College · Private nonprofit · Los Angeles, CA · Suburb
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science
Los Angeles, CA
Admit rate39%
6-yr median pay$61k
Net price / yr$36k
Undergrad size282
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $36k/yr for a shot at a $61k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 39% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter.
If you get in
282 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $40k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $36k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$159k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$142k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$17k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $23.0k
- Books & supplies
- $2,328
How students pay for it.
Pell grants54%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans65%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$19k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $11k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention61%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr30%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$61k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$83k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 282
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: High Transfer · Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University Commission
- Also known as
- CDU
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black34%
- Two or more races33%
- Hispanic18%
- Asian8%
- Unknown5%
- White3%
First-gen students48%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time22%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$23k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 4
What you can study.