Art Center College of Design
Art Center College of Design admitted 75% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $48,389 a year. Within six years, 81% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 75%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $77,990 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $48,389 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $43,579 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $56,308 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 81%
- Students who return for a second year
- 86%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $75,975 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,651
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,017
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 25%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Visual and performing arts
- 50%
- Communications technologies
- 23%
- Engineering technologies
- 19%
- Computer and information sciences
- 5%
- Architecture
- 3%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Chestnut Hill College PA · 75% admitted
- Biola University CA · 74% admitted
- Capitol Technology University MD · 74% admitted
- Northeastern Illinois University IL · 75% admitted
- Norwich University VT · 74% admitted
- Ohio Northern University OH · 74% admitted
More colleges in California
- California State University-Fullerton CA · 91% admitted
- California State University-Long Beach CA · 46% admitted
- San Diego State University CA · 36% admitted
- University of California-San Diego CA · 27% admitted
- University of California-Los Angeles CA · 9% admitted
- University of California-Berkeley CA · 11% admitted
- California State University-Northridge CA · 93% admitted
- University of California-Davis CA · 42% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.