Southern California Institute of Architecture
Basic Information
Type
Private
Geographical Reach
Regional
Population
11,000,000
Weather
Comfortable Days
135 (97% 😎)
Sunshine Hours
3,300 (96% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation
327 (98% 🏖️)
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
238
Men / Women
55% / 45%
Racial/Ethnic
International
45%
Hispanic
17%
White
17%
Asian
13%
Mixed
4%
Black
3%
Native American
0%
Men in the Entering Class
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2011 Men: 59.4% 59.4%
2012 Men: 65.6% 65.6%
2013 Men: 65.6% 65.6%
2014 Men: 67.6% 67.6%
2015 Men: 61.3% 61.3%
2016 Men: 52.4% 52.4%
2017 Men: 46.9% 46.9%
2018 Men: 51.7% 51.7%
2019 Men: 63.3% 63.3%
2020 Men: 60.0% 60.0%
2021 Men: 61.5% 61.5%
2022 Men: 50.0% 50.0%
2023 Men: 60.7% 60.7%
2024 Men: 57.1% 57.1%
2025 Men: 51.2% 51.2%
Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.
Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2011 Native: 6.2% 6.2%
2012 Native: 3.1% 3.1%
2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2025 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2011 Asian: 21.9% 21.9%
2012 Asian: 34.4% 34.4%
2013 Asian: 6.2% 6.2%
2014 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 Asian: 9.7% 9.7%
2016 Asian: 4.8% 4.8%
2017 Asian: 9.4% 9.4%
2018 Asian: 6.9% 6.9%
2019 Asian: 6.7% 6.7%
2020 Asian: 3.3% 3.3%
2021 Asian: 7.7% 7.7%
2022 Asian: 3.3% 3.3%
2023 Asian: 17.9% 17.9%
2024 Asian: 11.4% 11.4%
2025 Asian: 17.1% 17.1%
2011 Black: 0.0% 0.0%
2012 Black: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 Black: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 Black: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 Black: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 Black: 0.0% 0.0%
2017 Black: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 Black: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 Black: 3.3% 3.3%
2020 Black: 3.3% 3.3%
2021 Black: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 Black: 3.3% 3.3%
2023 Black: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 Black: 0.0% 0.0%
2025 Black: 7.3% 7.3%
2011 Hispanic: 18.8% 18.8%
2012 Hispanic: 9.4% 9.4%
2013 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 Hispanic: 6.5% 6.5%
2016 Hispanic: 9.5% 9.5%
2017 Hispanic: 9.4% 9.4%
2018 Hispanic: 27.6% 27.6%
2019 Hispanic: 3.3% 3.3%
2020 Hispanic: 3.3% 3.3%
2021 Hispanic: 7.7% 7.7%
2022 Hispanic: 13.3% 13.3%
2023 Hispanic: 14.3% 14.3%
2024 Hispanic: 28.6% 28.6%
2025 Hispanic: 12.2% 12.2%
2011 White: 6.2% 6.2%
2012 White: 3.1% 3.1%
2013 White: 31.2% 31.2%
2014 White: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 White: 9.7% 9.7%
2016 White: 9.5% 9.5%
2017 White: 15.6% 15.6%
2018 White: 6.9% 6.9%
2019 White: 16.7% 16.7%
2020 White: 13.3% 13.3%
2021 White: 15.4% 15.4%
2022 White: 6.7% 6.7%
2023 White: 14.3% 14.3%
2024 White: 14.3% 14.3%
2025 White: 19.5% 19.5%
2011 International: 37.5% 37.5%
2012 International: 43.8% 43.8%
2013 International: 62.5% 62.5%
2014 International: 100.0% 100.0%
2015 International: 71.0% 71.0%
2016 International: 71.4% 71.4%
2017 International: 65.6% 65.6%
2018 International: 55.2% 55.2%
2019 International: 70.0% 70.0%
2020 International: 73.3% 73.3%
2021 International: 61.5% 61.5%
2022 International: 70.0% 70.0%
2023 International: 50.0% 50.0%
2024 International: 45.7% 45.7%
2025 International: 36.6% 36.6%
Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.
