California College of the Arts Graduate Schools

California College of the Arts is a Private, 4 years school located in San Francisco, CA. It is classified as a School of art, music, and design school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Master's degree. The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at California College of the Arts is $57,610 in average. The school has 356 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 1,501 including undergraduate students.

Graduate School Overview

California College of the Arts Directory Information
School Name	California College of the Arts
Address	1111 Eighth Street, San Francisco, CA 94107-2247
Phone	510-594-3600
Web	https://www.cca.edu
Online Application	https://www.cca.edu/admissions/apply
Financial Info	https://www.cca.edu/students/financialaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at California College of the Arts is $57,610 in average. The school has 356 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 1,501 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 33 graduate programs through Master's.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$57,610
Student Population	356
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's
Number of Programs	33 graduate programs
Student to Faculty Ratio	7 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at California College of the Arts is $57,610 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $1,892.

California College of the Arts offers the alternative tuition plans.

California College of the Arts offers the distance learning courses, but students may be required to attend/visit regular classes to complete their degree/programs.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	Graduate Level Courses
Special learning Opportunities	Study abroad
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of California College of the Arts is $57,610. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 4.57% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$51,210	$490
2019-2020	$53,250	$500
2020-2021	$53,250	$545
2021-2022	$54,570	$520
2022-2023	$56,760	$850

The graduate school tuition & fees of California College of the Arts is very expensive compared to private graduate schools in California. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the California graduate tuition is $21,739 (public) / $23,882 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
California College of the Arts	$57,610
All Graduate Schools	$16,002	$19,518
Public	$11,454	$20,592
Private	$19,594
California Graduate Schools	$19,794	$22,475
Public	$11,472	$21,739
Private	$23,882

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $24,466 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at California College of the Arts. On-campus living costs are increased by 5.26% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $24,786. Off-campus living costs are increased by 25.04% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$12,986	$3,450	$11,266	$4,160
2019-2020	$14,071	$3,450	$11,855	$4,160
2020-2021	$18,593	$3,450	$15,351	$4,160
2021-2022	$19,117	$3,450	$15,662	$4,160
2022-2023	$19,957	$3,798	$20,277	$4,509

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $1,892 at California College of the Arts. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 4.01% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$1,707
2019-2020	$1,775
2020-2021	$1,775
2021-2022	$1,819
2022-2023	$1,892

Graduate Programs at California College of the Arts

California College of the Arts offers 10 graduate programs for Master's. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 141 students have completed their study at California College of the Arts.

Offered Degrees at California College of the Arts
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	10	0	141
Total	10	0	141

The most popular program at California College of the Arts is the Fine/Studio Arts program and last year 28 students have earned/completed their degree program.

Popular Master's Programs at California College of the Arts
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	28	-
Design and Visual Communications	✕	26	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	23	-
Human Computer Interaction	✕	19	-
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology	✕	15	-

California College of the Arts offers 10 programs through Master's. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 141 students have completed their graduate studies.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Architecture [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology	✕	15	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects	✕	9	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Creative Writing	✕	8	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Museology/Museum Studies	✕	4	-
Human Computer Interaction	✕	19	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	63 completers	-
Design and Visual Communications	✕	26	-
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	✕	8	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	28	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	23	-
	Total	141

Graduate Student Population at California College of the Arts

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 381 students enrolled into California College of the Arts graduate schools where it has total 1,501 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 345 full-time and 36 part-time graduate students. By gender, 114 male and 267 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	381	114	267
Full-time	345	107	238
Part-tme	36	7	29

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 76 White (19.95%), 13 Black/African American (3.41%), 30 Hispanic (7.87%), 36 Asian (9.45%), and 226 students with other races. 188 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	381	114	267
American Indian/Native American	1	0	1
Asian	36	11	25
Black/African American	13	7	6
Hispanic	30	9	21
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	76	18	58
Two More	14	4	10
Un-Known	22	7	15
Non-resident Alien	188	58	130

California College of the Arts offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 381 graduate students (100.00% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively . The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	381
Enrolled Online Exclusively	381
Enrolled Some Online Courses	0
Not in Online Courses	0

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at California College of the Arts. 137 students are aged 20 to 24 (35.96% of total students), 12 students are aged above 50 (3.15%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at California College of the Arts.