Private for-profit · College

Gnomon

North Hollywood, California · Large city

#1 graduation rate in California#5 for grad earnings in California

41.8%
Admit rate: $51,949
Avg net price: 100%
Graduation rate: $114,785
Median earnings

Gnomon is a private for-profit bachelor's-granting institution in North Hollywood, California (large city setting), enrolling 294 undergraduates.

Private for-profitSmall · 294 undergradsLarge citySelective · 42% admitNear the coast

About North Hollywood, California

North Hollywood is a neighborhood and district in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California. North Hollywood was once part of the vast landholdings of the Mission San Fernando Rey de España, which was confiscated by the government during the Mexican period of rule. The North Hollywood Recreation Center is mostly in North Hollywood, with a portion in Valley Village. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Bachelor's
Nearest big city: 12 miles to Los Angeles, CA
To the ocean: 13 miles
Nearest airport: 3 miles to Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope (BUR) · major hub

How Gnomon compares

#16 · Colleges with the Highest Graduate Earnings

Selectivity41.8%

More selective than 88% · #26 most selective of 107 in California

Graduation rate100%

Higher than 99% · #1 of 122 in California

First-year retention90%

Higher than 86%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$114,785

Higher than 99% · #5 of 130 in California

Average net price$51,949

Cheaper than 1% · #115 cheapest of 118 in California

Median debt at graduation$28,332

Lower than 6%

Student–faculty ratio11 : 1

Lower than 68%

Undergraduate enrollment294

Larger than 16%

Percentiles compare Gnomon with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in California.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women8529%
Men20971%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White23%
Black1.4%
Hispanic9.2%
Asian14%
Other or multiracial52%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 294
Student–faculty ratio: 11 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 11%
First-generation students: —
Students over 25: 53%
Median family income: $15,714
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $101,601

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

Where students come from

Home state of the 20 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From California55%
Other U.S. states20%
International25%

A regional draw: about 55% of first-years come from California, the rest from elsewhere.

25% came from outside the U.S. Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Admissions

Admission rate: 41.8%
Test scores: Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %): —
SAT average: —
SAT reading: —
SAT math: —
ACT composite: —

Cost

In-state tuition: $37,635
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,062
Total cost of attendance: $54,947
Average net price: $51,949

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years): 100%
Graduated on time (4 years): 100%
First-year retention: 90%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $90,652
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $114,785
Median debt at graduation: $28,332
Students with federal loans: 18%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 68%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

100%

Low-income (Pell)

64%

First-generation

68%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $25

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

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

—

$30–48k

—

$48–75k

$49,286

$75–110k

$50,947

$110k+

$54,947

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.

Family income

Est. total to a degree

$197,144

$49,286/year × about 4.0 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.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

16%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$2,500

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 16% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,500. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 25 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $114,785
Typical debt at graduation: $28,332
Debt vs. one year's pay: 25%
Out-earn a HS grad: —

Typical debt would take roughly 2.5 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.

Campus climate

Summer high: 89°F
Winter low: 44°F
Annual rain: 13.9″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Burbank Glendale Pasadena AP, CA US station (2.5 mi from campus).

What Gnomon graduates study — and earn

Visual and Performing Arts, General

48 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

48———Design and Applied ArtsCert.

31 grads$80k 1 yr$94k 5 yr$38k debt

31$80,221$94,066$38,000 Graphic CommunicationsCert.

— grads$75k 1 yr— 5 yr$28k debt

—$75,226—$28,332

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.