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California Institute of the Arts is a private not-for-profit institution located in Valencia, California. Valencia is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

6 Undergraduate Degrees
8 Graduate Degrees
$58,506 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
25% Acceptance Rate

Where Is California Institute of the Arts?

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Contact details for CalArts are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 24700 W Mcbean Pky, Valencia, CA 91355-2397
Phone: 661-255-1050
Website: www.calarts.edu

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How Do I Get Into CalArts?

You can apply to CalArts online at: https://calarts.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for CalArts

Submission Required?
High School GPA 5
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 5
Recommendations 1
SAT or ACT Scores 3
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into CalArts?

25% Acceptance Rate
62% Of Accepted Are Women
With an acceptance rate of 25%, CalArts is one of the most selective schools in the country. If the admissions department requests additional materials, be sure to submit them promptly. This could be a sign that you're on the border line of being accepted or denied.

Approximately 29% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 24%, and the acceptance rate for women is 25%.

Can I Afford California Institute of the Arts?

$58,506 Net Price
26% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of CalArts is $58,506. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At CalArts, approximately 26% of students took out student loans averaging $5,923 a year. That adds up to $23,692 over four years for those students.

California Institute of the Arts Undergraduate Student Diversity

938 Full-Time Undergraduates
59% Women
34% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 965 undergraduate students at CalArts, with 938 being full-time and 27 being part-time.

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There are also 479 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 938 full-time undergraduates at CalArts, 41% are male and 59% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of California Institute of the Arts students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 88
Black or African American 37
Hispanic or Latino 130
White 349
International Students 232
Other Races/Ethnicities 102

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at California Institute of the Arts. At this time, 30 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 54 countries are represented at CalArts. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Canada.

California Institute of the Arts Computer Science Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Master’s TOTAL
Other Computer Software & Media Applications 6 3 9
Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation 0 5 5
TOTAL 6 8 14

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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