Enrolled Undergraduates
0
125
250
375
500
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2011 Total: 232 232
2012 Total: 261 261
2013 Total: 227 227
2014 Total: 254 254
2015 Total: 254 254
2016 Total: 245 245
2017 Total: 257 257
2018 Total: 244 244
2019 Total: 232 232
2020 Total: 231 231
2021 Total: 247 247
2022 Total: 250 250
2023 Total: 250 250
2024 Total: 239 239
2025 Total: 238 238
2011 Men: 146 146
2012 Men: 173 173
2013 Men: 149 149
2014 Men: 163 163
2015 Men: 157 157
2016 Men: 152 152
2017 Men: 154 154
2018 Men: 146 146
2019 Men: 142 142
2020 Men: 140 140
2021 Men: 155 155
2022 Men: 150 150
2023 Men: 149 149
2024 Men: 144 144
2025 Men: 131 131
2011 Women: 86 86
2012 Women: 88 88
2013 Women: 78 78
2014 Women: 91 91
2015 Women: 97 97
2016 Women: 93 93
2017 Women: 103 103
2018 Women: 98 98
2019 Women: 90 90
2020 Women: 91 91
2021 Women: 92 92
2022 Women: 100 100
2023 Women: 101 101
2024 Women: 95 95
2025 Women: 107 107
Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.
Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2011 Native: 2.6% 2.6%
2012 Native: 0.8% 0.8%
2013 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2014 Native: 1.2% 1.2%
2015 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2016 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2019 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2020 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2021 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2025 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2011 Asian: 25.0% 25.0%
2012 Asian: 26.1% 26.1%
2013 Asian: 22.5% 22.5%
2014 Asian: 19.3% 19.3%
2015 Asian: 17.7% 17.7%
2016 Asian: 11.8% 11.8%
2017 Asian: 10.5% 10.5%
2018 Asian: 11.9% 11.9%
2019 Asian: 11.6% 11.6%
2020 Asian: 10.4% 10.4%
2021 Asian: 10.5% 10.5%
2022 Asian: 10.0% 10.0%
2023 Asian: 11.2% 11.2%
2024 Asian: 11.3% 11.3%
2025 Asian: 13.0% 13.0%
2011 Black: 0.0% 0.0%
2012 Black: 0.8% 0.8%
2013 Black: 0.9% 0.9%
2014 Black: 2.0% 2.0%
2015 Black: 0.8% 0.8%
2016 Black: 0.4% 0.4%
2017 Black: 0.4% 0.4%
2018 Black: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 Black: 0.4% 0.4%
2020 Black: 0.9% 0.9%
2021 Black: 0.8% 0.8%
2022 Black: 1.6% 1.6%
2023 Black: 2.0% 2.0%
2024 Black: 1.7% 1.7%
2025 Black: 3.4% 3.4%
2011 Hispanic: 21.6% 21.6%
2012 Hispanic: 22.6% 22.6%
2013 Hispanic: 19.4% 19.4%
2014 Hispanic: 9.8% 9.8%
2015 Hispanic: 13.8% 13.8%
2016 Hispanic: 14.7% 14.7%
2017 Hispanic: 15.2% 15.2%
2018 Hispanic: 17.2% 17.2%
2019 Hispanic: 13.8% 13.8%
2020 Hispanic: 14.3% 14.3%
2021 Hispanic: 15.0% 15.0%
2022 Hispanic: 12.0% 12.0%
2023 Hispanic: 12.8% 12.8%
2024 Hispanic: 12.6% 12.6%
2025 Hispanic: 16.8% 16.8%
2011 White: 22.4% 22.4%
2012 White: 19.2% 19.2%
2013 White: 19.4% 19.4%
2014 White: 21.3% 21.3%
2015 White: 13.0% 13.0%
2016 White: 15.1% 15.1%
2017 White: 14.0% 14.0%
2018 White: 13.5% 13.5%
2019 White: 14.7% 14.7%
2020 White: 14.7% 14.7%
2021 White: 13.0% 13.0%
2022 White: 13.6% 13.6%
2023 White: 14.8% 14.8%
2024 White: 15.1% 15.1%
2025 White: 16.8% 16.8%
2011 International: 22.4% 22.4%
2012 International: 28.4% 28.4%
2013 International: 34.4% 34.4%
2014 International: 44.1% 44.1%
2015 International: 51.6% 51.6%
2016 International: 55.9% 55.9%
2017 International: 58.0% 58.0%
2018 International: 54.5% 54.5%
2019 International: 56.9% 56.9%
2020 International: 56.3% 56.3%
2021 International: 57.9% 57.9%
2022 International: 60.0% 60.0%
2023 International: 55.6% 55.6%
2024 International: 55.6% 55.6%
2025 International: 45.4% 45.4%
Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.
IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.
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Southern California Institute of Architecture
47
70%
17%
13%
2%
15%
53%
$68,406
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+0.04
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Architecture
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70%
17%
13%
2%
15%
53%
$68,406
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Financial
Tuition & Fees
$60,625
ROI Percentile
52th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
91%
4-Year Graduation Rate
0%
6-Year Graduation Rate
71%
Transfer-Out Rate
0%
Six-Year Graduation Rate
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Graduated: 57.6% 57.6%
2012 Graduated: 88.1% 88.1%
2013 Graduated: 50.0% 50.0%
2014 Graduated: 72.4% 72.4%
2015 Graduated: 50.0% 50.0%
2016 Graduated: 28.6% 28.6%
2017 Graduated: 100.0% 100.0%
2018 Graduated: 84.6% 84.6%
2019 Graduated: 93.8% 93.8%
2020 Graduated: 76.5% 76.5%
2021 Graduated: 74.2% 74.2%
2022 Graduated: 85.7% 85.7%
2023 Graduated: 70.0% 70.0%
2024 Graduated: 71.4% 71.4%
Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Men: 52.4% 2012 Men: 88.2% 2013 Men: 51.3% 2014 Men: 68.2% 2015 Men: 37.5% 2016 Men: 30.0% 2017 Men: 100.0% 2018 Men: 78.6% 2019 Men: 90.5% 2020 Men: 69.6% 2021 Men: 73.7% 2022 Men: 90.9% 2023 Men: 84.6% 2024 Men: 78.6% 2011 Women: 66.7% 2012 Women: 87.5% 2013 Women: 46.2% 2014 Women: 85.7% 2015 Women: 75.0% 2016 Women: 25.0% 2017 Women: 100.0% 2018 Women: 100.0% 2019 Women: 100.0% 2020 Women: 90.9% 2021 Women: 75.0% 2022 Women: 80.0% 2023 Women: 58.8% 2024 Women: 64.3%
IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Asian: 75.0% 2012 Asian: 100.0% 2013 Asian: 61.5% 2014 Asian: 66.7% 2016 Asian: 0.0% 2017 Asian: 100.0% 2018 Asian: 72.7% 2019 Asian: 0.0% 2020 Asian: 100.0% 2021 Asian: 100.0% 2022 Asian: 0.0% 2023 Asian: 100.0% 2024 Asian: 50.0% 2011 Hispanic: 42.9% 2012 Hispanic: 100.0% 2013 Hispanic: 33.3% 2014 Hispanic: 100.0% 2015 Hispanic: 20.0% 2016 Hispanic: 0.0% 2018 Hispanic: 100.0% 2020 Hispanic: 71.4% 2021 Hispanic: 100.0% 2022 Hispanic: 50.0% 2023 Hispanic: 50.0% 2024 Hispanic: 62.5% 2011 White: 83.3% 2012 White: 78.3% 2013 White: 53.3% 2014 White: 66.7% 2015 White: 100.0% 2016 White: 0.0% 2018 White: 100.0% 2019 White: 100.0% 2020 White: 75.0% 2021 White: 100.0% 2022 White: 50.0% 2023 White: 60.0% 2024 White: 100.0% 2011 International: 25.0% 2012 International: 100.0% 2013 International: 44.4% 2014 International: 87.5% 2015 International: 60.0% 2016 International: 50.0% 2017 International: 100.0% 2018 International: 84.6% 2019 International: 100.0% 2020 International: 81.0% 2021 International: 65.0% 2022 International: 100.0% 2023 International: 70.0% 2024 International: 73.3%
Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.
IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Earnings by Major Category
Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).
