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Woodbury University

Burbank, California·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Far West·woodbury.edu
6-yr Graduation
60%
+8.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Total enrollment
849
peer median 1,304
Avg net price
$28,248
+$7.0k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
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About

Woodbury University is a private university in Burbank, California, United States. Founded in 1884 with initial campuses in Downtown and Central Los Angeles, Woodbury University is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Southern California. The university consists of four schools: the School of Business, the School of Architecture, the School of Liberal Arts, and the School of Media Culture & Design. It has been a subsidiary of University of Redlands since 2024.

Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
2,572
2,572 candidates competed
Admitted
2,100
81.6% acceptance rate
Enrolled
124
5.9% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

IPEDS
Overall completion
60%+8.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
4-year graduation
38%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
60%
Full-time retention
74%

Pell equity

11.0pp gap
Pell recipients
67%
Non-Pell
56%

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

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 37 Title IV programs, 6 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 31 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
37
Passing
6
16.2% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

37programs
  • Passing6 · 16.2%
  • No Data31 · 83.8%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
6
No data
31

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.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

6
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+29.1%
$86,351 vs $66,899
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+39.6%
$50,387 vs $36,082
Design and Applied Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+72.1%
$62,092 vs $36,082
Architecture
Bachelor Degree · Architecture And Related Services
+87.1%
$67,517 vs $36,082
Communication and Media Studies
Bachelor Degree · Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs
+88.5%
$68,020 vs $36,082
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+116.2%
$77,992 vs $36,082

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

5
Architecture
Bachelor Degree · Architecture And Related Services
65%
$44,000 debt · $67,517 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
59%
$51,250 debt · $86,351 earn
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
54%
$27,000 debt · $50,387 earn
Design and Applied Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
48%
$30,000 debt · $62,092 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
24%
$18,625 debt · $77,992 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

WASC Senior College and University Commission

Accredited since 1961Next review Jun 2030

Programmatic accreditations · 1

Action history · 7

  1. Jun 2025Removal of Monitoring Status
    WASC Senior College and University Commission
  2. Jun 2024Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    WASC Senior College and University Commission
  3. Jun 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    WASC Senior College and University Commission
  4. Apr 2024Grant Substantive Change: Other
    WASC Senior College and University Commission
  5. Jan 2023Grant Substantive Change: Program
    WASC Senior College and University Commission

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$25,368
$30–48k$27,418
$48–75k$25,615
$75–110k$29,628
$110k+$34,434

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

Avg net price (private)
$28,248
+$6,965vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs median $21,283
Federal loans
61.4%
In-state tuition
$44,886
Out-of-state
$44,886

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 450 students received $2.8M in Pell grants, alongside $9.1M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
450
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$2.8M
$2,769,497 total
Direct Loans
$9.1M
1,079 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
0k
’21
0k
’22
0k
’23
0k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.9M
425 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$1.7M
398 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$795K
41 loan awards
Parent PLUS$4.2M
184 loan awards
Grad PLUS$487K
31 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 296 borrowers who entered repayment, 5 (1.6%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.6%
-0.7pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
296
Defaulted
5
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
4.6%
2017
1.8%
2018
4.4%
2019
1.6%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Woodbury

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs23
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

193 total completions
01Architecture
7840.4%
02Business
3317.1%
03Communication
2010.4%
04Computer Sciences
2010.4%
05Comm. Technologies
126.2%
06Engineering Tech
94.7%
07Visual/Performing Arts
84.1%
08Social Sciences
52.6%
09Multi/Interdisciplinary
52.6%
10Security/Protective
31.6%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

IPEDS
Fall total
849
12-mo unduplicated
958
Undergraduate
872
Graduate
86

Gender split

Men
45%431
Women
55%527

Race / ethnicity composition

White
40.7%
Hispanic
29.3%
Asian
12.6%
Black
4.9%
Unknown
4.5%
Non-resident
4.4%
Two or more
2.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native
1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.2%

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 943 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
0
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
1

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    0
    Domestic violence
    0
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    No hate crimes reported.

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons00
    Drugs00
    Liquor00

    Residence-hall fires

    No residence-hall fires reported.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    IPEDS
    Student-to-faculty
    13.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    59

    Woodbury vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Woodbury selected for federal comparison reporting.

    IPEDS
    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
    SubjectWoodbury University
    		60%—849$28,248Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Anderson University
    		53%79.3%1,228$22,144Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Asbury University
    		65%63.4%2,100$20,428Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Bethel University
    		52%97.7%1,167$19,726Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Bryan College-Dayton
    		50%51.0%1,701$16,494Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Cedar Crest College
    		60%84.1%1,290$22,909Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Coker University
    		40%94.0%1,325$18,045Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Columbia College
    		37%93.9%1,725$23,650Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Concordia University Ann Arbor
    		49%69.2%1,135$26,409Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Converse University
    		62%67.7%1,787$19,712Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Corban University
    		61%93.9%1,029$25,525Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Geneva College
    		61%79.0%1,366$21,043Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Greenville University
    		40%97.5%1,104$21,270Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Heidelberg University
    		52%85.8%1,091$21,662Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Huntington University
    		64%75.6%1,776$13,710Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Judson University
    		60%47.6%960$25,027Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Lake Erie College
    		38%70.4%1,108$21,296Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Louisiana Christian University
    		45%77.2%936$16,874Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Manchester University
    		46%71.1%1,276$19,268Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Midland University
    		42%66.1%1,558$24,229Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Midway University
    		44%95.1%2,003$23,863Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Mount Marty University
    		52%42.6%1,284$23,295Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Oklahoma Baptist University
    		52%49.4%1,569$23,880Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Rockford University
    		47%92.9%1,241$23,066Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Rocky Mountain College
    		48%69.6%1,032$18,508Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
    		46%72.4%1,159$43,465Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Schreiner University
    		43%88.2%1,326$20,410Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Shorter University
    		37%96.5%1,318$16,286Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Southern Wesleyan University
    		57%99.5%980$19,968Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    St. Thomas Aquinas College
    		54%93.0%2,037$21,344Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Thomas College
    		53%96.3%1,635$19,223Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    University of Jamestown
    		49%88.1%1,376$20,318Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    University of Mobile
    		57%77.9%1,545$19,603Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Walla Walla University
    		58%50.8%1,426$23,992Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    Peer group median52%79.0%1,304$21,283

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    IPEDS

    Reports & documents (2)

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

    Grants & funding (8)

    Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.

    USA Spending

    Notable alumni of Woodbury (28)

    A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.

    • Germane Barnes
      Architecture
    • Cleo Baldon
    • Eugene W. Biscailuz
    • Wayne K. Blickenstaff
    • Helen Gurley Brown
    • Adolfo Camarillo
    • Andi Campognone
    • Bruce Cox
    • Brittany Diego
    • Edwin Castro
      Lottery
    • Gabriel Green
    • Princess Halliday
    Showing 1–12 of 28
    1 / 3

    Frequently asked questions about Woodbury University

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Woodbury.

    What is the graduation rate at Woodbury University?

    Woodbury University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 60% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Woodbury University?

    Woodbury University reports a total enrollment of 849 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Woodbury University?

    The average net price at Woodbury University is $28,248 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    What is the yield rate at Woodbury University?

    Woodbury University's yield rate is 5.9%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

    Where is Woodbury University located?

    Woodbury University is located in Burbank, California 91504-1052.

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