- The Inkwell
- California
- Newschool of Architecture and Design


San Diego, CACity: largeZIP 92101Founded 1980
- Sector
- Private for-profit
- Founded
- 1980
- Carnegie class
- Master's: small programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1991
- Website
- www.newschoolarch.edu
CaliforniaPrivate for-profit
Newschool of Architecture and Design
Newschool of Architecture and Design is a private for-profit college in San Diego, California, with 182 undergraduates. It admits 100% of applicants, graduates 56% within six years and costs $51,582 a year after aid.
56%graduate
Admission rate100%
Retention62%
4-year graduation12%
Pell Grant share57%
Federal loans56%
$51,582net price / year
100%admission rate
—average SAT
56%graduate in 6 years
$75,045median earnings, 10 yrs
$30,332median debt
#276 of 1,704 for earnings#1,729 of 1,739 for lowest net price#805 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,540 of 1,552 for selectivity
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
- $58,842tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $30,561
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $30,561
- Average net price
- $51,582national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$52,745
$30,001–48,000$40,079
$48,001–75,000$55,497
$75,001–110,000—
$110,001+$56,842
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 100%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college100%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college62%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college56%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college57%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 56%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 12%
- First-year retention
- 62%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 40%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $62,003
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $75,045middle 50%: $50,932–$98,079
- Median debt at graduation
- $30,332
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$98,079
Median, Newschool of Architecture and Design$75,045
Lower quarter$50,932
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
- 182
- Part-time
- 21%
- Women / men
- 47% / 53%
- Average age at entry
- 24.4
- First-generation students
- 38%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 57%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 13%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,140 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $7,187
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White25%
Hispanic41%
Black13%
Asian11%
Two or more races3.3%
U.S. nonresident2.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.5%
Unknown2.8%
4 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Architecture76%
Visual & performing arts12%
Business & management8.2%
Communications technologies4.1%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 119775. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7005138.