242a year
Universal Technical Institute-Southern California11.7 mi · Long Beach · sticker $33,041$32,469a year
American Career College-Anaheim11.6 mi · Anaheim · sticker $35,751$32,492a year
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science9.9 mi · Los Angeles · sticker $39,834$33,075a year
Hope International University14 mi · Fullerton · sticker $51,784$33,634a year
American Career College-Los Angeles13.2 mi · Los Angeles · sticker $37,270$34,343a year
National Polytechnic College9.4 mi · Lakewood · sticker $34,762$34,762a year
North-West College-Long Beach13.4 mi · Long Beach · sticker $36,942$35,381a year
Southern California Institute of Technology13.1 mi · Anaheim · sticker $37,992$35,453a year
Smith Chason College13.2 mi · Los Angeles · sticker $39,461$36,953a year
Art Center College of Design13.6 mi · Pasadena · sticker $75,649$45,677a year
Glendale Career College-North-West College-MFSON9.9 mi · West Covina · sticker $49,247$48,232a year
Los Angeles College of Music10.9 mi · Pasadena · sticker $49,705$49,455a year
Glendale Career College14.6 mi · Glendale · sticker $51,802$50,013a year
University of the West3.9 mi · Rosemead · sticker $21,278—a year
ATI College-Whittier5.7 mi · Whitter · sticker $29,726—a year
Southern California University of Health Sciences7.6 mi · Whittier · mostly online · sticker $57,740—a year
PCI College8 mi · Cerritos · sticker $33,852—a year
Southern California Institute of Architecture9.1 mi · Los Angeles · sticker $71,612—a year
Providence Christian College11.4 mi · Pasadena · sticker $53,447—a year
UEI College-Gardena13.2 mi · Gardena · sticker $34,105—a year
CBD College13.4 mi · Los Angeles · sticker $28,569—a year
Azusa Pacific University15 mi · Azusa · sticker $56,313—a year

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.

Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay?

Each dot is a college within 15 miles of Pico Rivera: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.

$0$20k$40k$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k0%25%50%75%100%Graduate →East Los Angeles CollegeCalifornia State University-Los AngelesUniversity of Southern CaliforniaCalifornia State University-FullertonCalifornia State University-Long BeachMt San Antonio College
University of Southern California92% graduate$92k earnings$18k typical debt
California State University-Fullerton70% graduate$63k earnings$14k typical debt
California State University-Long Beach69% graduate$64k earnings$14k typical debt
California State University-Los Angeles53% graduate$59k earnings$13k typical debt
Mt San Antonio College45% graduate$46k earnings$6k typical debt
East Los Angeles College37% graduate$42k earnings$10k typical debt
Pasadena City College48% graduate$44k earnings$7k typical debt
Long Beach City College30% graduate$39k earnings$10k typical debt
Cerritos College31% graduate$41k earnings$8k typical debt
California State University-Dominguez Hills43% graduate$57k earnings$14k typical debt
Fullerton College34% graduate$43k earnings$4k typical debt
Rio Hondo College25% graduate$45k earnings$6k typical debt

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); North-West College-West Covina (2); The Chicago School at Los Angeles (8); Institute of Culinary Education (2); American Career College-Anaheim (2); Universal Technical Institute-Southern California (6); InterCoast Colleges-West Covina (4); North-West College-Anaheim (4); American Career College-Los Angeles (2); UEI College-Gardena (5); North-West College-Long Beach (4); Glendale Career College (5).

Questions about college near Pico Rivera

Is Pico Rivera a college town?

No. About 8 of every 100 Pico Rivera residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as California (8). The nearest campus, Whittier College, is 3.3 miles away in Whittier.

What colleges are near Pico Rivera?

70 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: the University of Southern California (11.4 miles, 41,282 students on campus), California State University-Fullerton (13.8 miles, 38,210) and California State University-Long Beach (14.3 miles, 38,193).

What is the closest community college to Pico Rivera, and what does it cost?

Rio Hondo College in Whittier, 3.8 miles away. Tuition and fees are $1,388 a year for California residents; the federal net price, $14,379, 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 Pico Rivera. 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 →