unitid 108232 · San Francisco, CA · private for-profit 4-year · city (large)
Academy of Art University
- enrollment 2023
- 9,251
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private for-profit 4-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
3,587
91st pctl among private for-profit 4-years
Pell share
41%
undergrads on Pell grants
27th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
completion
34%
finish within 150% time
30th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$48,036
90th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$40,613
after aid, aided students
90th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$39,008
after entry, Title IV students
42nd pctl among private for-profit 4-years
median grad debt
$31,000
85th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $37,668 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private for-profit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k41%
- 30-48k17%
- 48-75k15%
- 75-110k12%
- 110k+14%
- Median family income
- $22,551
- First-generation students
- 41%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $30,736
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.3× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Software and Media Applications. | 182 | $115,316 | — |
| Computer Software and Media Applications. | 112 | $78,524 | $39,715 |
| Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians. | 97 | — | — |
| Graphic Communications. | 74 | $54,175 | $36,717 |
| Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians. | 73 | — | $45,000 |
| Graphic Communications. | 69 | $67,772 | — |
| Design and Applied Arts. | 63 | $57,948 | $33,187 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 56 | $39,174 | $36,500 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 52 | $53,584 | — |
| Design and Applied Arts. | 51 | $58,596 | — |
| Apparel and Textiles. | 49 | — | $31,000 |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | 47 | $40,069 | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.