West Los Angeles College: Information from Answers.com

Coordinates: 34°00′14.81″N 118°23′11.76″W / 34.0041139°N 118.3866°W / 34.0041139; -118.3866

West Los Angeles College, WLAC, West LA College

Established	February 1969
Type	Public Junior College
President	Mark Rocha
Students	10,000
Location	Los Angeles County, CA, USA
Campus	Urban
Nickname	Wildcats
Website	www.wlac.edu

Aerial view of the campus.

West Los Angeles College (also called West L.A. College or WLAC) is a public community college located in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California, United States, adjacent to Culver City.^[1] It opened in 1969 and serves approximately 10,000 students in the communities of Baldwin Hills, Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Century City, Crenshaw, Culver City, La Tijera/Windsor Hills, Marina del Rey, Mar Vista, Pacific Palisades, Palms, Playa del Rey, Venice, Westchester, West Los Angeles and Westwood. Students come from a rich mixture of nationalities and cultures.

WLAC is a part of the California Community Colleges System, within the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD), and fully accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges [1]. The school offers Associate's degrees, 18 vocationally oriented programs in addition to 25 transfer programs.

Athletics

WLAC fields teams in 8 intercollegiate sports with 5 men's teams and 3 women's teams. The Wildcats are members of the Western State Conference. The teams were previously known as the "Hustling Oilers".

References

^ http://gaea.culvercity.org/imf/imf.jsp?site=GenCity

External links

	Los Angeles portal
	University portal

v • d • e Western State Conference

Allan Hancock College • Bakersfield College • Citrus College • College of the Canyons • Cuesta College • Glendale College • Los Angeles Pierce College • Los Angeles Valley College • Moorpark College • Oxnard College • Santa Barbara City College • Santa Monica College • Ventura College • West Los Angeles College

v • d • e Los Angeles Community College District

East Los Angeles College – Los Angeles City College – Los Angeles Harbor College – Los Angeles Mission College – Los Angeles Pierce College – Los Angeles Trade-Technical College – Los Angeles Valley College – Los Angeles Southwest College – West Los Angeles College

v • d • e Colleges and Universities in Los Angeles County

Community colleges	Antelope Valley College • Cerritos College • Citrus College • College of the Canyons • Compton City College • East Los Angeles College • El Camino College • Glendale Community College • Long Beach City College • Los Angeles City College • Los Angeles Harbor College • Los Angeles Mission College • Los Angeles Pierce College • Los Angeles Valley College • Los Angeles Southwest College • Los Angeles Trade-Technical College • Mt. San Antonio College • Pasadena City College • Rio Hondo College • Santa Monica College • West Los Angeles College

Public universities	California State University, Dominguez Hills • California State University, Long Beach • California State University, Los Angeles • California State University, Northridge • California State Polytechnic University, Pomona • University of California, Los Angeles

Private universities	AFI Conservatory • Alliant International University • American Jewish University • American Musical and Dramatic Academy • Antioch University Los Angeles • Art Center College of Design • Azusa Pacific University • Biola University • California Institute of the Arts • California Institute of Technology • Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science • Claremont Colleges • Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising • Fuller Theological Seminary • Life Pacific College • Loyola Marymount University • Occidental College • Otis College of Art and Design • The Master's College • Mount St. Mary's College • National University • Pacific Oaks College • Pepperdine University • Southern California Institute of Architecture • Southern California University of Health Sciences • Southwestern Law School • The King's College • University of La Verne • University of Southern California • University of the West • West Coast Baptist College • Whittier College • Woodbury University

For-profit branches	American InterContinental University • Art Institute of California • Brooks College • DeVry University • The Los Angeles Film School • ITT Technical Institute • Western State University College of Law

This article on a western U.S. institution of higher education is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)

Donate to Wikimedia

	DelVaughn Alexander
	Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter School
	Western State Conference

	Is Burbank east or west of Downtown Los Angeles? Read answer...
	What is the distance between west hollywood and los angeles? Read answer...
	How long does it take to fly from Glasgow or the west of Scotland to Los Angeles? Read answer...

	How much west of los angeles is san francisco?
	Which is further west reno or los angeles?
	Is las vegas futher west than los angeles?