Private (for-profit)

Los Angeles College of Music

Pasadena, California·Private for-profit, 4-year or above·Far West·lacm.edu
6-yr Graduation
41%
-14.0pp vs peer
Enrollment
261
peer median 254
Avg net price
$40,853
+$7.1k vs peer
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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

How selective is this institution, and how many admitted students choose to enroll?

Applied
415
415 candidates competed
Admitted
364
Enrolled
66
18.1% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
41%-14.0pp vs peer
4-year graduation
22%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
28%
Full-time retention
61%

Pell equity

53.0pp gap
Pell recipients
53%
Non-Pell
0%

Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$36,635
$30–48k$45,328
$48–75k$41,755
$75–110k$37,778
$110k+$44,790

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$40,853
+$7,139vs peer median $33,714
Federal loans
37.2%
In-state tuition
$25,650
Out-of-state
$25,650

Academic programs at Los Angeles College of Music

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs9
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

43 total
01Visual/Performing Arts
43100.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
261
12-mo unduplicated
296
Undergraduate
284
Graduate
12

Gender split

Men
60%177
Women
40%119

Race / ethnicity composition

Non-resident
40.8%
White
29.6%
Hispanic
14.6%
Black
5.2%
Asian
4.1%
Unknown
3.0%
Two or more
1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.8%

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
3.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
2

Los Angeles College of Music vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Los Angeles College of Music selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

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%261$40,853
American Academy of Art College
45%$34,298
Design Institute of San Diego
80%100.0%94$31,293
Five Towns College
55%53.8%974$20,799
Gnomon
100%41.8%526$45,824
Los Angeles Film School
34%5,472$33,130
New York Film Academy
68%1,132$46,420
Northwest College of Art & Design
58%66.0%139$20,185
Nossi College of Art and Design
42%46.3%247$23,591
Seattle Film Institute
85$41,429
Sotheby's Institute of Art-NY
188
Peer group median55%53.8%254$33,714

Reports & documents (1)

Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

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