After Los Angeles College of Music: graduation, pay and debt
Pasadena, California · For-profit · 227 undergrads
47% of Los Angeles College of Music students finish within six years, the typical student earns $44,742 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $29,094 in federal loans at the median.
The short answers
$44.7k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
47%
finish within six years.
24%
finish in four years.
61%
of first-years come back for year two.
$29.1k
median federal debt at graduation.
53%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers
Finishing
Finished in four yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
24%
Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
47%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
61%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
38
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
63%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
3%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
73
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
2.6%
Pay after college
Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$38,354
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$44,742
Debt and paying it back
Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
$29,094
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$17,521
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$21,125
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$12,000
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
53%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
53%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
59%
Where these numbers come from
- Admit rate and applicants: IPEDS, fall 2024 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
- Cost, pay and debt: College Scorecard, 2024-25 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers