Laguna College of Art and Design Overview

Laguna College of Art and Design is a private not-for-profit institution located in Laguna Beach, California. The rural area surrounding LCAD is great for students who love a peaceful atmosphere.

What Is Laguna College of Art and Design Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at LCAD since the student to facuty ratio is 8 to 1.
• The student loan default rate at LCAD is 1%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The highest award offered at LCAD is the master's degree.
• For the <nil> academic year, 13% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from LCAD makes roughly $55,170 a year. This is 35% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is 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

Admission Requirements for LCAD

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	Recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into LCAD?

With an acceptance rate of 83%, LCAD may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 24% of accepted students are men and 76% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 78%, and the acceptance rate for women is 85%.

Can I Afford Laguna College of Art and Design?

The overall average net price of LCAD is $44,156. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

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 1.3%. 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.

Laguna College of Art and Design Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 735 undergraduate students at LCAD, with 627 being full-time and 108 being part-time.

There are also 31 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 627 full-time undergraduates at LCAD, 26% are male and 74% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Laguna College of Art and Design students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	92
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	146
White	291
International Students	34
Other Races/Ethnicities	49

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at Laguna College of Art and Design. At this time, 14 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at Laguna College of Art and Design

In 2020-2021, 506 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at LCAD has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of LCAD

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Laguna College of Art and Design was 19,525.0%. This is the #23 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at LCAD regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.