West LA Times

In 2022, 4.6% of Los Angeles County students played sports on collegiate teams, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

The county’s universities were represented by 7,578 men and 5,174 women who played for one or more sports teams in 2022. This does not include students playing intramural sports.

The largest number of students per institution in Los Angeles County (750) played for University of California-Los Angeles during this period.

Los Angeles County paid a total of $81,872,725 in athletically-related financial aid during 2022.

Data shows that football was the most popular sport played, followed by soccer, and baseball.

Students who play sports often have higher graduation rates than non-athletes. More female than male athletes graduate.

The average institutional gift aid for student-athletes is $17,000, with 80% of them receive some kind of academic grant or need-based scholarship.

Institution	Total Enrollment	Student-athletes Enrollment	Student-athletes ratio
University of California-Los Angeles	31,485	750	42.0
Mount San Antonio College	8,297	661	12.6
University of Southern California	20,110	642	31.3
Claremont McKenna College	1,409	552	2.6
Pomona College	1,747	535	3.3
Loyola Marymount University	6,859	435	15.8
Occidental College	1,930	426	4.5
Whittier College	1,273	417	3.1
Cerritos College	6,685	411	16.3
University of La Verne	2,891	405	7.1
California State University-Long Beach	28,275	401	70.5
El Camino Community College District	5,999	395	15.2
California State University-Northridge	28,212	358	78.8
Azusa Pacific University	3,372	353	9.6
East Los Angeles College	4,901	348	14.1
College of the Canyons	5,127	340	15.1
Long Beach City College	8,010	338	23.7
Glendale Community College	5,504	312	17.6
Biola University	3,289	310	10.6
Antelope Valley College	3,160	308	10.3
Pasadena City College	7,077	305	23.2
Pepperdine University	3,427	295	11.6
Citrus College	3,573	287	12.4
Santa Monica College	8,685	286	30.4
The Master's University and Seminary	1,030	282	3.7
California Institute of Technology	987	266	3.7
California State University-Los Angeles	19,534	254	76.9
Los Angeles Valley College	2,381	246	9.7
Los Angeles Harbor College	1,384	235	5.9
University of Antelope Valley	516	227	2.3
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	23,140	221	104.7
West Los Angeles College	1,537	213	7.2
California State University-Dominguez Hills	11,628	202	57.6
Compton College	735	190	3.9
Los Angeles Pierce College	3,675	165	22.3
Los Angeles Mission College	1,356	130	10.4
Providence Christian College	123	75	1.6
Rio Hondo College	3,797	68	55.8
Life Pacific University	358	56	6.4
Los Angeles Trade Technical College	1,790	33	54.2
Los Angeles Southwest College	508	19	26.7