There are three public universities within the city limits: California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA), California State University, Northridge (CSUN) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Private colleges in the city include:
American Film Institute Conservatory
Alliant International University
American Academy of Dramatic Arts (Los Angeles Campus)
American Jewish University
Abraham Lincoln University
The American Musical and Dramatic Academy – Los Angeles campus
Antioch University's Los Angeles campus
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Columbia College Hollywood
Emerson College (Los Angeles Campus)
Emperor's College
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising's Los Angeles campus (FIDM)
Los Angeles Film School
Loyola Marymount University (LMU is also the parent university of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles)
Marymount College
Mount St. Mary's College
National University of California
Occidental College ("Oxy")
Otis College of Art and Design (Otis)
Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)
Southwestern Law School
University of Southern California (USC)
Woodbury University
The community college system consists of nine campuses governed by the trustees of the Los Angeles Community College District:
East Los Angeles College (ELAC)
Los Angeles City College (LACC)
Los Angeles Harbor College
Los Angeles Mission College
Los Angeles Pierce College
Los Angeles Valley College (LAVC)
Los Angeles Southwest College,
Los Angeles Trade-Technical College
West Los Angeles College

There are numerous additional colleges and universities outside the city limits in the Greater Los Angeles area, including the Claremont Colleges consortium, which includes the most selective liberal arts colleges in the U.S., and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), one of the top STEM-focused research institutions in the world.
There are three public universities within the city limits: California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA), California State University, Northridge (CSUN) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Private colleges in the city include:
American Film Institute Conservatory
Alliant International University
American Academy of Dramatic Arts (Los Angeles Campus)
American Jewish University
Abraham Lincoln University
The American Musical and Dramatic Academy – Los Angeles campus
Antioch University's Los Angeles campus
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Columbia College Hollywood
Emerson College (Los Angeles Campus)
Emperor's College
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising's Los Angeles campus (FIDM)
Los Angeles Film School
Loyola Marymount University (LMU is also the parent university of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles)
Marymount College
Mount St. Mary's College
National University of California
Occidental College ("Oxy")
Otis College of Art and Design (Otis)
Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)
Southwestern Law School
University of Southern California (USC)
Woodbury University
The community college system consists of nine campuses governed by the trustees of the Los Angeles Community College District:
East Los Angeles College (ELAC)
Los Angeles City College (LACC)
Los Angeles Harbor College
Los Angeles Mission College
Los Angeles Pierce College
Los Angeles Valley College (LAVC)
Los Angeles Southwest College,
Los Angeles Trade-Technical College
West Los Angeles College

There are numerous additional colleges and universities outside the city limits in the Greater Los Angeles area, including the Claremont Colleges consortium, which includes the most selective liberal arts colleges in the U.S., and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), one of the top STEM-focused research institutions in the world.
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