California College of the Arts

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for California College of the Arts

California College of the Arts operates as a private nonprofit institution located in San Francisco, California (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 990 students of which 1,235 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. California College of the Arts is categorized as “30” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 91.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $53,909, with published in-state tuition of $60,226 and a Pell grant recipient share of 25.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 62.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 86.7%. Graduates earn a median of $49,414 ten years after enrolling, compared with $38,308 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 59800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 56.0% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.