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California College of the Arts was awarded 56 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is fine & studio arts.
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California College of the Arts was not ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
California College of the Arts has an acceptance rate of 78%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
At California College of the Arts, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 8 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at California College of the Arts is 21%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
California College of the Arts has a freshmen retention rate of 82%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at California College of the Arts for first-time, full-time students is 41%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,239 undergraduates at California College of the Arts with 1,162 being full-time and 77 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $29,530 | $24,239 | $31,474 | $35,494 | $43,404 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of California College of the Arts, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At California College of the Arts, approximately 23% of students took out student loans averaging $7,532 a year. That adds up to $30,128 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at California College of the Arts is 4.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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See which majors at California College of the Arts make the most money.
Get more details about the location of California College of the Arts.
Contact details for California College of the Arts are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1111 Eighth Street, San Francisco, CA 94107-2247 |
| Phone: | 510-594-3600 |
| Website: | www.cca.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/CaliforniaCollegeoftheArts |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/CACollegeofArts |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Design & Applied Arts | 89 | $35,949 |
| Graphic Communications | 52 | $16,698 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 42 | $23,560 |
| Human Computer Interaction | 22 | NA |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 19 | NA |
| Writing Studies | 7 | NA |
| Woodworking | 2 | NA |
| Museum Studies | 0 | NA |
| General Architecture | 0 | $57,344 |
| Business Administration & Management | 0 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 1,630 students took at least one online class at California College of the Arts. This is an increase from the 23 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,630 | 1,630 |
| 2019-2020 | 23 | 23 |
| 2018-2019 | 23 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 25 | 25 |
| 2016-2017 | 19 | 19 |
Learn more about online learning at California College of the Arts.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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