unitid 111081 · Valencia, CA · private nonprofit 4-year · suburb (large)
California Institute of the Arts
- enrollment 2023
- 1,475
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
32%
9th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
860
46th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
24%
undergrads on Pell grants
29th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
67%
finish within 150% time
67th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$77,560
90th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$46,080
after aid, aided students
98th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$41,198
after entry, Title IV students
20th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$25,000
58th 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 $26,686 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
family income mix not reported
- Median family income
- $55,256
- First-generation students
- 16%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $58,996
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.6× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music. | 43 | $32,376 | $23,125 |
| Music. | 40 | $33,784 | — |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 38 | $36,024 | — |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. | 36 | $35,299 | $27,000 |
| Graphic Communications. | 35 | — | — |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 28 | — | $27,000 |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | 25 | — | — |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. | 20 | $50,363 | — |
| Computer Software and Media Applications. | 19 | — | — |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. | 19 | $32,874 | — |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | 19 | — | $27,000 |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication. | 16 | — | — |
— 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.