Los Angeles College of Music
Pasadena, CA · For-profit · Midsize city · DBA · LACM · Los Angeles College of Music
For-profit institution in Pasadena, CA · 267 undergraduates · 81% acceptance rate · $31,758 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 3%Student-faculty ratio
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
- $40,8531,912th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $25,6501,232nd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $25,6501,083rd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $50,8731,495th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $27,9381,776th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $31,7581,842nd highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $20,5381,920th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 47.4%1,252nd highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 68.5%1,311th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 81.4%940th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 2671,813th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 5.0:159th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 26.1%1,407th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 20 mi (LAX)
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 2 of 2 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts, Entertainment,and Media ManagementVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| MusicVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Los Angeles College of Music’s 267 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In CA
- Pacific CollegeCosta Mesa, CA · 285 undergrads
- John Paul the Great Catholic UniversityEscondido, CA · 297 undergrads
- Southern California Institute of ArchitectureLos Angeles, CA · 236 undergrads
- Charles R Drew University of Medicine and ScienceLos Angeles, CA · 233 undergrads
- GnomonHollywood, CA · 302 undergrads
- Lincoln UniversityOakland, CA · 223 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Saint Francis Medical Center College of NursingPeoria, IL · 267 undergrads
- Antigua College InternationalMiami Lakes, FL · 266 undergrads
- Arlington Baptist UniversityArlington, TX · 268 undergrads
- Cottey CollegeNevada, MO · 266 undergrads
- University of the Potomac-Washington DC CampusWashington, DC · 266 undergrads
- Boston Architectural CollegeBoston, MA · 269 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitelacm.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 446385)
- 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
- Compare with Pacific CollegeSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Los Angeles College of Music vs Pacific 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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