Southern California Institute of Architecture
Los Angeles, CA · Private · Large city · SCI-Arc · SCIA
Private institution in Los Angeles, CA · 236 undergraduates · 83% acceptance rate · $71,909 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 13%Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- Top 14%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 21%Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- Top 21%Graduation rate (4-year)
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
- $37,5351,881st cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $53,5641,869th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $53,5641,867th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $67,0141,795th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- —
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $71,909248th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $53,274409th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 70.0%420th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 82.1%564th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 82.7%994th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 2361,846th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9.0:1304th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 21.2%1,657th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 12 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.
Applying
- EDJan 15
- Rollingopen
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- $85
- Personal essay
- Required
- Writing supplement
- No
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | bachelors | $46,673 | $46,790 |
| Architectural Sciences and TechnologyArchitecture | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Key links
- Official websitesciarc.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 123952)
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