Los Angeles, CA (population: 3,878,715) has two business writing schools within its city limits. University of Southern California, the highest ranked school in the city with a business writing program, has a total student population of 34,824. It is the 10th highest ranked school in the USA and the 2nd highest in the state of California (#1 is University of California-Los Angeles). To learn more about business writing programs in Los Angeles, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of business writing professors at University of Southern California such as Laura Adler, Ricardo Alonso, Natasha Alvandi, Norah Emily Ashe, Aubertin, and Yehuda Bassok.
Business Writing students from Los Angeles schools who go on to become business writers, legal writing professors, copy editors, copywriters, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 43,390 people working as writers and authors alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $64,560. Also, Public relations specialists make on average $59,370 per year and there are about 242,670 of them employed in the US today.
Of the 2 business writing schools in Los Angeles, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Otis College of Art and Design comes out as the most expensive ($33,550/yr) for business writing students, with University of Southern California as the lowest, reported at only $25,638/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Los Angeles |
| Culver City | CA | - | 2 | 5.62439 | 79 | 6.2 miles |
| Burbank | CA | 103,686 | 5 | 29.098 | 43 | 7.2 miles |
| Santa Monica | CA | 89,350 | 5 | 12.7862 | 74 | 8.3 miles |
| Panorama City | CA | - | 2 | 25.093 | 11 | 8.4 miles |
| Northridge | CA | - | 2 | 29.2432 | 104 | 10.9 miles |
| Woodland Hills | CA | - | 1 | 17.7823 | 121 | 11.9 miles |
| East Los Angeles | CA | 135,682 | 0 | - | 0 | 14.8 miles |
| Alhambra | CA | 86,214 | 4 | 31.3851 | 25 | 16.2 miles |
| Altadena | CA | 41,677 | 0 | - | 0 | 17.0 miles |
| Torrance | CA | 141,478 | 4 | 20.3998 | 164 | 19.8 miles |
| Downey | CA | 107,986 | 0 | - | 0 | 19.9 miles |
| Paramount | CA | 55,280 | 1 | 16.5087 | 2 | 20.4 miles |
| Valencia | CA | - | 1 | 29.1529 | 11 | 21.3 miles |
| Santa Clarita | CA | 171,722 | 2 | 23.9284 | 128 | 21.5 miles |
| Canyon Country | CA | - | 1 | 21.1219 | 9 | 21.9 miles |
| Simi Valley | CA | 121,990 | 0 | - | 0 | 22.0 miles |
| Malibu | CA | - | 1 | 75.691 | 100 | 24.0 miles |
| Rancho Palos Verdes | CA | 41,164 | 1 | 20.67 | 2 | 24.4 miles |
| Cerritos | CA | 51,327 | 3 | 18.7768 | 18 | 25.6 miles |
| Hacienda Heights | CA | 52,748 | 0 | - | 0 | 26.3 miles |
| Long Beach | CA | 464,505 | 6 | 26.5161 | 271 | 26.4 miles |
| Azusa | CA | 47,782 | 1 | 31.8299 | 58 | 28.7 miles |
| West Covina | CA | 106,032 | 5 | 23.6693 | 37 | 28.9 miles |
| Cypress | CA | 47,588 | 2 | 8.65396 | 110 | 29.2 miles |
| Moorpark | CA | - | 1 | 19.4776 | 80 | 29.6 miles |
| Covina | CA | 46,974 | 0 | - | 0 | 30.4 miles |
| Fullerton | CA | 133,165 | 6 | 21.8966 | 252 | 31.8 miles |
| Glendora | CA | 49,443 | 1 | 12.4755 | 68 | 32.8 miles |
| Garden Grove | CA | 167,800 | 4 | 26.4852 | 22 | 34.5 miles |
| Diamond Bar | CA | 57,662 | 0 | - | 0 | 35.2 miles |