Digital Media Institute
Private College in Shreveport, LA. Six-year graduation rate 65%.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
At 26%, the acceptance rate makes Digital Media Institute a school worth applying to with alternatives in hand. The applicant pool is small at 23, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. A 83% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 65%, meaning about one in three students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention of 82% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. The 10:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 50 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $30,205 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Net price varies modestly by income — $30,105 at $0–30k against $30,404 at $30–48k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is limited — 28% of students receive any. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 20% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 14 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $30,105 |
| $30–48k | $30,404 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 10 of these 50 students, totalling $26,227 — an average of $2,623 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Caddo Parish) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic Quality (Other - Provide unlisted or multiple justifications); School has an accreditation issue
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)