About
The University of West Los Angeles (UWLA) is a private, for-profit, ABA unaccredited, State Bar of California approved, law school and business school in Los Angeles, California. It maintains two campuses, one in Inglewood and one in Woodland Hills.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 5 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 5 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data5 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
WASC Senior College and University Commission
WASC Senior College and University Commission
WASC Senior College and University Commission
Action history · 3
- Jun 2024Renewal of AccreditationWASC Senior College and University Commission
- Sep 2021Grant Substantive Change: ProgramWASC Senior College and University Commission
- Jun 2021Grant Substantive Change: ProgramWASC Senior College and University Commission
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 2 students received $6K in Pell grants, alongside $4.2M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 0 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 0.1% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at UWLA
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- Public property3
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
UWLA vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions UWLA selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUniversity of West Los Angeles | — | — | 367 | — | — |
| 0% | — | 112 | $24,825 | — | |
| — | — | 670 | — | — | |
| — | — | 154 | — | — | |
| — | — | 379 | — | — | |
| — | — | 299 | — | — | |
| — | — | 1,125 | — | — | |
| — | — | 55 | — | — | |
| — | — | 650 | — | — | |
| — | — | 692 | — | — | |
| — | — | 669 | — | — | |
| — | — | 273 | — | — | |
| — | — | 1,163 | — | — | |
| — | — | 1,131 | — | — | |
| — | — | 1,062 | — | — | |
| — | — | 484 | — | — | |
| — | — | 154 | — | — | |
| — | — | 1,089 | — | — | |
| 32% | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | 1,006 | — | — | |
| — | — | 78 | — | — | |
| — | — | 288 | — | — | |
| — | — | 262 | — | — | |
| — | — | 420 | — | — | |
| — | — | 273 | — | — | |
| — | — | 1,195 | — | — | |
| — | — | 718 | — | — | |
| — | — | 722 | — | — | |
| Peer group median | 16% | — | 484 | $24,825 |
Institutions like UWLA
Explore the federal data for institutions in UWLA's comparison group.
- California
Abraham Lincoln University
Grad rate0%Admit rate—Enrollment112Net price$24,825View data - New York
Albany Law School
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment670Net price—View data - Virginia
Appalachian School of Law
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment154Net price—View data - Georgia
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment379Net price—View data - Florida
Ave Maria School of Law
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment299Net price—View data - New York
Brooklyn Law School
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,125Net price—View data - California
Cal Northern School of Law
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment55Net price—View data - California
California Western School of Law
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment650Net price—View data - South Carolina
Charleston School of Law
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment692Net price—View data - New York
CUNY School of Law
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment669Net price—View data - Massachusetts
Massachusetts School of Law
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment273Net price—View data - Minnesota
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,163Net price—View data - Massachusetts
New England Law-Boston
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,131Net price—View data - New York
New York Law School
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,062Net price—View data - Rhode Island
Roger Williams University School of Law
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment484Net price—View data - California
San Joaquin College of Law
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment154Net price—View data - Texas
South Texas College of Law Houston
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,089Net price—View data - Louisiana
Southern University Law Center
Grad rate32%Admit rate—Enrollment—Net price—View data - California
Southwestern Law School
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,006Net price—View data - California
The Colleges of Law at Santa Barbara
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment78Net price—View data - California
The Colleges of Law at Ventura
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment288Net price—View data - California
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment262Net price—View data - Michigan
Thomas M Cooley Law School
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment420Net price—View data - California
Trinity Law School
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment273Net price—View data - California
University of California College of the Law-San Francisco
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,195Net price—View data - New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire-Franklin Pierce School of Law
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment718Net price—View data - Vermont
Vermont Law and Graduate School
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment722Net price—View data
UWLA Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The mission of the Institutional Research office is to collect, compile and analyze data that will provide informed decision making in support of the University of West Los Angeles’ overall mission. This includes, but not limited to supporting the academic and operational activities of the university.
Visit IR office page- Prof. Jesse AldavaDirector of Institutional Research & eLearning, Interim Director of Assessment, Adjunct Professor of Law
- Mr. Ben PhillipsFunctional Institutional Research
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Notable alumni of UWLA (8)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Tess Broussard
- Bobby Diamond
- Evan Freed
- Albert L. Gordon
- Louise Linton
- Lisa Specht
- Jeffrey Steinberger
- Jon Winokur
Frequently asked questions about University of West Los Angeles
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