10-yr median earnings
Not reported
Federal aid recipients only
Private For-Profit · Los Angeles, California
ZMS The Academy
ZMS The Academy is a private for-profit institution in Los Angeles, California. as a private for-profit, published Scorecard outcomes are Title-IV-recipient medians — program mix and repayment risk deserve a closer look than a single headline number.
- 50.0%
- 150%-time completion
- $7,812
- Avg net price / yr
City: Large
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this ZMS The Academy profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
C+
College Value Score
62/100
ZMS The Academy
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings N/A
N/A
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price A-
$7,812
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate F
50.0%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$7,812
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
50.0%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 50.0%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - ZMS The Academy vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
Quick Facts
144
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
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SAT average
50.0%
150%-time completion
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10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How ZMS The Academy ranks in California
State rank among 493 reporting California colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | ZMS The Academy | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average net price | $7,812 | #83 of 495 | 83rd (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 50.0% | #328 of 483 | 32nd |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 144 | #413 of 553 | 25th |
Highest former-student earnings in California
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Merritt University | $143,238 | - |
| 2 | Harvey Mudd College | $138,687 | $35,924 |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | $128,566 | $16,075 |
| 4 | Stanford University | $124,080 | $13,807 |
| 5 | Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health | $115,318 | - |
| 6 | Gnomon | $114,785 | $51,949 |
| 7 | Santa Clara University | $109,183 | $50,062 |
| 8 | Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University | $109,183 | - |
| 9 | Touro University California | $104,805 | - |
| 10 | Claremont McKenna College | $104,736 | $28,849 |
| 11 | West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County | $102,672 | $32,879 |
| 12 | West Coast University-Ontario | $102,672 | $49,590 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $7,812 |
Net Price by Family Income
| $0 – $30,000 | $7,812 |
10.1%
Pell Grant Rate
1.1%
Federal Loan Rate
Net price at ZMS The Academy swings rather than trends
Across 9 reported years between 2015 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $6,487 to $16,528 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +2.9%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
Lowest year
$6,487
Highest year
$16,528
Most recent (2023)
$6,854
9 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2015 · $6,6582023 · $6,854
Over the same years, enrollment went +109.2% (109 → 228 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2015–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
White 1.4%
African American 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino 72.2%
Asian 0.7%
Student body at a glance
56.5%
Female
70.1%
First Generation
Outcomes
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 50.0% |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services | Certificate | 186 | $23,600 | $5,500 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much does ZMS The Academy cost? ▼
The average net price at ZMS The Academy is $7,812..
What is the graduation rate at ZMS The Academy? ▼
ZMS The Academy has a 50.0% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Sources & methodology
Private for-profit profiles foreground Scorecard debt, repayment, and program-level earnings where reported. Marketing claims from the school are not inputs to this page.
Every figure is the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrieval. For-profit program mixes can shift year to year — treat institution medians as a starting map, then check Field-of-Study rows below. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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