Basic Information
Type
Private
Geographical Reach
National
Population
3,500,000
Weather
Comfortable Days
200 (100% 😎)
Sunshine Hours
2,972 (87%)
Days Without Precipitation
303 (93% 🏖️)
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
998
Men / Women
32% / 68%
From State
36%
From Region
5%
Racial/Ethnic
International
32%
White
21%
Hispanic
17%
Asian
15%
Mixed
7%
Black
4%
Native American
1%
Men in the Entering Class
0%
12%
24%
36%
48%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Men: 34.2% 34.2%
2012 Men: 37.3% 37.3%
2013 Men: 31.5% 31.5%
2014 Men: 31.6% 31.6%
2015 Men: 36.5% 36.5%
2016 Men: 32.9% 32.9%
2017 Men: 31.9% 31.9%
2018 Men: 35.7% 35.7%
2019 Men: 29.8% 29.8%
2020 Men: 38.9% 38.9%
2021 Men: 32.5% 32.5%
2022 Men: 31.2% 31.2%
2023 Men: 29.0% 29.0%
2024 Men: 30.4% 30.4%
Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Native: 0.6% 0.6%
2012 Native: 1.1% 1.1%
2013 Native: 2.7% 2.7%
2014 Native: 2.4% 2.4%
2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 Native: 0.9% 0.9%
2017 Native: 1.7% 1.7%
2018 Native: 1.7% 1.7%
2019 Native: 0.9% 0.9%
2020 Native: 1.1% 1.1%
2021 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2022 Native: 0.8% 0.8%
2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 Native: 1.1% 1.1%
2011 Asian: 11.6% 11.6%
2012 Asian: 16.5% 16.5%
2013 Asian: 19.9% 19.9%
2014 Asian: 17.4% 17.4%
2015 Asian: 19.0% 19.0%
2016 Asian: 16.6% 16.6%
2017 Asian: 11.2% 11.2%
2018 Asian: 16.3% 16.3%
2019 Asian: 19.8% 19.8%
2020 Asian: 18.7% 18.7%
2021 Asian: 18.3% 18.3%
2022 Asian: 17.3% 17.3%
2023 Asian: 12.3% 12.3%
2024 Asian: 15.2% 15.2%
2011 Black: 3.9% 3.9%
2012 Black: 3.3% 3.3%
2013 Black: 4.8% 4.8%
2014 Black: 4.0% 4.0%
2015 Black: 11.4% 11.4%
2016 Black: 7.0% 7.0%
2017 Black: 7.8% 7.8%
2018 Black: 7.3% 7.3%
2019 Black: 3.4% 3.4%
2020 Black: 5.1% 5.1%
2021 Black: 5.8% 5.8%
2022 Black: 7.5% 7.5%
2023 Black: 5.5% 5.5%
2024 Black: 3.8% 3.8%
2011 Hispanic: 10.5% 10.5%
2012 Hispanic: 17.0% 17.0%
2013 Hispanic: 11.3% 11.3%
2014 Hispanic: 11.3% 11.3%
2015 Hispanic: 10.4% 10.4%
2016 Hispanic: 10.0% 10.0%
2017 Hispanic: 11.2% 11.2%
2018 Hispanic: 10.3% 10.3%
2019 Hispanic: 12.5% 12.5%
2020 Hispanic: 15.0% 15.0%
2021 Hispanic: 12.9% 12.9%
2022 Hispanic: 15.7% 15.7%
2023 Hispanic: 17.9% 17.9%
2024 Hispanic: 16.0% 16.0%
2011 White: 59.1% 59.1%
2012 White: 50.5% 50.5%
2013 White: 48.9% 48.9%
2014 White: 45.3% 45.3%
2015 White: 36.0% 36.0%
2016 White: 38.9% 38.9%
2017 White: 31.9% 31.9%
2018 White: 30.5% 30.5%
2019 White: 27.2% 27.2%
2020 White: 26.7% 26.7%
2021 White: 20.0% 20.0%
2022 White: 14.9% 14.9%
2023 White: 23.8% 23.8%
2024 White: 23.2% 23.2%
2011 International: 8.8% 8.8%
2012 International: 4.4% 4.4%
2013 International: 5.9% 5.9%
2014 International: 10.5% 10.5%
2015 International: 15.2% 15.2%
2016 International: 15.7% 15.7%
2017 International: 22.0% 22.0%
2018 International: 26.6% 26.6%
2019 International: 28.4% 28.4%
2020 International: 29.7% 29.7%
2021 International: 37.9% 37.9%
2022 International: 42.7% 42.7%
2023 International: 33.6% 33.6%
2024 International: 36.9% 36.9%
Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.
Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity
0%
12%
24%
36%
48%
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2020 Native: 1.6% 1.6%
2021 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2022 Native: 0.1% 0.1%
2023 Native: 0.3% 0.3%
2024 Native: 0.3% 0.3%
2025 Native: 0.5% 0.5%
2020 Asian: 14.6% 14.6%
2021 Asian: 15.9% 15.9%
2022 Asian: 15.2% 15.2%
2023 Asian: 15.2% 15.2%
2024 Asian: 16.1% 16.1%
2025 Asian: 14.9% 14.9%
2020 Black: 4.4% 4.4%
2021 Black: 4.2% 4.2%
2022 Black: 4.0% 4.0%
2023 Black: 3.3% 3.3%
2024 Black: 3.3% 3.3%
2025 Black: 3.7% 3.7%
2020 Hispanic: 13.5% 13.5%
2021 Hispanic: 14.3% 14.3%
2022 Hispanic: 14.5% 14.5%
2023 Hispanic: 15.2% 15.2%
2024 Hispanic: 16.5% 16.5%
2025 Hispanic: 16.9% 16.9%
2020 White: 19.0% 19.0%
2021 White: 16.7% 16.7%
2022 White: 17.4% 17.4%
2023 White: 19.1% 19.1%
2024 White: 19.6% 19.6%
2025 White: 20.7% 20.7%
2020 International: 43.0% 43.0%
2021 International: 39.7% 39.7%
2022 International: 38.6% 38.6%
2023 International: 36.2% 36.2%
2024 International: 34.3% 34.3%
2025 International: 32.3% 32.3%
Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.
IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Schools & Majors
⇅
California College of the Arts
220
35% / 65%
34%
$54,391
21
89%
Game Arts
4 —
25% / 75%
0%
$54,368
20
86%
Interaction Design
23 —
26% / 74%
70%
$127,872
99
100%
Creative Writing
1 —
0% / 100%
0%
$43,933
5
—
Animation
51 —
25% / 75%
25%
$42,268
4
88%
Architecture
24 —
50% / 50%
38%
$56,912
27
—
Art History
2 —
50% / 50%
100%
—
—
—
Art Practice
14 +1
36% / 64%
7%
$29,836
1
86%
Ceramics
— —
—
—
$29,836
1
86%
Fashion Design
6 —
50% / 50%
67%
$54,368
20
86%
Film
8 —
62% / 38%
25%
$30,538
1
—
Fine and Studio Arts
— —
—
—
$29,836
1
—
Furniture
2 —
100% / 0%
0%
$47,088
8
—
Graphic Design
16 —
31% / 69%
25%
$53,598
19
—
Illustration
28 —
29% / 71%
39%
$54,368
20
86%
Industrial Design
17 —
53% / 47%
65%
$54,368
20
86%
Interior Design
— —
—
—
$54,368
20
—
Interior Design
— —
—
—
$57,290
29
—
Jewelry and Metal Arts
1 +2
0% / 100%
0%
$29,836
1
86%
Painting
9 —
0% / 100%
22%
$29,836
1
86%
Photography
6 —
67% / 33%
0%
$34,975
2
—
Printmaking
3 —
33% / 67%
0%
$29,836
1
86%
Sculpture
2 —
50% / 50%
0%
$29,836
1
86%
Textiles
3 —
33% / 67%
0%
$29,836
1
86%
Financial
Tuition & Fees
$65,012
ROI Percentile
21th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
87%
4-Year Graduation Rate
48%
6-Year Graduation Rate
61%
Transfer-Out Rate
0%
Six-Year Graduation Rate
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Graduated: 48.6% 48.6%
2012 Graduated: 45.1% 45.1%
2013 Graduated: 61.8% 61.8%
2014 Graduated: 54.3% 54.3%
2015 Graduated: 59.2% 59.2%
2016 Graduated: 59.8% 59.8%
2017 Graduated: 61.2% 61.2%
2018 Graduated: 60.1% 60.1%
2019 Graduated: 63.8% 63.8%
