10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$473,990at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Los Angeles Film School
⌖ Hollywood, CA · 7 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
10-year estimate · Negative payoff
−$473,990 over 10 years
Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.
With these assumptions, the added earnings do not recover the cost within ten years.
—Modeled economic break-even
−156%Modeled 10-year ROI
$27,993Observed earnings · year 5
Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK
Estimated payoff over ten years.
The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.
FEDERAL COST DATA
Four ways to read college price.
Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE
Institution details
Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.
- Accreditor
- Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
- Main award level
- Bachelor’s degrees
- Campus setting
- City
- Admissions
- Open admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$30,980Average net price / year
$38,291Cost of attendance
$25,250Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$268/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$27,993Median earnings · year 5 after completion
41.3%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
5,472Student size
Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
WHAT STANDS OUT
A faster read on this college
These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$20,763Year 1
$33,557Year 4
$27,993Year 5
Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.
The college average is not the whole story.
Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.
1Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management · Bachelor's Degree$37,8572Film/Video and Photographic Arts · Bachelor's Degree$35,1513Design and Applied Arts · Bachelor's Degree$34,7694Graphic Communications · Bachelor's Degree$34,1385Music · Associate's Degree$33,0466Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$32,1537Film/Video and Photographic Arts · Associate's Degree$29,061Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark
This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential—not simply majors that pay more everywhere.
1MusicAssociate's Degree · $33,046 reported-3%vs same-degree national median$22,625federal debt2Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree · $32,153 reported-10%vs same-degree national median$19,545federal debt3Film/Video and Photographic ArtsAssociate's Degree · $29,061 reported-12%vs same-degree national median$20,000federal debt4Film/Video and Photographic ArtsBachelor's Degree · $35,151 reported-20%vs same-degree national median$42,250federal debt5Graphic CommunicationsBachelor's Degree · $34,138 reported-21%vs same-degree national median$33,250federal debt6Arts, Entertainment, and Media ManagementBachelor's Degree · $37,857 reported-22%vs same-degree national median$44,250federal debt
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- Annual net price
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- Observed earnings · year 5
- $27,463
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -158%
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- Annual net price
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- Observed earnings · year 5
- $30,026
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -150%
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- Annual net price
- $28,282
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $26,825
- Modeled 10-year ROI
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- Annual net price
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- Observed earnings · year 5
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- Modeled 10-year ROI
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Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management | Bachelor's Degree | $37,857 | $44,250 | Not reported |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $35,151 | $42,250 | Not reported |
| Design and Applied Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $34,769 | $51,250 | Not reported |
| Graphic Communications | Bachelor's Degree | $34,138 | $33,250 | Not reported |
| Music | Associate's Degree | $33,046 | $22,625 | Not reported |
| Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians | Associate's Degree | $32,153 | $19,545 | Not reported |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts | Associate's Degree | $29,061 | $20,000 | Not reported |
Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.
Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.