California College of the Arts
San Francisco, California
About
The California College of the Arts (CCA) is a private art school in San Francisco, California. It was founded in Berkeley, California in 1907 and moved to a historic estate in Oakland, California in 1922. In 1996, it opened a second campus in San Francisco; in 2022, the Oakland campus was closed and merged into the San Francisco campus. CCA enrolls approximately 1,239 undergraduates and 380 graduate students. In January 2026, CCA president David Howse announced the college will be closing at the end of the 2026–2027 academic year, with Vanderbilt University taking over the campus.
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Cost per year
- Tuition and fees (out of state)
- US$61,764
- Estimated total for international students
- US$84,786
International students at public universities pay the out-of-state rate. The estimated total adds housing, food and books to that tuition; it is derived from Scorecard figures, so check the university's own cost page.
Students
- Undergraduates
- 990
- Graduate students
- 304
- International undergraduates
- 32%
- Students per teacher
- 8 to 1
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 91%
Test scores show the middle 50% of admitted students.
Outcomes
- Graduation rate
- 64%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- US$58,957
Earnings are for students who received US federal aid, so they may not reflect international graduates.
Programmes (20)
Bachelor's degrees10 subjects
Master's degrees10 subjects
Subjects and degree levels reported to the US Department of Education. See the university's course catalogue for course-by-course details.