unitid 117168 · Laguna Beach, CA · private nonprofit 4-year · rural (fringe)
Laguna College of Art and Design
- enrollment 2023
- 824
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
94%
88th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
746
41st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
30%
undergrads on Pell grants
41st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
52%
finish within 150% time
40th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$57,989
71st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$42,505
after aid, aided students
96th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$47,867
after entry, Title IV students
37th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$27,000
89th pctl among private nonprofit 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 $37,203 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
family income mix not reported
- Median family income
- $57,057
- First-generation students
- 22%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $37,500
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.8× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design and Applied Arts. | 94 | $56,145 | $27,000 |
| Graphic Communications. | 26 | $62,659 | $27,000 |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | 13 | — | — |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | 12 | — | $27,625 |
| Design and Applied Arts. | 5 | — | — |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | 1 | — | — |
| Graphic Communications. | 0 | — | — |
| Design and Applied Arts. | 0 | — | — |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | 0 | — | — |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. | — | — | — |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | — | — | — |
— 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
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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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.