Art Center College of Design
About
The ArtCenter College of Design is a private art college in Pasadena, California.
Admissions funnel
How selective is this institution, and how many admitted students choose to enroll?
Outcomes & equity
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.
What families actually pay
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Academic programs
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Faculty
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Art Center College of Design vs IPEDS peer group
The peer institutions Art Center College of Design selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
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SubjectArt Center College of Design | 79% | 74.5% | 2,308 | $50,209 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Academy of Art University | 34% | — | 5,498 | $39,778 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
California College of the Arts | 61% | 91.1% | 1,308 | $42,168 | Associates Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional |
California Institute of Technology | 94% | 2.6% | 2,430 | $18,902 | R1 Research |
California Institute of the Arts | 67% | 32.3% | 1,277 | $47,183 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Chapman University | 82% | 65.4% | 9,760 | $47,527 | R2 Research |
Cleveland Institute of Art | 58% | 61.3% | 545 | $41,480 | Associates Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional |
College for Creative Studies | 71% | 91.9% | 1,433 | $33,342 | Associates Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional |
Columbus College of Art & Design | 56% | 67.7% | 916 | $30,139 | Associates Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional |
Cornish College of the Arts | 56% | 62.2% | 505 | $39,060 | Associates Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional |
Kansas City Art Institute | 58% | 54.8% | 813 | $29,555 | Associates Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional |
Loyola Marymount University | 79% | 45.1% | 10,179 | $45,723 | R2 Research |
Maryland Institute College of Art | 72% | 76.8% | 1,687 | $38,429 | Associates Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional |
Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 69% | 76.3% | 1,989 | $23,764 | Associates Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional |
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 67% | 60.5% | 838 | $27,514 | Associates Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional |
Minneapolis College of Art and Design | 51% | 48.5% | 831 | $25,935 | Associates Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional |
Northeastern University Oakland | 62% | 16.7% | 640 | — | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Occidental College | 81% | 44.2% | 1,881 | $39,329 | Baccalaureate |
Otis College of Art and Design | 66% | 81.8% | 1,267 | $45,864 | Associates Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional |
Pacific Northwest College of Art | 29% | 74.8% | 466 | $40,846 | — |
Pitzer College | 83% | 25.2% | 1,242 | $31,663 | Baccalaureate |
Pomona College | 93% | 7.1% | 1,700 | $19,424 | Baccalaureate |
Pratt Institute-Main | 74% | 73.3% | 5,356 | $50,647 | Associates Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional |
Rhode Island School of Design | 89% | 18.7% | 2,520 | $46,253 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Ringling College of Art and Design | 72% | 69.7% | 1,666 | $55,390 | Associates Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional |
Savannah College of Art and Design | 69% | 83.0% | 18,550 | $45,450 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
School of the Art Institute of Chicago | 67% | 77.5% | 3,394 | $49,822 | Associates Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional |
School of Visual Arts | 76% | 92.6% | 3,812 | $58,628 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Scripps College | 83% | 38.3% | 1,137 | $38,802 | Baccalaureate |
Stanford University | 92% | 3.6% | 18,625 | $12,136 | R1 Research |
The New School | 69% | 63.5% | 9,068 | $55,359 | R2 Research |
University of the Arts | 69% | 78.2% | — | $44,154 | Associates Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional |
Woodbury University | 60% | 81.6% | 849 | $28,248 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
| Peer group median | 69% | 64.5% | 1,677 | $40,312 |
Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Research provides leadership on institutional data analysis and reporting to promote evidence-based decision-making and supports key departments with strategic data for planning.
Visit IR office pageDocuments & reports (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Notable alumni (19)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Michael BayFilm and Graduate Film
- Roger AvaryFilm and Graduate Film
- Ralph McQuarrieEntertainment Design
- Syd MeadEntertainment Design
- SangYup LeeTransportation Design
- Larry ShinodaTransportation Design
- Franz von HolzhausenTransportation Design
- Chip FooseTransportation Design
- Henrik FiskerTransportation Design
- Floyd NormanIllustration
- Andy ParkEntertainment Design
- Stefan G. BucherGraphic Design
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