Art Center College of Design
About
Art Center College of Design is a private art and design college located in Pasadena, California. It offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees focused on fields such as graphic design, industrial design, and transportation design. The specific founding year is not mentioned in the provided text.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
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.
Tuition & cost
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 at Art Center College of Design
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Art Center College of Design vs Peer comparison
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% | — | 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 | — |
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 | — |
College for Creative Studies | 71% | 91.9% | 1,433 | $33,342 | — |
Columbus College of Art & Design | 56% | 67.7% | 916 | $30,139 | — |
Cornish College of the Arts | 56% | 62.2% | 505 | $39,060 | — |
Kansas City Art Institute | 58% | 54.8% | 813 | $29,555 | — |
Loyola Marymount University | 79% | 45.1% | 10,179 | $45,723 | R2 Research |
Maryland Institute College of Art | 72% | 76.8% | 1,687 | $38,429 | — |
Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 69% | 76.3% | 1,989 | $23,764 | — |
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 67% | 60.5% | 838 | $27,514 | — |
Minneapolis College of Art and Design | 51% | 48.5% | 831 | $25,935 | — |
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 | — |
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 | — |
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 | — |
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 | — |
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 | — |
Woodbury University | 60% | 81.6% | 849 | $28,248 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
| Peer group median | 69% | 63.5% | 1,677 | $40,312 |
Art Center College of Design 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 pageReports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Notable alumni of Art Center College of Design (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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