Los Angeles, CA · Private for-profit · College Scorecard data · Updated September 10, 2026
ZMS The Academy is a private for-profit institution in Los Angeles, CA, where the highest award offered is a certificate. It enrolls about 144 undergraduate students, with a student-faculty ratio of 25:1. The school is listed in the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, which is the source for every figure on this page.
Official website: www.zmsacademy.com
The published tuition for the largest program at ZMS The Academy is $8,395 per year. This is the figure the Department of Education collects for schools whose students are concentrated in a single program, rather than a school-wide in-state rate.
For context, the average in-state tuition at the 288 California colleges that do report one is $16,639.
| College | Type | Undergraduates | Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California-Los Angeles | Public | 33,475 | $15,203 |
| University of Southern California | Private nonprofit | 20,443 | $72,097 |
| California State University-Los Angeles | Public | 19,562 | $7,160 |
| Los Angeles City College | Public | 11,198 | $1,238 |
| Los Angeles Trade Technical College | Public | 9,998 | $1,238 |
| Loyola Marymount University | Private nonprofit | 7,094 | $62,357 |
Tuition is in-state tuition for schools that report one, otherwise the published tuition for the largest program. Source: College Scorecard.
| Graduation rate (within 150% of normal time) | 40% |
| Undergraduates receiving Pell grants | 10% |
| Undergraduates aged 25 and over | 55% |
| First-generation students | 70% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. Earnings and debt figures cover students who received federal financial aid.
The published tuition for ZMS The Academy's largest program is $8,395 per year, according to College Scorecard. Program-level tuition is reported instead of a school-wide rate when a school's enrollment is concentrated in one program.
ZMS The Academy enrolls about 144 undergraduate students. The student-faculty ratio is 25:1.
ZMS The Academy is a private for-profit institution in Los Angeles, CA. Its highest award is a certificate, according to College Scorecard.
College Scorecard reports in-state tuition for first-time, full-time undergraduates. ZMS The Academy does not report such a cohort to the federal survey, so no school-wide rate is published — typically because the school serves transfer, returning or part-time students, or reports tuition by program instead.