About
The Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art (LAAFA) is an art education institution located in Van Nuys, California. Founded in 2002, it offers continuing education, certificates, and degree programs focusing on various disciplines including studio art, digital media, design, and craft.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 3 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 3 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data3 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
National Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation
National Association of Schools of Theatre, Commission on Accreditation
Action history · 3
- May 2025Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalNational Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation
- Apr 2022Renewal of AccreditationNational Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation
- Nov 2020Renewal of AccreditationNational Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 2 students received $5K in Pell grants.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
Academic programs at LAAFA
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
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
LAAFA vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions LAAFA 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectLos Angeles Academy of Figurative Art | 100% | — | 2 | — | — |
Interior Designers Institute | 100% | — | 102 | — | — |
Musicians Institute | 47% | 77.9% | 824 | $37,793 | — |
SAE Institute of Technology-Nashville | — | — | 1,712 | $21,299 | — |
Sessions College for Professional Design | — | 85.7% | 194 | $15,156 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
The Modern College of Design | — | 91.7% | 214 | $34,709 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
Walnut Hill College | — | 42.7% | 175 | $33,578 | — |
| Peer group median | 100% | 81.8% | 194 | $33,578 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Frequently asked questions about Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about LAAFA.
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