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.
- Top 7%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 14%Pell Grant share
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
- $31,2931,772nd cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $29,3501,334th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $29,3501,231st cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $42,0931,269th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $36,8441,870th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $46,9201,253rd highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $46,916731st highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 50.0%1,147th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 71.4%1,167th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 87.5%1,159th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 922,009th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 7.0:1146th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 54.8%290th highest of 2,140 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.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 1 of 1 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
- Founded in 1977source
Key links
- Official websitedisd.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 113582)
- Compare colleges in CARe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in CaliforniaEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Showdown: Design Institute of San Diego vs San Diego Christian CollegeHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
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