American Film Institute Conservatory
Los Angeles, California · Also known as AFI Conservatory · Website
American Film Institute Conservatory is a private nonprofit 4-year college in Los Angeles, California.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
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A year, after grants
Tuition and fees
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Admission rate
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Completion rate
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Median debt
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Earnings at 10 years
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Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Admission and students
- Graduate students
- 379
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Programs
- 2
- Endowment
- $25.2M
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
| Measure | College | CA median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | - | $20,161 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $8,086 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 76% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | - | 64% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | - | 80% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | - | $11,537 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | - | $36,048 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | - | $41,472 | $52,928 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US private nonprofit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid.
Programs
2 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
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| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsMaster's | Master's | 192 | $164,727 | $20,358 | $43,012 | $51,486 |
| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 8 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
In the area
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Questions and answers
What are the most popular majors at American Film Institute Conservatory?
Film/Video and Photographic Arts (192 master's graduates), Film/Video and Photographic Arts (8 graduate certificate graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 2 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.