Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0California State University-Dominguez Hills is 4 miles from Willowbrook
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science (763 students on campus) is inside the town, and California State University-Dominguez Hills (13,167) is 4 miles from the center, in Carson. About 6% of Willowbrook’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 Willowbrook. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college in Willowbrook
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Willowbrook
40 private colleges within 14.5 miles, three public colleges within 11.9 miles, and 16 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 Willowbrook’s median household income ($62,582) 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 Willowbrook: 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: UEI College-Gardena (5); Universal Technical Institute-Southern California (6); Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology (2); The Chicago School at Los Angeles (8); North-West College-Long Beach (4); Homestead Schools (2); American Career College-Los Angeles (2); Platt College-Los Angeles (4).
What students study in Willowbrook
Share of bachelor’s and associate degrees by field at Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, 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 Willowbrook
Is Willowbrook a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 Willowbrook residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below California (8). The largest campus in the town, Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, has 763 students on campus.
What colleges are in Willowbrook?
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science is inside the town. California State University-Dominguez Hills is 4 miles from the center, in Carson, Compton College is 3.3 miles from the center, in Compton, and UEI College-Gardena is 3.5 miles from the center, in Los Angeles.
What is the closest community college to Willowbrook, and what does it cost?
Compton College in Compton, 3.3 miles away. Tuition and fees are $1,142 a year for California residents; the federal net price, $12,647, 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.
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 Willowbrook. 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 →