Smith Chason College
Los Angeles, CA · For-profit · Large city · SCC
For-profit institution in Los Angeles, CA · 2,221 undergraduates · $58,004 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 12%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
- $34,4021,825th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $19,1001,089th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $19,100798th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $37,2951,151st cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $21,397803rd lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $58,004643rd highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $48,956597th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 48.5%1,212th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- —
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
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- Median ACT
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Campus
- Undergraduates
- 2,221885th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 23.0:12,007th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 55.8%263rd highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 10 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 1 of 1 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Smith Chason College’s 2,221 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In CA
- San Joaquin Valley College-VisaliaVisalia, CA · 2,270 undergrads
- University of RedlandsRedlands, CA · 2,095 undergrads
- Stanbridge UniversityIrvine, CA · 2,373 undergrads
- California Lutheran UniversityThousand Oaks, CA · 2,374 undergrads
- Art Center College of DesignPasadena, CA · 2,054 undergrads
- Westcliff UniversityIrvine, CA · 2,037 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Grove City CollegeGrove City, PA · 2,221 undergrads
- Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyTerre Haute, IN · 2,224 undergrads
- Mercyhurst UniversityErie, PA · 2,217 undergrads
- John Carroll UniversityUniversity Heights, OH · 2,228 undergrads
- Berry CollegeMount Berry, GA · 2,213 undergrads
- Valparaiso UniversityValparaiso, IN · 2,229 undergrads
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- Official websitewcui.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 441229)
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- Compare with San Joaquin Valley College-VisaliaSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Smith Chason College vs San Joaquin Valley College-VisaliaHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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