Private nonprofit · School
The Chicago School at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California · Large city
- 46.3%
- Admit rate
- —
- Avg net price
- 0%
- Graduation rate
- $56,899
- Median earnings
The Chicago School at Los Angeles is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Los Angeles, California (large city setting), enrolling 337 undergraduates.
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 city
- Highest degree offered
- Graduate
- Nearest big city
- 1 mile to Los Angeles, CA
- To the ocean
- 13 miles
- Nearest airport
- 10 miles to Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne (HHR)
How The Chicago School at Los Angeles compares
More selective than 86% · #32 most selective of 107 in California
Higher than 1% · #120 of 122 in California
Higher than 59% · #92 of 130 in California
Lower than 75%
Lower than 68%
Larger than 17%
Percentiles compare The Chicago School at Los Angeles 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
- Undergraduate33710%
- Graduate3,00790%
Undergraduates by gender
- Women28183%
- Men5617%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White36%
- Black27%
- Hispanic20%
- Asian1.2%
- Other or multiracial16%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 337
- Graduate enrollment
- 3,007
- Student–faculty ratio
- 11 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 56%
- First-generation students
- 46%
- Students over 25
- 67%
- Median family income
- $18,495
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $72,144
- Endowment
- $23,286,258
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 46.3%
- Test scores
- Considered but not required
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
- —
- SAT average
- —
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- —
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $21,780
- Room & board
- —
- Books & supplies
- $2,184
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- —
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)
- 0%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 0%
- First-year retention
- —
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $51,817
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $56,899
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,000
- Students with federal loans
- 75%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
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
- $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
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (3,344 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.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $56,899
- Typical debt at graduation
- $20,000
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 35%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- —
Typical debt would take roughly 3.5 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
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.
Men out-earn women by $12,624 (23%) 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
- 84°F
- Winter low
- 48°F
- Annual rain
- 14.2″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Los Angeles Dwtn Usc Campus, CA US station (1.3 mi from campus).
What The Chicago School at Los Angeles 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.