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Laguna College of Art and Design was awarded 1 badge in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is graphic design.
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LCAD 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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When it comes to admittance, Laguna College of Art and Design is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 83%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
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 LCAD it is much better at 8 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Laguna College of Art and Design is 21%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Laguna College of Art and Design has a freshmen retention rate of 78%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 27% for first-time, full-time students at LCAD, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Laguna College of Art and Design.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 732 undergraduates at LCAD with 635 being full-time and 97 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $33,241 | $33,283 | $39,068 | $35,726 | $39,340 |
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 LCAD, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At LCAD, approximately 72% of students took out student loans averaging $8,779 a year. That adds up to $35,116 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at LCAD is 4.0%. 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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Get more details about the location of Laguna College of Art and Design.
Contact details for LCAD are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2222 Laguna Canyon Rd, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 |
| Phone: | 949-376-6000 |
| Website: | www.lcad.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/LCADBFA |
| Twitter: | @lcad |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Design & Applied Arts | 94 | $32,564 |
| Graphic Communications | 25 | $22,279 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 23 | NA |
| Writing Studies | 0 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 506 students took at least one online class at Laguna College of Art and Design. This is a decrease from the 769 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 506 | 10 |
| 2019-2020 | 769 | 769 |
| 2018-2019 | 324 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 218 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 97 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at Laguna College of Art and Design.
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.
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