New York Film Academy
Burbank, CA · For-profit · Midsize city · NYFA
For-profit institution in Burbank, CA · 965 undergraduates · $29,633 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 2%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 19%Graduation rate (4-year)
- Top 20%Median graduate debt
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
- $46,4201,949th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $36,7381,532nd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $36,7381,487th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $62,2911,716th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $16,000365th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $29,6331,879th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $25,1501,846th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 70.9%391st highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 78.4%754th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
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- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
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Campus
- Undergraduates
- 9651,379th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 4.0:135th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 20.3%1,692nd highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 15 mi (LAX)
On 2 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 4 of 4 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $20,530 | — |
| Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | $16,169 |
| Graphic CommunicationsCommunications Technology | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to New York Film Academy’s 965 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In CA
- California College of the ArtsSan Francisco, CA · 1,004 undergrads
- Harvey Mudd CollegeClaremont, CA · 915 undergrads
- Pacific Union CollegeAngwin, CA · 910 undergrads
- William Jessup UniversityRocklin, CA · 1,021 undergrads
- California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA · 1,023 undergrads
- California Institute of the ArtsValencia, CA · 881 undergrads
Elsewhere
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