Valencia, CA · Private nonprofit
At a glance
32.3%
Acceptance rate
$47,183
Avg net price
881
Enrollment
Degrees awarded
2024-25
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 240Master’s 167Doctoral 1 |
| Bachelor’s 174Master’s 122Doctoral 1 |
| Bachelor’s 58Master’s 9Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 8Master’s 12Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 11Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 8Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 5Doctoral None reported |
Application deadlines
For fall 2027 entry
Preferred Deadline
Dec 1, 2026
Regular Deadline
Jan 5, 2027
· Apply with the college's application
Cost
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $58,318
- Required fees
- $678
- Food and housing
- $14,134
- Books and supplies
- $1,062
- Other expenses
- $7,154
- Total
- $81,346
- $73,9802019–2019–20
- $74,9312020–2120–21
- $75,9272021–2221–22
- $78,7102022–2322–23
- $77,3082023–2423–24
- $81,3462024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $47,183 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Graduation and Retention
4-year graduation43%
6-year graduation64%
Retention rate86%
Earnings and Debt
Median earnings (10yr)$41,198
Median debt$25,000
Campus
Enrollment881
Student-faculty ratio7:1
SettingSuburb
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
No parsed Common Data Set answers
Parsed answers aren’t available for California Institute of the Arts. Available federal outcome figures appear below.
86.2% of California Institute of the Arts’s first-years return for a second year and 64.1% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03