Vanguard University of Southern California
Vanguard University of Southern California admitted 62% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $23,231 a year. Within six years, 55% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 62%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $56,063 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $23,231 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $19,492 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $43,400 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 55%
- Students who return for a second year
- 70%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $62,456 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,500
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,933
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 48%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 13 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 20%
- Psychology
- 17%
- Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness and kinesiology
- 12%
- Health professions
- 11%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Hampton University VA · 62% admitted
- Mount Mary University WI · 62% admitted
- Stillman College AL · 62% admitted
- The College of New Jersey NJ · 62% admitted
- Agnes Scott College GA · 62% admitted
- Concordia College at Moorhead MN · 63% admitted
More colleges in California
- California State University-Fullerton CA · 91% admitted
- California State University-Long Beach CA · 46% admitted
- San Diego State University CA · 36% admitted
- University of California-San Diego CA · 27% admitted
- University of California-Los Angeles CA · 9% admitted
- University of California-Berkeley CA · 11% admitted
- California State University-Northridge CA · 93% admitted
- University of California-Davis CA · 42% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.