Los Angeles Film School vs Carnegie Mellon University

Hollywood, CA · Pittsburgh, PA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

Scorecard match plate

Pair CA:PA

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · NET-PAR · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-EARN

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE CA × PA
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (6 yr)

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Los Angeles Film School: average net price rose +13.6% from $29,151 (2013) to $33,130 (2023), r² 0.81.
  • Carnegie Mellon University: net price ranged $31,102–$37,846 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -5.1% is not a trend (r² 0.04).
  • Los Angeles Film School: enrollment grew +163.0% over 2013–2023; fitted +440 students/yr fitted, r² 0.93.
  • Carnegie Mellon University: enrollment grew +23.2% over 2013–2023; fitted +137 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Los Angeles Film School vs Carnegie Mellon University

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Carnegie Mellon University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($105,360 vs $24,375 at Los Angeles Film School)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Carnegie Mellon University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($114,862 vs $31,632 at Los Angeles Film School)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Carnegie Mellon University leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (95.0% vs 33.1% at Los Angeles Film School)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Los Angeles Film School and Carnegie Mellon University?
Carnegie Mellon University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $105,360 versus $24,375 at Los Angeles Film School. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Los Angeles Film School and Carnegie Mellon University?
Carnegie Mellon University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $114,862 versus $31,632 at Los Angeles Film School. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Los Angeles Film School and Carnegie Mellon University?
Carnegie Mellon University leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 95.0% versus 33.1% at Los Angeles Film School. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median earnings (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025