Photo: Ghostgrrrl626 · CC BY-SA 4.0California State University-Los Angeles is 4.9 miles from Rosemead
The University of the West (145 students on campus) is inside the city, and California State University-Los Angeles (23,850) is 4.9 miles from the center, in Los Angeles. About 7% of Rosemead’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 Rosemead. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college in Rosemead
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Rosemead
45 private colleges within 15 miles, two public colleges within 15 miles, and 13 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 Rosemead’s median household income ($73,566) 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 Rosemead: 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); Institute of Culinary Education (2); North-West College-West Covina (2); The Chicago School at Los Angeles (8); InterCoast Colleges-West Covina (4); Glendale Career College (5); American Career College-Los Angeles (2).
What students study in Rosemead
Share of bachelor’s and associate degrees by field at University of the West, 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 Rosemead
Is Rosemead a college town?
No. About 7 of every 100 Rosemead residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below California (8). The largest campus in the city, the University of the West, has 145 students on campus.
What colleges are in Rosemead?
The University of the West is inside the city. California State University-Los Angeles is 4.9 miles from the center, in Los Angeles, East Los Angeles College is 4.3 miles from the center, in Monterey Park, and Rio Hondo College is 4.4 miles from the center, in Whittier.
What is the closest community college to Rosemead, and what does it cost?
East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park, 4.3 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.
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 Rosemead. 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 →