Young Americans College of the Performing Arts
About
The Young Americans is a non-profit organization and performing group based in Southern California. First founded in 1962 by Milton C. Anderson, the group was credited with being the first show choir in America, mixing choreography with choral singing. While experiencing national television exposure early on, The Young Americans later taught music to students in the United States and other parts of the world as advocates of music education in their International Music Outreach Tours. The group currently has approximately 50 active members between the ages of 18 and 28 from the United States and other countries.
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.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 1 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 1 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data1 · 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.
Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
Action history · 2
- Feb 2025Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
- Jan 2025Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
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, 8 students received $42K in Pell grants, alongside $61K 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 4 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 0.1% 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 Yacollege
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
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.
Yacollege vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Yacollege 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectYoung Americans College of the Performing Arts | 71% | — | 15 | $32,938 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service | — | — | 270 | $21,682 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York | — | 92.0% | 187 | $54,625 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service | — | 86.4% | 254 | $42,938 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
Dallas Institute of Funeral Service | — | — | 454 | $19,845 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
Delaware College of Art and Design | — | 61.0% | — | $31,763 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service | — | — | 338 | $21,563 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
Helms College | — | — | 183 | $21,117 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
John A Gupton College | — | 100.0% | 166 | $19,772 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc | — | 49.0% | 374 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
| Peer group median | 71% | 86.4% | 254 | $21,682 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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