unitid 110370 · San Francisco, CA · private nonprofit 4-year · city (large)
California College of the Arts
- enrollment 2023
- 1,649
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
91%
82nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
990
50th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
25%
undergrads on Pell grants
31st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
61%
finish within 150% time
57th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$79,776
91st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$53,909
after aid, aided students
100th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$49,414
after entry, Title IV students
41st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$27,000
89th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $61,407 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k32%
- 30-48knot reported
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $38,845
- First-generation students
- 24%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $60,226
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.8× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design and Applied Arts. | 84 | $62,146 | $27,000 |
| Human Computer Interaction. | 56 | — | — |
| Graphic Communications. | 46 | $48,315 | $27,000 |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | 45 | $34,104 | $29,250 |
| Design and Applied Arts. | 36 | — | — |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | 30 | $54,366 | — |
| Computer Software and Media Applications. | 29 | — | — |
| Human Computer Interaction. | 29 | — | $27,125 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 26 | — | — |
| Architectural Sciences and Technology. | 18 | — | — |
| Architectural Sciences and Technology. | 15 | — | — |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. | 12 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.