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Design Institute of San Diego

San Diego, CA · For-profit · Large city · DISD

For-profit institution in San Diego, CA · 92 undergraduates · 88% acceptance rate · $46,920 median earnings 10 years after entry.

Stats

College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.

Cost

Average net price
$31,2931,761st cheapest of 1,969 reporting
In-state tuition & fees
$29,3501,323rd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Out-of-state tuition & fees
$29,3501,220th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Cost of attendance
$42,0931,260th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
Median graduate debt
$36,8441,856th lowest of 1,865 reporting

Outcomes

Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$46,9201,247th highest of 1,954 reporting
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$46,916730th highest of 1,950 reporting
Graduation rate (4-year)
50.0%1,136th highest of 2,014 reporting
Full-time retention
71.4%1,159th highest of 1,837 reporting

Admissions

Acceptance rate
87.5%1,148th most selective of 1,596 reporting
Average SAT
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Median ACT
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Campus

Undergraduates
921,995th largest of 2,144 reporting
Student-faculty ratio
7.0:1144th smallest of 2,141 reporting
Pell Grant share
54.8%288th highest of 2,122 reporting

Nearest large-hub airport: 10 mi (SAN)

List appearances

This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.

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Best-paying fields of study

Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 1 of 1 reported programs.

FieldLevel1 yr2 yr
Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Artsbachelors——

Campus facts

Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Design Institute of San Diego’s 92 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.

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