Private nonprofit · University

Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science

Los Angeles, California · Large suburb

38.7%
Admit rate
$35,558
Avg net price
30%
Graduation rate
$83,438
Median earnings

Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Los Angeles, California (large suburb setting), enrolling 282 undergraduates.

Private nonprofitSmall · 282 undergradsLarge suburbSelective · 39% admitNear the coast

About Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. The historic center of Tongva power in the region was the settlement of Yaanga (Tongva: Iyáangẚ), meaning "place of the poison oak", which would eventually be the site where the Spanish founded the Pueblo de Los Ángeles. Iyáangẚ has also been translated as "the valley of smoke". Los Angeles is often billed as the creative capital of the world because one in every six of its residents works in a creative industry and there are more artists, writers, filmmakers, actors, dancers and musicians living and working in Los Angeles than any other city at any other time in world history. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Graduate
To the ocean
10 miles
Nearest airport
5 miles to Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne (HHR)

How Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science compares

Selectivity38.7%

More selective than 90% · #24 most selective of 107 in California

Graduation rate30%

Higher than 11% · #111 of 122 in California

First-year retention50%

Higher than 6%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$83,438

Higher than 93% · #25 of 130 in California

Average net price$35,558

Cheaper than 9% · #90 cheapest of 118 in California

Median debt at graduation$18,750

Lower than 81%

Student–faculty ratio4 : 1

Lower than 97%

Undergraduate enrollment282

Larger than 15%

Percentiles compare Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in California.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

852students
  • Undergraduate28233%
  • Graduate57067%

Undergraduates by gender

282undergrads
  • Women19168%
  • Men9132%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White2.8%
  • Black34%
  • Hispanic18%
  • Asian7.8%
  • Other or multiracial38%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
282
Graduate enrollment
570
Student–faculty ratio
4 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
54%
First-generation students
48%
Students over 25
55%
Median family income
$23,200
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$83,619
Endowment
$109,922,800

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Admissions

Admission rate
38.7%
Test scores
Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Cost

In-state tuition
$23,000
Room & board
Books & supplies
$2,328
Total cost of attendance
$39,834
Average net price
$35,558

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
30%
Graduated on time (4 years)
15%
First-year retention
50%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$60,939
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$83,438
Median debt at graduation
$18,750
Students with federal loans
65%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
39%

About 15% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$50

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
B
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
1.6 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
2
Property offenses (2022–2024)
2

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (852 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

1.3reported offenses a year
0.7 violent a year0.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary
0.7
Rape
0.3
Aggravated assault
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$35,636
$30–48k
$35,686
$48–75k
$75–110k
$33,075
$110k+
$37,834

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$169,280

$35,636/year × about 4.8 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$83,438
Typical debt at graduation
$18,750
Debt vs. one year's pay
22%
Out-earn a HS grad
78%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.2 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$78,389
Men
$107,207

Men out-earn women by $28,818 (37%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
79°F
Winter low
49°F
Annual rain
11.8″

Average temperature

HighLow
40°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.01.53.0JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Hawthorne Muni AP, CA US station (5.2 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.