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
- $40,8531,926th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $25,6501,242nd cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $25,6501,093rd cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $50,8731,508th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $27,9381,790th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $31,7581,855th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $20,5381,934th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 47.4%1,264th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 68.5%1,319th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 81.4%951st most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 2671,822nd largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 5.0:160th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 26.1%1,421st highest of 2,140 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
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
- Showdown: Los Angeles College of Music vs Pacific CollegeHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Build an admissions plan8th–12th grade actions for this college — sports, activities, timeline
- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
- How to read a school page end to endStats, standings, lists, athletics, news — one profile, many jobs. Know which panel answers which question.
- Sticker price is a trapPublished tuition is a starting rumor. Net price is closer to what families actually pay.
- What acceptance rate actually measuresSelectivity is a competition statistic — not a quality score, and not your personal odds.
- A plan from eighth grade — without fake certaintySchool-anchored milestones, sports scarcity honesty, and EC playbooks — not invented admit odds.