Southern California Institute of Architecture
About
The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) is a private Architecture school in the in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1972, SCI-Arc was initially regarded as both institutionally and artistically avant-garde. It currently enrolls approximately 600 students and employs 80 faculty members, some of whom are professional architects. The school is located in the quarter-mile long (0.40 km) former Santa Fe Freight Depot in the Arts District of downtown Los Angeles. SCI-Arc also offers community events, such as outreach programs, free exhibitions, and public lectures.
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.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 75.0-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 Sciarc
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.
Sciarc vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Sciarc 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSouthern California Institute of Architecture | 71% | — | 418 | $37,535 | — |
American College of the Building Arts | 55% | 44.4% | 155 | $26,389 | — |
Ana G. Mendez University | — | — | 8,378 | — | — |
Antioch University | — | — | 486 | — | — |
Bank Street College of Education | — | — | 719 | — | — |
College Unbound | — | — | 494 | $19,116 | — |
Conway School of Landscape Design | — | — | 17 | — | — |
Epic Bible College & Graduate School | 0% | 78.6% | 98 | — | — |
Future Generations University | — | — | 48 | — | — |
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine | — | — | 610 | — | — |
High Tech High Graduate School of Education | — | — | 99 | — | — |
Institute of World Politics | — | — | 173 | — | — |
Martin Luther College | 72% | 87.2% | 878 | $20,483 | — |
Reiss-Davis Graduate School | — | — | 35 | — | — |
Relay Graduate School of Education | — | — | 1,324 | — | — |
Sofia University | — | — | 1,145 | — | — |
The Chicago School at Xavier University of Louisiana | — | — | 20 | — | — |
The School of Architecture | — | — | 8 | — | — |
University of Fort Lauderdale | 0% | — | 368 | $15,245 | — |
VanderCook College of Music | 67% | 89.5% | 323 | $17,094 | — |
| Peer group median | 61% | 82.9% | 346 | $19,800 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Notable alumni of Sciarc (17)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Barbara BestorArchitecture
- Sue CourtenayArchitecture
- Wanda Dalla CostaArchitecture
- Jon DreznerArchitecture
- Jeffrey EysterArchitecture
- Todd FisherArchitecture
- Moses HacmonArchitecture
- Shelly KappeArchitecture
- Gordon KippingArchitecture
- Ola-dele KukuArchitecture
- Cara LeeArchitecture
- Karen M'CloskeyArchitecture
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