Woodbury University
Burbank, CA · Private · Large city
Private institution in Burbank, CA · 825 undergraduates · 73% acceptance rate · $65,668 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 14%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 19%Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- Top 19%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
- $28,2481,652nd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $44,8861,736th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $44,8861,724th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $58,1801,659th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $26,9601,580th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $65,668364th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $47,665683rd highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 54.8%972nd highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 79.7%691st highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 72.9%686th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 8251,468th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9.0:1298th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 49.0%398th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 19 mi (LAX)
On 1 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Applying
- EANov 1
- EA IIDec 1
- RDJan 15
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- Free
- Personal essay
- Optional / not required
- Writing supplement
- No
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Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 19 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | bachelors | $45,175 | $49,064 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $43,798 | $47,260 |
| Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $36,941 | $33,993 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $30,771 | $52,107 |
| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $21,508 | $25,774 |
| Architectural Sciences and TechnologyArchitecture | bachelors | — | — |
| Communication and Media StudiesCommunications | bachelors | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and CorrectionsHomeland Security & Law Enforcement | bachelors | — | — |
| History | bachelors | — | — |
| Human Computer InteractionMultidisciplinary Studies | bachelors | — | — |
| Interior ArchitectureArchitecture | bachelors | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesLiberal Arts | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Woodbury University’s 825 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In CA
- Whittier CollegeWhittier, CA · 812 undergrads
- Menlo CollegeAtherton, CA · 811 undergrads
- Glendale Career CollegeGlendale, CA · 854 undergrads
- Laurus CollegeSan Luis Obispo, CA · 794 undergrads
- Loma Linda UniversityLoma Linda, CA · 867 undergrads
- Laguna College of Art and DesignLaguna Beach, CA · 776 undergrads
Elsewhere
- University of Saint JosephWest Hartford, CT · 825 undergrads
- Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady UniversityBaton Rouge, LA · 826 undergrads
- Northwest CollegePowell, WY · 826 undergrads
- Rochester UniversityRochester Hills, MI · 827 undergrads
- The College of the Florida KeysKey West, FL · 823 undergrads
- The University of Tennessee SouthernPulaski, TN · 827 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitewoodbury.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 125897)
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