California College of the Arts Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt
- Private nonprofit college
- San Francisco, CA
- 990 undergraduates
College Scorecard June 2026 release
The short answer
4 California College of the Arts bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Human-Computer Interaction pays the most in the first year ($101,801), and Fine and Studio Arts the least ($17,690). The median program pays $27,577.
All 4 bachelor's programs, ranked
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in California" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across California. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.
Program names link to the program's own page, and California ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five California programs in the field do too.
Common questions
Human-Computer Interaction graduates earn a median of $101,801 in their first year, the most of 4 California College of the Arts bachelor's programs that report pay.
Design and Applied Arts and Graphic Communications graduates leave with a median of $27,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 4 California College of the Arts bachelor's programs that report debt.
Tuition and fees are $60,226 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $53,909 a year.
4 bachelor's programs at California College of the Arts report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of California rankings when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels