California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts admitted 32% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $49,996 a year. Within six years, 63% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 32%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $81,346 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $49,996 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $42,456 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $61,354 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 63%
- Students who return for a second year
- 82%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $45,380 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $24,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 860
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 29%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 7 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Visual and performing arts
- 73%
- Communications technologies
- 24%
- Computer and information sciences
- 3%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Conception Seminary College MO · 32% admitted
- Hope International University CA · 33% admitted
- University of California-Santa Barbara CA · 33% admitted
- Lafayette College PA · 32% admitted
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA · 31% admitted
- Fairfield University CT · 33% 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.