by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
West Coast University - Los Angeles was awarded 4 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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West Coast University - Los Angeles was not ranked in College Factual's 2025 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
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Since West Coast University - Los Angeles has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At West Coast University - Los Angeles, this rate is 20 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at West Coast University - Los Angeles is 23%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
West Coast University - Los Angeles has a freshmen retention rate of 100%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at West Coast University - Los Angeles for first-time, full-time students is 40%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,413 undergraduates at West Coast University - Los Angeles with 2,144 being full-time and 269 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of West Coast University - Los Angeles, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At West Coast University - Los Angeles, approximately 86% of students took out student loans averaging $14,276 a year. That adds up to $57,104 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for West Coast University - Los Angeles are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 12215 Victory Boulevard, North Hollywood, CA 91606 |
| Phone: | 818-299-5500 |
| Website: | westcoastuniversity.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/WestCoastUniversity |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/#!/westcoastu |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 892 | $95,859 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 2,141 students took at least one online class at West Coast University - Los Angeles. This is an increase from the 1,799 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,141 | 85 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,799 | 0 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,721 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | 819 | 0 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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