Homestead Schools is 3.4 miles from Rolling Hills
No college sits inside Rolling Hills’ boundary, but Homestead Schools’s campus in Torrance, with 178 students on campus, is 3.4 miles from the center of town, and Los Angeles Harbor College is 4.1 miles away in Wilmington. About 4% of Rolling Hills’ 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 Rolling Hills. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Rolling Hills
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Rolling Hills
11 private colleges within 14.5 miles, two public colleges within 13.6 miles, and five 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 Rolling Hills’ median household income ($250,001) 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 Rolling 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: Homestead Schools (2); UEI College-Gardena (5); North-West College-Long Beach (4); Universal Technical Institute-Southern California (6); Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology (2).
Questions about college near Rolling Hills
Is Rolling Hills a college town?
No. About 4 of every 100 Rolling Hills residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below California (8). The nearest campus, Homestead Schools, is 3.4 miles away in Torrance.
What colleges are near Rolling Hills?
18 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: California State University-Long Beach (13.6 miles, 38,193 students on campus), Long Beach City College (13.2 miles, 17,484) and El Camino Community College District (8.7 miles, 15,562).
What is the closest community college to Rolling Hills, and what does it cost?
Los Angeles Harbor College in Wilmington, 4.1 miles away. Tuition and fees are $1,238 a year for California residents; the federal net price, $13,250, 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.
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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 Rolling 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 →