Best Colleges for Design and Applied Arts in California

Schools Ranked

$39,503

Avg. Program Earnings

67.2%

Avg. Graduation Rate

Top 25 Schools

College rankings
#	School	Median Earnings	Graduation Rate	School Type
1	San Jose State University San Jose, California	$52,524	64.7%	public
2	Chapman University Orange, California	$52,107	80.4%	private-nonprofit
3	University of California-Irvine Irvine, California	$52,107	86.0%	public
4	Art Center College of Design Pasadena, California	$50,856	82.6%	private-nonprofit
5	California Institute of the Arts Valencia, California	$49,840	64.2%	private-nonprofit
6	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, California	$43,519	69.9%	public
7	University of Southern California Los Angeles, California	$42,682	92.0%	private-nonprofit
8	Otis College of Art and Design Los Angeles, California	$42,123	60.6%	private-nonprofit
9	San Francisco State University San Francisco, California	$41,379	50.1%	public
10	California State University-Monterey Bay Seaside, California	$40,368	63.2%	public
11	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, California	$40,017	92.7%	public
12	California College of the Arts San Francisco, California	$39,860	58.7%	private-nonprofit
13	University of San Francisco San Francisco, California	$39,009	71.1%	private-nonprofit
14	University of California-Davis Davis, California	$38,289	85.1%	public
15	San Diego State University San Diego, California	$36,668	78.3%	public
16	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, California	$33,993	55.8%	public
17	Interior Designers Institute Newport Beach, California	$33,993	87.5%	private-forprofit
18	California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, California	$33,993	54.7%	public
19	Woodbury University Burbank, California	$33,993	54.8%	private-nonprofit
20	Academy of Art University San Francisco, California	$33,809	40.5%	private-forprofit
21	California State University-Fresno Fresno, California	$33,192	54.8%	public
22	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, California	$32,035	66.7%	public
23	California State University-Northridge Northridge, California	$30,771	56.2%	public
24	California State University-Dominguez Hills Carson, California	$30,771	46.9%	public
25	Laguna College of Art and Design Laguna Beach, California	$29,685	63.0%	private-nonprofit