California College of the Arts

San Francisco, CA · Private Nonprofit

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73.4%

Acceptance Rate

N/A

Median SAT

$49,414

Median Earnings

3,661

Applicants

Acceptance Rate Trend

Down 14.8 percentage points since 2018

Applications & Admissions

Yield Rate Trend

Percentage of admitted students who enroll

Most Popular Majors (2023)

Degrees awarded in latest year

Major Popularity Over Time

How top majors have grown or declined

Earnings by Major

This school vs. national range (2yr after graduation)

Architecture $50,231

$9,000 $92,632

Design and Applied Arts $39,860

$9,000 $92,632

Graphic Communications $30,409

$9,000 $92,632

Fine and Studio Arts $15,552

$9,000 $92,632

Woodworking N/A

$9,000 $92,632

Rhetoric and Composition/Writi... N/A

$9,000 $92,632

Human Computer Interaction N/A

$9,000 $92,632

Film/Video and Photographic Ar... N/A

$9,000 $92,632

This school National avg

Historical Admissions Data

Each row shows the admissions cycle for that academic year. Applicants is the total number of students who applied for freshman admission. Admitted shows how many received acceptance letters. Rate is the acceptance rate (admitted ÷ applicants) — lower percentages indicate more selective schools. Yield measures the percentage of admitted students who actually enrolled — a high yield (above 50%) suggests the school is a top choice for admitted students, while lower yields indicate students often choose other options. SAT shows the 25th-75th percentile range, meaning the middle 50% of enrolled students scored within this range. Data is sourced from IPEDS, the federal database where all US colleges report annually.

Year	Applicants	Admitted	Rate	Yield	SAT
2023	3,661	2,687	73.4%	6.9%	N/A
2022	2,987	2,261	75.7%	8.5%	N/A
2021	2,847	2,210	77.6%	9.5%	N/A
2020	2,625	2,243	85.5%	8.5%	N/A
2019	2,578	2,192	85.0%	11.3%	N/A
2018	2,292	2,021	88.2%	13.0%	N/A
2017	2,005	1,277	63.7%	21.4%	N/A
2016	2,361	1,531	64.8%	16.7%	N/A
2015	1,990	1,364	68.5%	17.7%	N/A