- The Inkwell
- California
- California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CASuburb: largeZIP 91355Founded 1961
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1961
- Carnegie class
- Master's: medium programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.calarts.edu
CaliforniaPrivate nonprofit
California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts is a private nonprofit college in Valencia, California, with 860 undergraduates. It admits 32% of applicants, graduates 62% within six years and costs $49,996 a year after aid.
62%graduate
Admission rate32%
Retention82%
4-year graduation32%
Pell Grant share29%
Federal loans39%
$49,996net price / year
32%admission rate
—average SAT
62%graduate in 6 years
$45,380median earnings, 10 yrs
$24,000median debt
#1,443 of 1,704 for earnings#1,719 of 1,739 for lowest net price#580 of 1,738 for graduation rate#115 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $81,346tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $61,354
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $61,354
- Average net price
- $49,996national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$42,456
$30,001–48,000$43,913
$48,001–75,000$48,569
$75,001–110,000$46,849
$110,001+$57,246
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 32%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college32%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college82%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college62%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college29%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 62%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 32%
- First-year retention
- 82%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 72%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $34,842
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $45,380middle 50%: $22,844–$84,282
- Median debt at graduation
- $24,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$84,282
Median, California Institute of the Arts$45,380
Lower quarter$22,844
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 860
- Part-time
- 1.1%
- Women / men
- 60% / 40%
- Average age at entry
- 21.2
- First-generation students
- 16%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 29%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 7 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 45%
- Average faculty salary
- $10,095 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $34,675
- Endowment, end of year
- $249,311,896
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White32%
Hispanic17%
Black5.3%
Asian9.4%
Two or more races7.2%
U.S. nonresident26%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Unknown2.8%
3 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Visual & performing arts72%
Communications technologies24%
Computer & information sciences3.3%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 111081. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1026827.