- The Inkwell
- California
- Los Angeles Film School
Hollywood, CACity: largeZIP 90028Founded 1999
- Sector
- Private for-profit
- Founded
- 1999
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: arts, music & design
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 2006
- Website
- www.lafilm.edu
CaliforniaPrivate for-profit
Los Angeles Film School
Los Angeles Film School is a private for-profit college in Hollywood, California, with 5,472 undergraduates. It graduates 37% within six years and costs $48,481 a year after aid.
37%graduate
Retention51%
4-year graduation30%
Pell Grant share68%
Federal loans74%
$48,481net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
37%graduate in 6 years
$37,849median earnings, 10 yrs
$32,147median debt
#1,616 of 1,704 for earnings#1,712 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,426 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- —tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- —
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- —
- Average net price
- $48,481national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$48,576
$30,001–48,000$47,542
$48,001–75,000$47,762
$75,001–110,000$49,765
$110,001+$52,983
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college51%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college37%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college68%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 37%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 30%
- First-year retention
- 51%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 42%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $31,901
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $37,849middle 50%: $17,428–$60,542
- Median debt at graduation
- $32,147
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$60,542
Median, Los Angeles Film School$37,849
Lower quarter$17,428
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 5,472
- Part-time
- 0%
- Women / men
- 38% / 62%
- Average age at entry
- 26.6
- First-generation students
- 42%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 68%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 31 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 91%
- Average faculty salary
- $5,540 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $5,920
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White28%
Hispanic5.8%
Black34%
Asian2.5%
Two or more races7.8%
U.S. nonresident1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native1.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.5%
Unknown19%
3 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Visual & performing arts90%
Communications technologies9.0%
Communication & journalism1.4%
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|---|---|---|---|
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
| College | Net price | Grad. | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia, PA | $44,587 | 55% | $44,219 |
| Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn, NY | $48,876 | 74% | $63,115 |
| Maine College of Art & Design Portland, ME | $40,801 | 51% | $38,062 |
| The New England Conservatory of Music Boston, MA | $50,840 | 74% | $40,481 |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | $53,331 | 68% | $47,612 |
| Art Academy of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH | $35,232 | 41% | $38,613 |
Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 436429. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q6682225.