2020 Graduated: 67.0% 67.0%
2021 Graduated: 65.4% 65.4%
2022 Graduated: 72.2% 72.2%
2023 Graduated: 58.7% 58.7%
2024 Graduated: 61.2% 61.2%
Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Men: 38.5% 38.5%
2012 Men: 33.3% 33.3%
2013 Men: 57.7% 57.7%
2014 Men: 53.2% 53.2%
2015 Men: 58.7% 58.7%
2016 Men: 61.4% 61.4%
2017 Men: 70.5% 70.5%
2018 Men: 65.5% 65.5%
2019 Men: 71.2% 71.2%
2020 Men: 52.9% 52.9%
2021 Men: 60.9% 60.9%
2022 Men: 61.9% 61.9%
2023 Men: 61.6% 61.6%
2024 Men: 57.4% 57.4%
2011 Women: 54.3% 54.3%
2012 Women: 50.4% 50.4%
2013 Women: 64.3% 64.3%
2014 Women: 54.7% 54.7%
2015 Women: 59.6% 59.6%
2016 Women: 58.9% 58.9%
2017 Women: 56.5% 56.5%
2018 Women: 56.8% 56.8%
2019 Women: 60.4% 60.4%
2020 Women: 73.7% 73.7%
2021 Women: 68.0% 68.0%
2022 Women: 77.2% 77.2%
2023 Women: 57.4% 57.4%
2024 Women: 63.3% 63.3%
IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Asian: 66.7% 66.7%
2012 Asian: 46.7% 46.7%
2013 Asian: 64.9% 64.9%
2014 Asian: 53.5% 53.5%
2015 Asian: 65.0% 65.0%
2016 Asian: 76.3% 76.3%
2017 Asian: 76.9% 76.9%
2018 Asian: 65.8% 65.8%
2019 Asian: 69.6% 69.6%
2020 Asian: 80.4% 80.4%
2021 Asian: 81.8% 81.8%
2022 Asian: 77.3% 77.3%
2023 Asian: 65.5% 65.5%
2024 Asian: 72.5% 72.5%
2011 Black: 14.3% 14.3%
2012 Black: 66.7% 66.7%
2013 Black: 77.8% 77.8%
2014 Black: 40.0% 40.0%
2015 Black: 54.2% 54.2%
2016 Black: 68.8% 68.8%
2017 Black: 38.9% 38.9%
2018 Black: 41.2% 41.2%
2019 Black: 62.5% 62.5%
2020 Black: 64.3% 64.3%
2021 Black: 42.9% 42.9%
2022 Black: 47.4% 47.4%
2023 Black: 53.8% 53.8%
2024 Black: 40.0% 40.0%
2011 Hispanic: 63.2% 63.2%
2012 Hispanic: 41.9% 41.9%
2013 Hispanic: 61.9% 61.9%
2014 Hispanic: 71.4% 71.4%
2015 Hispanic: 72.7% 72.7%
2016 Hispanic: 60.9% 60.9%
2017 Hispanic: 38.5% 38.5%
2018 Hispanic: 54.2% 54.2%
2019 Hispanic: 44.8% 44.8%
2020 Hispanic: 58.5% 58.5%
2021 Hispanic: 64.5% 64.5%
2022 Hispanic: 70.0% 70.0%
2023 Hispanic: 59.5% 59.5%
2024 Hispanic: 50.0% 50.0%
2011 White: 43.0% 43.0%
2012 White: 50.0% 50.0%
2013 White: 62.6% 62.6%
2014 White: 49.1% 49.1%
2015 White: 56.6% 56.6%
2016 White: 57.3% 57.3%
2017 White: 56.8% 56.8%
2018 White: 62.0% 62.0%
2019 White: 54.0% 54.0%
2020 White: 56.2% 56.2%
2021 White: 47.9% 47.9%
2022 White: 55.3% 55.3%
2023 White: 51.8% 51.8%
2024 White: 47.5% 47.5%
2011 International: 50.0% 50.0%
2012 International: 25.0% 25.0%
2013 International: 54.5% 54.5%
2014 International: 69.2% 69.2%
2015 International: 59.4% 59.4%
2016 International: 63.9% 63.9%
2017 International: 74.5% 74.5%
2018 International: 62.9% 62.9%
2019 International: 77.3% 77.3%
2020 International: 72.8% 72.8%
2021 International: 72.5% 72.5%
2022 International: 82.6% 82.6%
2023 International: 64.6% 64.6%
2024 International: 71.1% 71.1%
Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.
IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Earnings by Major Category
Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).
Academics
⇅
Arts
87.3%
192
36% / 64%
31%
$45,552
7
87%
Computer Science
12.3%
27
26% / 74%
59%
$116,983
98
98%
Humanities & Social Sciences
0.5%
1
0% / 100%
0%
$43,933
5
—
Admissions
Uses Common App
Yes
Acceptance Rate
91%
Yield (Unbound)
8%
Acceptance Rates
In-State
Out-of-State
International
Regular Decision
91%
91%
91%
Acceptance & Yield
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Acceptance: 76.3% 76.3%
2012 Acceptance: 83.2% 83.2%
2013 Acceptance: 81.6% 81.6%
2014 Acceptance: 63.7% 63.7%
2015 Acceptance: 68.5% 68.5%
2016 Acceptance: 64.8% 64.8%
2017 Acceptance: 63.7% 63.7%
2018 Acceptance: 88.2% 88.2%
2019 Acceptance: 85.0% 85.0%
2020 Acceptance: 85.4% 85.4%
2021 Acceptance: 77.6% 77.6%
2022 Acceptance: 75.7% 75.7%
2023 Acceptance: 73.4% 73.4%
2024 Acceptance: 91.1% 91.1%
2011 Yield: 22.7% 22.7%
2012 Yield: 20.9% 20.9%
2013 Yield: 20.2% 20.2%
2014 Yield: 21.3% 21.3%
2015 Yield: 17.7% 17.7%
2016 Yield: 16.7% 16.7%
2017 Yield: 21.4% 21.4%
2018 Yield: 13.0% 13.0%
2019 Yield: 11.3% 11.3%
2020 Yield: 8.5% 8.5%
2021 Yield: 9.5% 9.5%
2022 Yield: 8.4% 8.4%
2023 Yield: 6.9% 6.9%
2024 Yield: 8.0% 8.0%
Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled
0
1,250
2,500
3,750
5,000
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Applicants: 1,352 1,352
2012 Applicants: 1,338 1,338
2013 Applicants: 1,405 1,405
2014 Applicants: 2,005 2,005
2015 Applicants: 1,990 1,990
2016 Applicants: 2,361 2,361
2017 Applicants: 2,005 2,005
2018 Applicants: 2,292 2,292
2019 Applicants: 2,578 2,578
2020 Applicants: 2,625 2,625
2021 Applicants: 2,847 2,847
2022 Applicants: 2,987 2,987
2023 Applicants: 3,661 3,661
2024 Applicants: 2,371 2,371
2011 Admitted: 1,031 1,031
2012 Admitted: 1,113 1,113
2013 Admitted: 1,146 1,146
2014 Admitted: 1,277 1,277
2015 Admitted: 1,364 1,364
2016 Admitted: 1,531 1,531
2017 Admitted: 1,277 1,277
2018 Admitted: 2,021 2,021
2019 Admitted: 2,192 2,192
2020 Admitted: 2,243 2,243
2021 Admitted: 2,210 2,210
2022 Admitted: 2,261 2,261
2023 Admitted: 2,687 2,687
2024 Admitted: 2,160 2,160
2011 Enrolled: 234 234
2012 Enrolled: 233 233
2013 Enrolled: 232 232
2014 Enrolled: 272 272
2015 Enrolled: 241 241
2016 Enrolled: 255 255
2017 Enrolled: 273 273
2018 Enrolled: 263 263
2019 Enrolled: 248 248
2020 Enrolled: 191 191
2021 Enrolled: 209 209
2022 Enrolled: 191 191
2023 Enrolled: 186 186
2024 Enrolled: 172 172
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Published SAT Distribution
SAT Composite
900
1000
1100
1200
1300
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2012 25th: 920 920
2012 75th: 1200 1200
SAT Math
450
500
550
600
650
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2012 25th: 470 470
2012 75th: 610 610
SAT Reading & Writing
450
500
550
600
650
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2012 25th: 450 450
2012 75th: 590 590
Submitting a Test Score
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2012 Submitted: 70.0% 70.0%
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.
