Otis College of Art and Design Overview

Otis College of Art and Design is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Otis College of Art and Design Known For?

• Students at Otis College of Art and Design may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 7 to 1.
• Students at Otis College of Art and Design have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 4%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The master's degree is the highest award offered at Otis College of Art and Design.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 16% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Otis College of Art and Design bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $44,900 a year. That's about 10% more than their peers at other schools.
• The average Otis College of Art and Design student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Otis College of Art and Design has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#2	Best Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts	College Factual
#3	Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#8	Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts	College Factual
#9	Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#13	Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts	College Factual
#25	Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Veterans	College Factual

Where Is Otis College of Art and Design?

Contact details for Otis College of Art and Design are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	9045 Lincoln Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045-3505
Phone:	800-527-6847
Website:	www.otis.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/Otis.College
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/OtisCollege

How Do I Get Into Otis College of Art and Design?

You can apply to Otis College of Art and Design online at: www.otis.edu/how-apply

Admission Requirements for Otis College of Art and Design

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Otis College of Art and Design?

With an acceptance rate of 91%, Otis College of Art and Design is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 26% of accepted students are men and 74% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 90%, and the acceptance rate for women is 92%.

Can I Afford Otis College of Art and Design?

The overall average net price of Otis College of Art and Design is $52,156. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Otis College of Art and Design, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $7,902 a year. That adds up to $31,608 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Otis College of Art and Design is 4.5%. 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.

Otis College of Art and Design Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,086 undergraduate students at Otis College of Art and Design, with 1,068 being full-time and 18 being part-time.

There are also 58 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,068 full-time undergraduates at Otis College of Art and Design, 34% are male and 66% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	272
Black or African American	47
Hispanic or Latino	59
White	307
International Students	242
Other Races/Ethnicities	141

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at Otis College of Art and Design. At this time, 17 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 45 countries are represented at Otis College of Art and Design. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Taiwan.

Online Learning at Otis College of Art and Design

In 2017-2018, 465 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Otis College of Art and Design has changed over the last few years.

This is the #2,028 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Otis College of Art and Design regardless of major.

Otis College of Art and Design Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Design & Applied Arts	117	14	131
General Visual & Performing Arts	69	0	69
Fine & Studio Arts	26	5	31
Environmental Design	13	0	13
Writing Studies	0	6	6
TOTAL	225	25	250

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
• Image Credit: By Maltzgallery at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.