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Southern California Institute of Architecture

Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

Los Angeles, CA239 students
Acceptance Rate
77%
less selective
Median SAT
—
Net Price After Aid
$21.5k
Sticker $47.8k
Graduation Rate
70%
6-year, full-time

Southern California Institute of Architecture is a private institution in Los Angeles, CA with an acceptance rate of 77% and 239 students. The average net price after financial aid is $21,514 per year.

About Southern California Institute of Architecture

A private 4-year urban university in Los Angeles, CA.

Southern California Institute of Architecture campus
Campus · Los Angeles

Southern California Institute of Architecture is a college in Los Angeles, CA. It enrolls roughly 239 students. The most recent acceptance rate is 77%.

Far WestUrbanPrivate4-yearArchitecture
Acceptance Rate
77%
Less Selective
Total Enrollment
239
Small
Retention
77%
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
70%
6-year, full-time

Your chances at this school

What admitted students look like here. Sign in to see how your own profile compares.

Acceptance Rate
77%
77 of every 100 applicants admitted
Your Chances
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Admitted Student GPA
—

Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

What strengthens an application here

  1. Depth in one or two activities
    Sustained commitment, a leadership role, or a result in a few activities says more than a long list of memberships.

Your chances estimate is based on your academic profile and activities — it is a guide, not a guarantee of admission. Decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.

Admissions

What it actually takes to get into Southern California Institute of Architecture. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Application requirements

  • Personal essay required
  • Counselor rec required
  • Test-optional
  • $85 application fee
  • Accepts fee waiver

Deadlines (2026-27)

Early Decision
Jan 15, 2027
Regular Decision
Rolling

Source: Common App 2026-27 requirements grid (verified Sep 2026). Always confirm on the college's own site.

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Southern California Institute of Architecture after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
—
Tuition $47,816
Average net price after aid
$21,514
After grants and scholarships

Net price by family income

Average amount paid out of pocket — tuition, fees, and room & board minus all grant aid.

$0 – $30,000
$42,890
$30,001 – $48,000
$42,269
$48,001 – $75,000
N/A
$75,001 – $110,000
N/A
$110,001 +
$24,769

Net price represents the average cost after grants and scholarships for students receiving federal financial aid.

Pell Grant Recipients
21%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
24%
Avg loan $33,250 / year
Avg Grant Aid
—
Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at Southern California Institute of Architecture concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
12:1
Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Architecture
100% of degrees awarded
Retention
77%
First-years returning
A breakdown of the top majors by share of degrees awarded ships once we finish backfilling per-school program data.

Student body

Who attends Southern California Institute of Architecture. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • White29%
  • Asian19%
  • Hispanic20%
  • Black4%
  • Two or more races5%
  • International22%

Gender

  • Female44%
  • Male56%
International
55%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
—
Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
239

Outcomes after graduation

What Southern California Institute of Architecture graduates do next — and what they earn.

Median Earnings
$71.9k
10 years after enrollment
Employed at 2 yrs
—
Working or in grad school
Pursue Grad School
—
Within 5 years
Graduation Rate
70%
6-year, full-time

Is it worth it?

Earnings, debt, and price side by side — context for the cost-vs-payoff question, not a ranking.

Median earnings
$71.9k
10 yrs after entry
Typical debt
$33.3k
median, borrowers only
Avg. net price
$21.5k/yr
after aid
  • These numbers reflect who enrolls, not the value the school adds. A college's earnings can look high simply because it admits wealthier, higher-scoring students — not because of what happens there.
  • Earnings vary far more by major and career path than by school. A school-wide median blends engineers and artists into one number that may match no real student.
  • Federal earnings and debt figures cover only students who received federal aid, so they leave out full-pay students and can skew the picture.
  • Net price is an average across aided students and debt is the median for borrowers only — many students borrow nothing. Your actual cost depends on your own aid package.

What this means

$72k is well above the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 70% graduation rate is above the national average.

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