West Los Angeles College


West Los Angeles College is a public community college in Culver City, Los Angeles County, California. It is part of the California Community Colleges System and the Los Angeles Community College District. It is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. The school offers associate degrees including 18 vocational-oriented programs in addition to 25 transfer programs. The college awards more than 600 degrees and certificates annually in 39 fields.
Beginning in the fall of 2016, WLAC became one of only 15 community colleges in the State of California approved to offer a bachelor's degree. The college is now authorized to teach two bachelor's degree programs, dental hygiene and avionics.
Ethnic breakdown20182017
Hispanic and Latino American47%45%
African American20%23%
Asian American4%5%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander0%0%
White10%11%
Multiracial Americans3%3%
International students2%3%
Unknown13%9%
Female60%58%
Male40%42%

WWW wlac.edu

Athletics

The college's athletic teams are nicknamed the Wildcats. The teams were previously known as the Oilers. The Wildcats nickname was adopted in 2008. The college currently sponsors 12 varsity sports, five men's, six women's, and one co-ed. West Los Angeles competes as a member of the California Community College Athletic Association in the Western State Conference for all sports except football, which competes in Southern California Football Association.
Men's:
Women's:
  • Basketball
  • Cheer
  • Cross country
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Track and field
  • Volleyball
The college athletic fields hosted track and field events at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Notable alumni