College · Private for-profit · Pasadena, CA · City
Los Angeles College of Music
Pasadena, CA
Admit rate88%
6-yr median pay$21k
Net price / yr$44k
Undergrad size227
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $44k/yr for a shot at a $21k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 88% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
227 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $50k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $44k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$199k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$174k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$24k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback8.5x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $30.5k
- Room & board
- $22.1k
- Books & supplies
- $1,062
How students pay for it.
Pell grants20%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans32%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$28k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention65%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr41%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$21k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$32k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out17%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private for-profit
- Undergrad size
- 227
- Location
- Pasadena, CA
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career · High Nontraditional
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- National Association of Schools of Music
- Also known as
- DBA/Los Angeles College of Music
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- International51%
- Unknown22%
- Hispanic9%
- White8%
- Black4%
- Asian4%
- Two or more races2%
Part-time4%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$26k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 2
What you can study.