Private for-profit · College

Newschool of Architecture and Design

San Diego, California · Large city

100.0%
Admit rate
$52,570
Avg net price
62%
Graduation rate
$68,891
Median earnings

Newschool of Architecture and Design is a private for-profit bachelor's-granting institution in San Diego, California (large city setting), enrolling 182 undergraduates.

Private for-profitSmall · 182 undergradsLarge cityOpen admissionMild wintersNear the coast

About San Diego, California

San Diego is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. What has been referred to as the San Dieguito complex was established in the area at least 9,000 years ago. The culture of San Diego is influenced heavily by the mixing of American and Mexican cultures, due to the city's position on the Mexico–United States border, its large Chicano population, and its history as part of Hispanic America and Mexico. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Graduate
Nearest big city
San Diego, CA
To the ocean
1 mile
Nearest airport
3 miles to San Diego (SAN) · major hub

How Newschool of Architecture and Design compares

Selectivity100.0%

More selective than 2% · #100 most selective of 107 in California

Graduation rate62%

Higher than 64% · #63 of 122 in California

First-year retention63%

Higher than 16%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$68,891

Higher than 82% · #52 of 130 in California

Average net price$52,570

Cheaper than 1% · #116 cheapest of 118 in California

Median debt at graduation$31,000

Lower than 3%

Student–faculty ratio8 : 1

Lower than 89%

Undergraduate enrollment182

Larger than 12%

Percentiles compare Newschool of Architecture and Design 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

272students
  • Undergraduate18267%
  • Graduate9033%

Undergraduates by gender

182undergrads
  • Women6435%
  • Men11865%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White25%
  • Black13%
  • Hispanic41%
  • Asian11%
  • Other or multiracial9.9%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
182
Graduate enrollment
90
Student–faculty ratio
8 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
52%
First-generation students
38%
Students over 25
47%
Median family income
$19,871
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$55,260

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

Admissions

Admission rate
100.0%
Test scores
Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Cost

In-state tuition
$30,291
Room & board
Books & supplies
$3,300
Total cost of attendance
$62,004
Average net price
$52,570

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)
62%
Graduated on time (4 years)
5%
First-year retention
63%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$57,073
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$68,891
Median debt at graduation
$31,000
Students with federal loans
54%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
43%

About 57% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
5%
First-generation
44%

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
$75

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.

< $30k
$47,379
$30–48k
$48–75k
$60,356
$75–110k
$110k+

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
$324,996

$60,356/year × about 5.4 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)
$68,891
Typical debt at graduation
$31,000
Debt vs. one year's pay
45%
Out-earn a HS grad
66%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.5 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

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
$68,259
Men
$69,372

Men out-earn women by $1,113 (2%) 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
77°F
Winter low
50°F
Annual rain
9.8″

Average temperature

HighLow
40°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.01.12.2JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, San Diego Lindbergh Fld, CA US station (2.2 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.