About
Los Angeles College of Music is a private for-profit music college in Pasadena, in Los Angeles County, California. It has been accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music since 2003. More than 1000 students have graduated from the school, about half of them from outside the United States.
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.
Pell equity
Pell recipients here graduate at a 16.6-point higher rate than non-Pell students, unusual and worth a closer look.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 7 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 7 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data7 · 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 Music, Commission on Accreditation
Action history · 1
- Dec 2016Renewal of AccreditationNational Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation
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.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 48 students received $255K in Pell grants, alongside $1.4M in federal Direct Loans.
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 43 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Los Angeles College of Music
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
- On campus1
- Non-campus2
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.
Los Angeles College of Music vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Los Angeles College of Music 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 College of Music | 41% | 87.7% | 261 | $43,590 | — |
American Academy of Art College | 45% | — | — | $34,298 | — |
| 80% | 100.0% | 94 | $44,010 | — | |
| 55% | 53.8% | 974 | $22,992 | — | |
| 100% | 41.8% | 526 | $51,949 | — | |
| 34% | Open admission | 5,472 | $30,980 | — | |
| 68% | Open admission | 1,132 | $39,011 | — | |
| 58% | 66.0% | 139 | $16,418 | — | |
| 42% | 46.3% | 247 | $24,044 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 85 | $41,595 | — | |
| Grad-only | Grad-only | 188 | Grad-only | — | |
| Peer group median | 55% | 59.9% | 254 | $36,655 |
Institutions like Los Angeles College of Music
Explore the federal data for institutions in Los Angeles College of Music's comparison group.
- Illinois
American Academy of Art College
Grad rate45%Admit rate—Enrollment—Net price$34,298 - California
Design Institute of San Diego
Grad rate80%Admit rate100.0%Enrollment94Net price$44,010View data - New York
Five Towns College
Grad rate55%Admit rate53.8%Enrollment974Net price$22,992View data - California
Gnomon
Grad rate100%Admit rate41.8%Enrollment526Net price$51,949View data - California
Los Angeles Film School
Grad rate34%Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment5,472Net price$30,980View data - California
New York Film Academy
Grad rate68%Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment1,132Net price$39,011View data - Washington
Northwest College of Art & Design
Grad rate58%Admit rate66.0%Enrollment139Net price$16,418View data - Tennessee
Nossi College of Art and Design
Grad rate42%Admit rate46.3%Enrollment247Net price$24,044View data - Washington
Seattle Film Institute
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment85Net price$41,595View data - New York
Sotheby's Institute of Art-NY
Grad rateGrad-onlyAdmit rateGrad-onlyEnrollment188Net priceGrad-onlyView data
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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