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The Chicago School at Los Angeles

#1928 in US ranking Los Angeles, CA
Type:
Private not-for-profit
Programs:
4 years or more

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Cost

Tuition & fees
$21,780
Avg. aid
$6,802

Admissions

Acceptance rate
46%

Outcomes

Median salary
$57,178
1 yr after graduation

What does The Chicago School at Los Angeles offer in terms of athletics?

The Chicago School at Los Angeles is not presented as a conventional varsity-sports campus. Applicants should not assume it recruits NCAA teams, belongs to an athletic conference, or offers athletic scholarships.

That does not prevent students from pursuing exercise or informal recreation in Los Angeles, but community facilities and independently organized activities are different from institution-sponsored varsity, club, or intramural sports. Anyone for whom organized campus competition is a deciding factor should confirm the current Los Angeles-specific offerings before enrolling.

What student groups and Associations are available at The Chicago School at Los Angeles?

Student involvement at The Chicago School at Los Angeles is best understood in relation to its professionally focused programs. Academic interests, peer connection, and service activities may provide reasons for students to organize, but an institution-wide club listing does not establish that a group is currently active at this campus.

Applicants seeking a particular professional, cultural, or identity-based association should ask for the current Los Angeles student-organization directory and meeting information. It is worth distinguishing a recognized student-run group from an institution-hosted workshop or a professional association that students join independently; each offers a different level of student leadership and participation.

Who studies at The Chicago School at Los Angeles?

The Chicago School at Los Angeles serves a mix of first-time and transfer undergraduates alongside students pursuing graduate and professional education. Its reported 2024-25 entering undergraduate counts show 25 first-time degree- or certificate-seeking students and 71 transfer-in students.

Those are entrant counts, not total campus enrollment, so they should not be used to calculate the share of all students who transferred. The small first-time group also helps explain why admissions and graduation percentages require careful interpretation. Prospective students looking for peers at a particular life or career stage should ask about enrollment in their intended program and course format, rather than treating campus-wide figures as a description of every classroom.

How does student life look like at The Chicago School at Los Angeles?

Student life at The Chicago School at Los Angeles is likely to revolve more around classes, professional preparation, and connections within a degree program than around a residential-campus calendar. The institution's mix of transfer, undergraduate, and graduate study means classmates may have different schedules and educational goals.

For a prospective student, useful questions are practical ones: when classes meet, whether students in the program regularly attend in person, where they can study between sessions, and how orientation introduces them to academic and support services. Students arranging clinical or community-based training should also account for time spent away from the campus. These details will shape everyday opportunities to meet peers more directly than a general description of campus atmosphere.

What libraries are available to students at The Chicago School at Los Angeles?

Students at The Chicago School can use institution-level library research support and electronic academic resources, even though the reported count of physical libraries at the Los Angeles campus is zero. A zero physical-library count should not be interpreted as an absence of library services.

For psychology and related fields, access to scholarly journals, databases, research guides, and librarian assistance can be more consequential than the number of library buildings. Students should confirm how to sign in remotely, obtain an article that is not immediately available, and get help with literature searches. Those planning substantial in-person study time should separately check the Los Angeles campus's current study-space access and hours.

The Chicago School at Los Angeles Student Life for 2027

Total enrollment

3344

Veterans affair office

No

The Chicago School at Los Angeles Student Body

Undergraduate vs. graduate students

Undergraduate: 337
Graduate: 3,007

Full-time vs. part-time students

Full-time: 519
Part-time: 2,825

Data last updated on November 2, 2026

Data sources: IPEDS 2024-25, Peterson 2026, College Scorecard 10/2026, Clery 2024 (2023-24), OpenAlex 2026

Figures on this profile come from federal and third-party datasets in the editions listed above and are refreshed periodically, so they may differ from what the institution currently reports. Confirm costs, deadlines and requirements with the school before making decisions.