College · Private for-profit · San Diego, CA · City
Newschool of Architecture and Design
San Diego, CA
Admit rate100%
6-yr median pay$57k
Net price / yr$53k
Undergrad size182
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $53k/yr for a shot at a $57k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 100% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
182 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 $62k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $53k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$248k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$210k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$38k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback3.7x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $30.3k
- Books & supplies
- $3,300
How students pay for it.
Pell grants52%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans54%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$31k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $13k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention53%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr62%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$57k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$69k
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
- City
- Control
- Private for-profit
- Undergrad size
- 182
- Location
- San Diego, CA
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Smaller Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University Commission
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic41%
- White25%
- Black13%
- Asian11%
- Two or more races3%
- International3%
- Unknown3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
First-gen students38%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time21%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$20k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 5
What you can study.