West Coast University-Los Angeles
About
West Coast University (WCU) is a private, for-profit university focused on healthcare degrees with campus locations in Los Angeles, Anaheim, and Ontario, California; Richardson, Texas; and Miami, Florida. David Pyle founded American Career College in 1979 under the name of American College of Optics. Originally the school focused only on optical dispensing. In May 1997, Pyle purchased West Coast University, which was chartered by the State of California in 1909, out of bankruptcy, and developed a program for the training of registered nurses.
Admissions & acceptance rate
How selective is this institution, and how many admitted students choose to enroll?
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 20.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Academic programs at WCUA
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
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
WCUA vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions WCUA 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectWest Coast University-Los Angeles | 31% | 92.3% | 2,673 | $51,992 | — |
AdventHealth University | 37% | 33.7% | 1,861 | $31,885 | — |
Allen College | — | — | 483 | — | — |
Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing | — | — | 539 | — | — |
Bellin College | 63% | 97.2% | 927 | $27,313 | — |
Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences | — | — | 193 | — | — |
Bryan College of Health Sciences | 63% | 67.4% | 765 | $25,884 | — |
Chamberlain University-Arizona | 50% | 90.9% | 693 | $37,002 | — |
Chamberlain University-Illinois | 42% | 82.6% | 32,944 | $26,933 | — |
Chamberlain University-Ohio | 29% | 87.5% | 257 | $32,074 | — |
Clarkson College | 36% | 78.2% | 1,121 | $15,928 | — |
Cox College | 100% | 100.0% | 724 | — | — |
D'Youville University | 67% | 81.4% | 2,556 | $19,585 | Doctoral/Professional |
Loma Linda University | — | — | 4,210 | — | R2 Research |
MGH Institute of Health Professions | — | — | 1,672 | — | — |
Mount Carmel College of Nursing | 54% | 84.3% | 670 | $12,939 | — |
Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health | 49% | 73.4% | 1,067 | $19,474 | — |
Regis College | 71% | 69.8% | 2,517 | $28,346 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Saint Anthony College of Nursing | — | — | 263 | — | — |
Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing | — | — | 605 | — | — |
Samuel Merritt University | — | — | 1,926 | — | — |
| Peer group median | 50% | 82.6% | 927 | $27,123 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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