Private for-profit · College
Los Angeles College of Music
Pasadena, California · Midsize city
- 87.7%
- Admit rate
- $43,590
- Avg net price
- 41%
- Graduation rate
- $31,758
- Median earnings
Los Angeles College of Music is a private for-profit bachelor's-granting institution in Pasadena, California (midsize city setting), enrolling 227 undergraduates.
About Pasadena, California
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of downtown Los Angeles. The earliest known inhabitants of present-day Pasadena and its surroundings were members of the Hahamog-na tribe, a branch of the Tongva Nation. They spoke the Tongva language, belonging to the Northern subfamily of the Uto-Aztecan language group. Pasadena is home to the Tournament of Roses Parade, held each year on January 1 (or on January 2, if the 1st falls on a Sunday). The first parade was held in 1890 and was originally sponsored by the Valley Hunt Club, a Pasadena social club. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Midsize city
- Highest degree offered
- Graduate
- Nearest big city
- 8 miles to Los Angeles, CA
- To the ocean
- 21 miles
- Nearest airport
- 13 miles to Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope (BUR) · major hub
How Los Angeles College of Music compares
More selective than 29% · #72 most selective of 107 in California
Higher than 25% · #103 of 122 in California
Higher than 15%
Higher than 4% · #126 of 130 in California
Cheaper than 2% · #102 cheapest of 118 in California
Lower than 6%
Lower than 98%
Larger than 14%
Percentiles compare Los Angeles College of Music 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
- Undergraduate22787%
- Graduate3413%
Undergraduates by gender
- Women7633%
- Men15167%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White8.4%
- Black4.0%
- Hispanic8.8%
- Asian3.5%
- Other or multiracial75%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 227
- Graduate enrollment
- 34
- Student–faculty ratio
- 3 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 20%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 13%
- Median family income
- $26,132
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $47,772
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 87.7%
- Test scores
- Not considered
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
- —
- SAT average
- —
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- —
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $30,540
- Room & board
- $22,086
- Books & supplies
- $1,062
- Total cost of attendance
- $49,705
- Average net price
- $43,590
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)
- 41%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 22%
- First-year retention
- 61%
- Transferred to another college
- 17%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $20,538
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $31,758
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,938
- Students with federal loans
- 32%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 49%
About 19% 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
- Yes
- Dorm capacity
- 104
- Dorm capacity vs undergrads
- 46%
- Housing charge (year)
- $12,900
- Application fee
- $60
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%.
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.
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.
$43,352/year × about 4.7 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.
Modest institutional aid: 71% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $6,501. 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 59 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)
- $31,758
- Typical debt at graduation
- $27,938
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 88%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- —
Typical debt would take roughly 8.8 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.
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
- 91°F
- Winter low
- 45°F
- Annual rain
- 20.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Pasadena, CA US station (0.7 mi from campus).
What Los Angeles College of Music graduates study — and earn
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.













