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 | — | — |
Abraham Lincoln University | 0% | — | 112 | $24,825 | — |
Albany Law School | — | — | 670 | — | — |
Appalachian School of Law | — | — | 154 | — | — |
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School | — | — | 379 | — | — |
Ave Maria School of Law | — | — | 299 | — | — |
Brooklyn Law School | — | — | 1,125 | — | — |
Cal Northern School of Law | — | — | 55 | — | — |
California Western School of Law | — | — | 650 | — | — |
Charleston School of Law | — | — | 692 | — | — |
CUNY School of Law | — | — | 669 | — | — |
Massachusetts School of Law | — | — | 273 | — | — |
Mitchell Hamline School of Law | — | — | 1,163 | — | — |
New England Law-Boston | — | — | 1,131 | — | — |
New York Law School | — | — | 1,062 | — | — |
Roger Williams University School of Law | — | — | 484 | — | — |
San Joaquin College of Law | — | — | 154 | — | — |
South Texas College of Law Houston | — | — | 1,089 | — | — |
Southern University Law Center | 32% | — | — | — | — |
Southwestern Law School | — | — | 1,006 | — | — |
The Colleges of Law at Santa Barbara | — | — | 78 | — | — |
The Colleges of Law at Ventura | — | — | 288 | — | — |
Thomas Jefferson School of Law | — | — | 262 | — | — |
Thomas M Cooley Law School | — | — | 420 | — | — |
Trinity Law School | — | — | 273 | — | — |
University of California College of the Law-San Francisco | — | — | 1,195 | — | — |
University of New Hampshire-Franklin Pierce School of Law | — | — | 718 | — | — |
Vermont Law and Graduate School | — | — | 722 | — | — |
| Peer group median | 16% | — | 484 | $24,825 |
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
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about UWLA.
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