California's art schools grant degrees in a wide variety of fields.
California is home to some of the nation's top-ranked art schools, including four schools ranked among the nation's top 11 by U.S. News & World Report. These schools offer undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide variety of art fields and media, including film, photography, sculpture, drawing and painting, textiles and graphic design.
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly known as Cal Arts, is a private art school that was founded in 1961. As of 2009, the school had about 900 undergraduates and 500 graduate students. Cal Arts contains six schools, including the schools of art, critical studies, dance, film and video, music and theater. The School of Art offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in art, graphic design, photography and art and technology. Undergraduates work toward the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree and graduate students work toward the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree. In 2008, U.S. News & World Report ranked Cal Arts 7th among the nation's fine arts graduate schools. The same magazine also ranked Cal Arts second in multimedia art and visual communications, sixth in photography, eighth in graphic design and 10th in sculpture.
California Institute of the Arts
24700 McBean Parkway
Valencia, CA 91355
661-255-1050
calarts.edu/
University of California at Los Angeles Department of Art
The University of California at Los Angeles School of the Arts and Architecture houses a department of art that offers undergraduate and graduate programs. Undergraduates work toward the Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. All undergraduates must complete a foundation studies program before concentrating in painting and drawing, photography, sculpture, ceramics, art theory or new genres. Graduate students work toward the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree with a concentration in ceramics, interdisciplinary studio, new genres, painting and drawing, photography or sculpture. All graduate students must take a theoretical seminar. UCLA tied for 7th among U.S. News & World Report's 2008 ranking of fine arts graduate schools, and ranked fifth in multimedia art and visual communications, fifth in painting and drawing and sixth in sculpture.
UCLA Department of Art
Broad Art Center, 240 Charles E. Young Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90095
310-825-3281
art.ucla.edu/
Art Center College of Design
The Art Center College of Design, commonly abbreviated as Art Center, is a private art college that was founded in 1930. As of 2009, the school had about 1,500 students. The college has two campuses, including the Hillside Campus and the South Campus. Undergraduates can work toward degrees in advertising, entertainment, environmental, graphic, product or transportation design, film, fine art, illustration or photography. Undergraduates are not required to complete any foundation studies program; rather, they can begin work in their chosen concentration during their first semester. The Art Center's graduate programs are divided into four categories, including art, broadcast cinema and industrial and media design. Art Center College of Design tied for 11th in U.S. News & World Report's 2008 ranking of fine arts graduate schools, and ranked first in the industrial design field.
Art Center College of Design
1700 Lida St.
Pasadena, CA 91103
626-396-2200
artcenter.edu/
California College of the Arts
California College of the Arts, commonly abbreviated as CCA, is a private art school that was founded in 1907. As of 2009, the school had about 1,800 students. The college has campuses in San Francisco and Oakland. The school offers undergraduate programs in 21 different fields, including architecture, fashion design, illustration, painting and drawing, textiles and film. The school also offers graduate programs in seven fields, including architecture, curatorial practice and fine arts. Undergraduates can work toward the Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) or Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) degrees, and graduate students can work toward the Master of Arts (MA), Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Master of Architecture (MArch) or Master of Business Administration in Design Strategy (MBA) degrees. California College of the Arts tied for 11th in U.S. News & World Report's 2008 ranking of fine arts graduate schools, and ranked third in fiber arts, third in metals and jewelry, fourth in ceramics, fourth in glass, eighth in industrial design, 10th in photography and 10th in graphic design.
California College of the Arts
5212 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94618
510-594-3600
cca.edu/
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