Living in Southern California
Location, Location, Location!
Southern California is a center for entertainment, located only minutes outside the city of Los Angeles, the backyard to the prestige of Hollywood. Attractions include:
- Anaheim Pond (10 min.)
- Anaheim Angels (10 min.)
- Disneyland (15 min.)
- Newport Beach (30 min.)
- Laguna Beach (30 min.)
- Hollywood - Tapings of television shows (40 min.)
- Mexico Outreaches (60 min.)
- Six Flags, Magic Mountain (90 min.)
- Skiing / Snowboarding (80 min.)
- Universal Studios (60 min.)
Hope International University is in Fullerton, California. Located 22 miles southeast of Los Angeles, in Orange County, Fullerton is a full-service city renowned for its unique mix of residential, commercial and industrial, educational, and cultural environments which provide an outstanding quality of life for both residents and businesses alike.
Fullerton, one of Orange County's largest cities, is a community with a strong sense of tradition, one that treasures its historic past as it prepares to meet the challenges of its future.
This city is called the "Educational Community" as it is home to five institutions of higher education:
- Hope International University
- California State University Fullerton
- Fullerton College
- Southern California College of Optometry
- Western State University College of Law
With a combined enrollment of 50,000 students these institutions provide education to a significant portion of students in the area. Much of Orange County's labor force has received higher education from one or more of these institutions. This contributes to the fact that nearly 30% of the population holds a college degree, compared to just under 25% for the State as a whole.
The City of Fullerton, the business community and the community at large support the higher education programs and see it as a benefit to them.