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Arts
100.0%
47
70%
17%
13%
2%
15%
53%
$68,406
96
+0.04
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Admissions
Uses Common App
Yes
Acceptance Rate
77%
Yield (non-ED)
7%
Acceptance Rates
In-State
Out-of-State
International
Regular Decision
77%
77%
77%
This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.
Acceptance & Yield
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Acceptance: 89.4% 89.4%
2012 Acceptance: 79.9% 79.9%
2013 Acceptance: 86.7% 86.7%
2014 Acceptance: 80.8% 80.8%
2015 Acceptance: 73.4% 73.4%
2020 Acceptance: 67.3% 67.3%
2021 Acceptance: 64.9% 64.9%
2022 Acceptance: 59.8% 59.8%
2023 Acceptance: 82.7% 82.7%
2024 Acceptance: 76.6% 76.6%
2011 Yield: 30.5% 30.5%
2012 Yield: 28.8% 28.8%
2013 Yield: 20.5% 20.5%
2014 Yield: 20.7% 20.7%
2015 Yield: 19.7% 19.7%
2020 Yield: 9.5% 9.5%
2021 Yield: 10.9% 10.9%
2022 Yield: 9.1% 9.1%
2023 Yield: 7.0% 7.0%
2024 Yield: 7.0% 7.0%
Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled
0
250
500
750
1,000
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Applicants: 66 66
2012 Applicants: 139 139
2013 Applicants: 180 180
2014 Applicants: 203 203
2015 Applicants: 214 214
2020 Applicants: 422 422
2021 Applicants: 424 424
2022 Applicants: 513 513
2023 Applicants: 606 606
2024 Applicants: 748 748
2011 Admitted: 59 59
2012 Admitted: 111 111
2013 Admitted: 156 156
2014 Admitted: 164 164
2015 Admitted: 157 157
2020 Admitted: 284 284
2021 Admitted: 275 275
2022 Admitted: 307 307
2023 Admitted: 501 501
2024 Admitted: 573 573
2011 Enrolled: 18 18
2012 Enrolled: 32 32
2013 Enrolled: 32 32
2014 Enrolled: 34 34
2015 Enrolled: 31 31
2020 Enrolled: 27 27
2021 Enrolled: 30 30
2022 Enrolled: 28 28
2023 Enrolled: 35 35
2024 Enrolled: 40 40
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Published SAT Distribution
Submission-Adjusted SAT Distribution
Estimate based on the latest published p25 and p75, adjusted to a 100% test-submission reference. Highlighted bars show the adjusted middle 50%.
SAT Composite
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 970 970
2012 25th: 1000 1000
2013 25th: 1020 1020
2014 25th: 1030 1030
2015 25th: 970 970
2020 25th: 990 990
2021 25th: 1180 1180
2022 25th: 1020 1020
2011 75th: 1190 1190
2012 75th: 1270 1270
2013 75th: 1290 1290
2014 75th: 1280 1280
2015 75th: 1250 1250
2020 75th: 1330 1330
2021 75th: 1410 1410
2022 75th: 1230 1230
SAT Math
400
500
600
700
800
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 570 570
2012 25th: 560 560
2013 25th: 590 590
2014 25th: 570 570
2015 25th: 530 530
2020 25th: 500 500
2021 25th: 590 590
2022 25th: 530 530
2011 75th: 650 650
2012 75th: 650 650
2013 75th: 700 700
2014 75th: 710 710
2015 75th: 680 680
2020 75th: 680 680
2021 75th: 750 750
2022 75th: 640 640
SAT Reading & Writing
400
500
600
700
800
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 400 400
2012 25th: 440 440
2013 25th: 430 430
2014 25th: 460 460
2015 25th: 430 430
2020 25th: 490 490
2021 25th: 590 590
2022 25th: 490 490
2011 75th: 540 540
2012 75th: 610 610
2013 75th: 580 580
2014 75th: 570 570
2015 75th: 560 560
2020 75th: 650 650
2021 75th: 660 660
2022 75th: 590 590
Submitting a Test Score
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Submitted: 71.0% 71.0%
2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2020 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2021 Submitted: 27.0% 27.0%
2022 Submitted: 25.0% 25.0%
2023 Submitted: 6.0% 6.0%
2024 Submitted: 0.0% 0.0%
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.
