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(Student count includes part-time and full-time; not all students live in the city or town. Data as of 2007.)
| City/Town | Colleges | Pop. (2000) | Students | Dorms |
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| Bellflower Colleges | 1 | 72,878 | 39 | |
| Compton Colleges | 2 | 93,493 | 3,663 | |
| Lynwood Colleges | 1 | 69,845 | 153 | |
| Norwalk Colleges | 1 | 103,298 | 22,273 | |
| Santa Fe Springs Colleges | 1 | 17,438 | 269 | |
| South Gate Colleges | 2 | 96,375 | 1,067 |
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