California College of the Arts
Cost & Tuition
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)
- Design and Applied Arts.(156 graduates)
- Fine and Studio Arts.(55 graduates)
- Graphic Communications.(45 graduates)
- Human Computer Interaction.(34 graduates)
- Architecture.(26 graduates)
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts.(26 graduates)
- Woodworking.(8 graduates)
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.(3 graduates)
- Architectural Sciences and Technology.
- Computer Software and Media Applications.
- 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%)