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Art Schools in California

65 researched institutions with a campus here, offering 283 art and design programs. Only actual campuses count; fully online programs are listed separately.

Cities in California with researched programs

Programs by award and subject in California

283 programs

How results are ordered: alphabetically by institution, or by most recently checked when you choose that sort. There is no price ranking, because tuition in different currencies, fee categories and bases (per year, per credit, whole program) is not comparable. A program appears under a subject only through a verified link (dedicated degree, major, concentration or documented pathway). A value we could not verify is shown as “not published”, never as “no”. Items marked Sponsored are paid placements; they never change verification or order. Online programs are not counted as physically located in a state or city, and an institution’s location does not tell you whether it enrols students from your country.

Art education in California: what the researched records show

Our researched records for California cover 65 institutions (Academy of Art University, American Film Institute Conservatory, ArtCenter College of Design, Azusa Pacific University and 61 more) with 283 art and design programs taught at a campus here. Fully online programs are not counted as local.

By award: 87 BFAs, 68 MFAs, 6 PhDs and 122 programs with other award titles (BA, MA, BDes or local qualifications). Awards are shown exactly as the institutions title them.

Subjects with a verified link to a program here: Animation, Art Education, Art History, Ceramics, Digital Arts, Drawing, Fashion Design, Film and Video Production and 15 more.

None of the programs here yet carries a program-level accreditation record in our data. That reflects what we have verified so far, not a judgement about the programs.

Admissions: of the programs listed, 44 require a portfolio.

100 programs publish tuition, each shown in its own currency, fee category and basis (per year, per credit or whole program), which is why tuition is never ranked across programs. 7 programs list funding.