Newschool of
Architecture and Design
For-profit College in San Diego, CA. Six-year graduation rate 62%. Median 10-year earnings $68,891.
Students who entered Newschool of Architecture and Design reach a median of $68,891 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Six-year completion sits at 62%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation reaches $31,000, heavy enough to shape the years right after the degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Newschool of Architecture and Design admits 100% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. Only 10 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. A 40% 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
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62% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 63% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. At 8:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a for-profit four-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. This is a small school — 213 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 212 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $55,265 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Net price varies modestly by income — $47,379 at $0–30k against $50,309 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 80% of students at an average of $13,374. 54% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 8 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 | $47,379 |
| $30–48k | $36,741 |
| $48–75k | $60,356 |
| $75–110k | $51,642 |
| $110k+ | $50,309 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 115 of these 212 students, totalling $1,010,795 — an average of $8,790 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (San Diego County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Administrative Capability); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)