Los Angeles Film School
About
The Los Angeles Film School is a private for-profit college in Los Angeles, California, United States. It was founded in 1999 and is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC). The school encompasses the Los Angeles Recording School and offers associate and bachelor's degrees in entertainment industry fields that are taught by experienced practitioners.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 15.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
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 Los Angeles Film School
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.
Los Angeles Film School vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Los Angeles Film School 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 Film School | 41% | — | 5,472 | $33,130 | — |
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 College of Music | 28% | 87.7% | 261 | $40,853 | — |
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 median | 55% | 59.9% | 254 | $33,714 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (1)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
Notable alumni of Los Angeles Film School (4)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Hannah Lux DavisFilm and Music Video Direction
- Kyle NewacheckFilm and Television Production
- Storm SaulterFilm
- Diego VicentiniFilm
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