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Los Angeles College of Music Data & Information Overview

83% Acceptance Rate
6% Student Loan Default Rate
Find out more about how Los Angeles College of Music ranks, how diverse it is, what majors it offers, and other essential facts below.
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How Well Is Los Angeles College of Music Ranked?

2024 Rankings

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Overall Quality

LACM was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.

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Is It Hard to Get Into LACM?

83% Acceptance Rate
44% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at Los Angeles College of Music is 83%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that LACM is a good fit for you.

Learn more about Los Angeles College of Music admissions.

Los Angeles College of Music Faculty

5 to 1 Student to Faculty
9% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at LACM it is much better at 5 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Los Angeles College of Music is 9%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  9 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Los Angeles College of Music

74% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 74% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Los Angeles College of Music enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  74 out of 100
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Los Angeles College of Music Undergraduate Student Diversity

236 Full-Time Undergraduates
29.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
40.7% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 249 undergraduates at LACM with 236 being full-time and 13 being part-time.

How Much Does Los Angeles College of Music Cost?

$37,311 Net Price
39% Take Out Loans
$21,972 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of LACM is $37,311. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for LACM

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$33,770 $37,392 $39,192 $37,049 $40,292

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of LACM, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At LACM, approximately 39% of students took out student loans averaging $5,493 a year. That adds up to $21,972 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at LACM is 5.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do LACM Graduates Make?

$30,227 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from LACM with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $30,227 in their early years. This is about 29% less that the average pay for college graduates overall. However, graduates with your major may make more.

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See which majors at Los Angeles College of Music make the most money.

Location of Los Angeles College of Music

California State
236 Full-Time Undergraduates
Midsize City Campus Setting
Located in Pasadena, California, Los Angeles College of Music is a private for-profit institution. The location of LACM is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

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Contact details for LACM are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 300 S Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105
Phone: 626-568-8850
Website: www.lacm.edu/

Los Angeles College of Music Majors

2 Majors With Completions
72 Undergraduate Degrees
Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Music 47 NA
Arts & Media Management 5 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Los Angeles College of Music along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

This is a decrease from the 249 students who took online classes the previous year.

Learn more about online learning at Los Angeles College of Music.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

References

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