About
The Design Institute of San Diego is a private institution located in San Diego, California, focused on providing degrees in interior design, UX/UI design, and product design. The exact founding year is not mentioned on their website, and the size of the institution is also not specified.
Admissions & acceptance rate
How selective is this institution, and how many admitted students choose to enroll?
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Academic programs at Design Institute of San Diego
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Design Institute of San Diego vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Design Institute of San Diego selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectDesign Institute of San Diego | 80% | — | 94 | $31,293 | — |
ATA College | — | — | 80 | $20,906 | Community College |
Interior Designers Institute | 100% | — | 102 | — | — |
Los Angeles College of Music | 28% | 87.7% | 261 | $40,853 | — |
Seattle Film Institute | — | — | 85 | $41,429 | — |
Gnomon | 100% | 41.8% | 526 | $45,824 | — |
| Peer group median | 90% | 64.8% | 98 | $40,853 |
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