Family Life
— Craig Ebersole (Significant Other: Dani Ebersole, 2020)
“Moving to LA with your spouse and two-month-old baby to start a new adventure at business school would make anyone feel outside of their comfort zone. However, in the case of my family, the Anderson community immediately enveloped us with warmth and friendship, alleviating any feelings of trepidation. Our Anderson family has become a source of support and love while we have been here. It has been amazing to see my family feel included and loved in all things Anderson—from on-campus activities to off-campus meet ups, everyone at Anderson has become an extension of our small family.”
— Daniel B. Folsom (’24)
Family Life
Joint Ventures Club
The UCLA Anderson Joint Ventures club aims to encourage the integration of spouses, partners and significant others into the UCLA Anderson community through a wide variety of social events.
UCLA Anderson and Campuswide Activities
Significant others are welcome at most UCLA Anderson clubs and events. Many spouses and significant others join social events, Alumni Weekend, special speaker events and volunteer events.
VOLUNTEERING
Volunteer opportunities exist across the city of Los Angeles, including at local libraries, museums and schools, and in programs working with the elderly, the homeless and animals. Searching online through L.A. Works is one of the easiest ways to find volunteer opportunities in Los Angeles.
ENTERTAINMENT
You’ll find a plethora of events, activities and attractions in Los Angeles. Some helpful websites that highlight events and attractions include LA Weekly and Los Angeles Times. The UCLA Central Ticket Office also offers discounted tickets to attractions such as Disneyland, Universal Studios and the San Diego Zoo.
Housing
UCLA University Apartments are considered by many to be the best value for the money for a married graduate student (with or without children) or a single student with children. The university apartments described below offer housing designed specifically to meet the needs of families, married students and domestic partnerships. Five separate and unique complexes are located in the Palms/Mar Vista area, approximately five miles from UCLA, and one complex is located in Westwood Village.
- University Village provides premier community living for married students, same-sex domestic partners and single parents. Amenities include a state-of-the-art childcare center, community centers, computer lab, central courtyards, basic cable, adult lap pool, children's playground and children's swimming pool. All units are rented unfurnished and contain a full kitchen (including stove, refrigerator and dishwasher), wall-to-wall carpeting, blinds, air conditioning and central heating. Buildings have a key-controlled building access system and laundry facilities.
- Keystone/Mentone Apartments (one and two bedrooms) is a modern four-building, 224-unit complex. The complex has a limited number of furnished apartments and its amenities include a shuttle bus to campus, a children’s playground, full kitchens, laundry rooms on every floor and underground parking.
- Rose Avenue Apartments has 93 unfurnished units (primarily two-bedroom) and is located across from the University Village complex near campus. Amenities include a children’s playground, full kitchens, laundry rooms on every floor and parking.
- Venice/Barry Apartments offers a spacious and comfortable living environment. The 139-unit building comprises junior one-bedroom and one- and two-bedroom apartments. The two-bedroom apartments here are generally larger than those at other university housing complexes. Amenities include underground parking, a swimming pool, small exercise room, laundry rooms on every floor,and full kitchens.
- Barrington Manor's '60s vintage-style apartments provide a spacious and comfortable living environment in a quiet residential neighborhood. All apartments are unfurnished and have blinds and wall heaters.
In addition, many students with partners and families live in various neighborhoods around Los Angeles. View our Housing Guide for more information and student reviews on the neighborhoods surrounding UCLA Anderson.
Privately Owned Housing
Many MBA students opt to rent off-campus, privately owned housing in the popular and convenient neighborhoods of Brentwood, Santa Monica, West Los Angeles, Westwood and the South Bay area, which includes a number of different communities. UCLA is located in Westwood, but Brentwood, Santa Monica, and West Los Angeles are fairly close to campus. Two-thirds of UCLA's students choose to live within five miles of campus, half of that number within a mile. The VeryApt UCLA Anderson Housing Guide has more detailed information available on its website, which provides descriptions of Los Angeles neighborhoods, cost information and current student feedback.
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Continuing Education
University
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University of California, Los Angeles | (310) 825-4321 | Visit UCLA |
UCLA Extension | (310) 825-9971 or (818) 784-7006 | Visit UCLA Extension |
University of Southern California | (213) 740-2311 | Visit USC |
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles | (310) 338-2700 | Visit LMU |
California State University, Los Angeles | (323) 343-3000 | Visit Cal State |
Mount St. Mary’s College | (310) 954-4000 | Visit MSMU |
Occidental College | (323) 259-2500 | Visit OXY |
K-12 Schools/Child Care
For a list of local K-12 schools (public and private), please visit the California Department of Education’s website.
You also may visit the Los Angeles Unified School District’s website for information on public schools in the area.
UCLA Early Care and Education (ECE) is a great resource to utilize. The organization offers care for children from 2 months to 6 years of age at three centers:
This service is only available for UCLA full-time students and UCLA paid staff and faculty. ECE, through its Child Care Resources Program, also provides information on off-campus child care providers and a small number of caregivers who will come to your home. In addition, the program advises on how to evaluate a particular program or provider and on what specific questions will provide parents the information they need. Please visit the ECE website at https://www.ece.ucla.edu/ Fernald Child Care Center, located near the UCLA Anderson complex
- Krieger (Bellagio) Center, located in the northwest corner of the UCLA campus
- University Village Child Care Center & Kindergarten, located in the University Village student housing complex