- The Inkwell
- California
- Southern California Institute of Architecture
Los Angeles, CACity: largeZIP 90013Founded 1972
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1972
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: other fields
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1977
- Website
- www.sciarc.edu
CaliforniaPrivate nonprofit
Southern California Institute of Architecture
Southern California Institute of Architecture is a private nonprofit institute in Los Angeles, California, with 236 undergraduates. It admits 77% of applicants, graduates 86% within six years and costs $28,753 a year after aid.
86%graduate
Admission rate77%
Retention91%
4-year graduation0%
Pell Grant share24%
Federal loans23%
$28,753net price / year
77%admission rate
—average SAT
86%graduate in 6 years
$73,810median earnings, 10 yrs
$31,500median debt
#298 of 1,704 for earnings#1,412 of 1,739 for lowest net price#105 of 1,738 for graduation rate#754 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
- $73,311tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $58,960
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $58,960
- Average net price
- $28,753national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$15,354
$30,001–48,000$28,380
$48,001–75,000$35,952
$75,001–110,000$38,238
$110,001+—
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 77%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college77%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college91%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college86%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college24%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 86%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 0%
- First-year retention
- 91%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 77%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $66,103
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $73,810middle 50%: $36,401–$94,058
- Median debt at graduation
- $31,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$94,058
Median, Southern California Institute of Architecture$73,810
Lower quarter$36,401
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
- 236
- Part-time
- 0.4%
- Women / men
- 44% / 56%
- Average age at entry
- 24.5
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 24%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 62%
- Average faculty salary
- $9,192 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $17,178
- Endowment, end of year
- $6,805,000
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White17%
Hispanic17%
Black3.0%
Asian13%
Two or more races4.2%
U.S. nonresident46%
1 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Architecture100%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 123952. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1786506.