Southern California
Institute of Architecture
Private College in Los Angeles, CA. Six-year graduation rate 71%. Median 10-year earnings $71,909.
Ten-year median earnings of $71,909 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. Completion is a strength: 71% of students finish within six years.
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
An acceptance rate of 77% puts Southern California Institute of Architecture on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. Only 748 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. Only 7% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere.
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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A 71% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. 91% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. The 9:1 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 239 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $28,985 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Net price varies modestly by income — $36,824 at $0–30k against $24,769 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 80% of students receive grant aid, averaging $25,262 — common but not automatic. 24% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 35 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 | $36,824 |
| $30–48k | $38,430 |
| $48–75k | $66,362 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | $24,769 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 57 of these 239 students, totalling $458,187 — an average of $8,038 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Los Angeles County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)