Design Institute of San Diego
San Diego, CA
- Undergrads
- 77
- Admit rate
- 100%
- Net price
- $44k
- Grad rate
- 80%
- Special focus: Arts, Music & Design Schools
- Specialty: Visual & Performing Arts 100%
Los Angeles College of Music
Pasadena, CA 91105City: MidsizeUNITID 446385
Private for-profit 4-yearSpecial Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design SchoolsSpecial focus: Arts, Music & Design SchoolsSpecialty: Visual & Performing Arts 100%
Undergraduates
227
Graduate students
34
Admit rate
88%
Average net price
$43.6k
Graduation rate
41%
Retention rate
61%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$31.8k
Median debt
$27.9k
Student : faculty
3:1
Value score*
1th pct.
Programs offered
7
Highest degree
Graduate degree
- Sector
- Private for-profit 4-year
- Region
- West · Pacific
- Setting
- City: Midsize (population of at least 100,000 but less than 250,000)
- Carnegie
- Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools
- Size & setting
- Four-year, very small, primarily residential
- Predominant degree
- Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting
- Religious affiliation
- None reported
- Main campus
- Yes
* Value score is a CampusAtlas estimate, not an official metric.
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- Undergrads
- 211
- Admit rate
- 92%
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- 849
- Admit rate
- Not reported
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, data as of June 10, 2026. “Not reported” means the value is missing or privacy-suppressed in the source data.