Design Institute of San Diego vs SCU

The next list compares two colleges briefly in important perspectives. You can compare two colleges with comprehensive information on the full comparison page.

Design Institute of San Diego is a private (for-profit) and SCU is a private (not-for-profit) school and both are four-years schools.
SCU has more expensive tuition & fees ($59,241) than Design Institute of San Diego ($29,350).
It is harder to admit to SCU than Design Institute of San Diego.
SCU has more students with 9,178 students while Design Institute of San Diego has 101 students.
Design Institute of San Diego has a lower number of students per faculty with 7 to 1 while SCU's ratio is 12 to 1.
SCU has more full-time faculties with 585 faculties while Design Institute of San Diego has 2 full-time faculties.

The following table compares the two rival schools - Design Institute of San Diego and Santa Clara University.

Design Institute of San Diego	vs.	SCU
San Diego, California	Location	Santa Clara, California
Four-years, Private (for-profit)	School Type	four-years, Private (not-for-profit)
Master's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Doctor's degree
School of art, music, and design	Carnegie Classification	Doctoral / Research University
$29,350	2024 Tuition & Fees	$59,241
84%	% Receiving Financial Aid	72%
$6,360	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$26,351

87.50 %	Acceptance Rates	44.00 %
28.57 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	19.00 %
-	SAT Score	1,420
-	ACT Score	31
75 %	Graduation Rate	88 %
-	Transfer-out Rate	-
33 %	Retention Rate	92 %
101	Student Population	9,178
2	Number of Faculties	585
7 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	12 to 1
Distance Learning (Online Classes), Weekend/Evening College	Special Learning Opportunities	Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad, Weekend/Evening College, Teacher Certification
Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, On-campus daycare

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