California College of the Arts

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Cost & Tuition

Tuition: $57,946

Total Cost of Attendance: $78,664

Student Debt

Median total debt: $19,500

Students with federal loans: 45.6%

Students with Pell grants: 24.7%

Career Outcomes

All graduates median earnings:

After 1 year: $26,648

After 5 years: $51,348

Majors(11 programs)

  1. Design and Applied Arts.(156 graduates)
  2. Fine and Studio Arts.(55 graduates)
  3. Graphic Communications.(45 graduates)
  4. Human Computer Interaction.(34 graduates)
  5. Architecture.(26 graduates)
  6. Film/Video and Photographic Arts.(26 graduates)
  7. Woodworking.(8 graduates)
  8. Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.(3 graduates)
  9. Architectural Sciences and Technology.
  10. Computer Software and Media Applications.
  11. Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry.

Institution Details

Undergraduate Enrollment: 1,004 students

Admission Rate: 73.4%

Retention Rate: 57.4%

Graduation Rate: 58.7%

Student Demographics

White (20.1%)
Hispanic (16.4%)
Black (3.5%)
Asian (15.8%)
Two or More (6.2%)
International (34.1%)

Gender Distribution

Men (33.0%)
Women (67.0%)

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