Los Angeles, CA (population: 3,878,715) has five economics schools within its city limits. University of California-Los Angeles, the highest ranked school in the city with an economics program, has a total student population of 38,550. It is the 7th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of California. To learn more about economics programs in Los Angeles, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of economics professors at University of California such as William Allen, Costas Azariadis, Sandra Black, Anne E. Bresnock, Amy Brown, and Richard Buddin.
Economics students from Los Angeles schools who go on to become economists, economics professors, analysts, economic analysts, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 13,160 people working as economists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $96,320. Also, Business and financial operations employees make on average $65,900 per year and there are about 6,063,670 of them employed in the US today.
Of the 5 economics schools in Los Angeles, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Loyola Marymount University comes out as the most expensive ($29,497/yr) for economics students, with California State University-Los Angeles as the lowest, reported at only $3,263/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 |