Southern California Institute of Architecture

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Southern California Institute of Architecture

Southern California Institute of Architecture operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Los Angeles, California (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 236 students of which 248 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. Southern California Institute of Architecture is categorized as “32” 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 76.6%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $43,923, with published in-state tuition of $56,162 and a Pell grant recipient share of 21.3%.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 70.7%, and the first-year retention rate is 91.4%. Graduates earn a median of $71,909 ten years after enrolling, compared with $53,274 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 9000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 80.3% 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.