Design Institute of San Diego

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Design Institute of San Diego

Design Institute of San Diego operates as a private for-profit institution located in San Diego, California (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 77 students of which 105 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Design Institute of San Diego is categorized as “30” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 100.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $44,010, with published in-state tuition of $29,300 and a Pell grant recipient share of 51.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $36,844, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable, and the first-year retention rate is 0.0%. Graduates earn a median of $46,920 ten years after enrolling, compared with $46,916 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 13500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 57.4% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.