- The Inkwell
- California
- New York Film Academy
Burbank, CACity: midsizeZIP 91505Founded 1992
- Sector
- Private for-profit
- Founded
- 1992
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: arts, music & design
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 2010
- Website
- www.nyfa.edu
CaliforniaPrivate for-profit
New York Film Academy
New York Film Academy is a private for-profit college in Burbank, California, with 849 undergraduates. It graduates 51% within six years and costs $38,975 a year after aid.
51%graduate
Retention66%
4-year graduation55%
Pell Grant share19%
Federal loans26%
$38,975net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
51%graduate in 6 years
$43,578median earnings, 10 yrs
$25,250median debt
#1,497 of 1,704 for earnings#1,649 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,010 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
- $61,617tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $38,274
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $38,274
- Average net price
- $38,975national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$29,721
$30,001–48,000$31,562
$48,001–75,000$34,511
$75,001–110,000$43,604
$110,001+$50,032
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 college66%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college51%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college19%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 51%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 55%
- First-year retention
- 66%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 64%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $31,038
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $43,578middle 50%: $19,275–$77,180
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,250
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$77,180
Median, New York Film Academy$43,578
Lower quarter$19,275
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
- 849
- Part-time
- 0%
- Women / men
- 44% / 56%
- Average age at entry
- 24.6
- First-generation students
- 31%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 19%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 4 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 32%
- Average faculty salary
- $5,792 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $12,894
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White14%
Hispanic13%
Black7.5%
Asian2.1%
Two or more races2.5%
U.S. nonresident50%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown10%
3 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Visual & performing arts95%
Communication & journalism3.3%
Communications technologies2.1%
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 461148. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1006950.