by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Art Center College of Design was awarded 45 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is commercial & advertising art.
Explore the best ranked schools for the programs you are most interested in.
Art Center College of Design was not ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
When it comes to admittance, Art Center College of Design is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 76%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
The student to faculty ratio at Art Center College of Design is an impressive 8 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Art Center College of Design is 27%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Art Center College of Design has a freshmen retention rate of 85%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At Art Center College of Design this rate is 28%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Art Center College of Design.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,912 undergraduates at Art Center College of Design with 1,600 being full-time and 312 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $40,209 | $43,406 | $42,992 | $48,702 | $54,154 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Art Center College of Design, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Art Center College of Design, approximately 39% of students took out student loans averaging $7,086 a year. That adds up to $28,344 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Art Center College of Design is 3.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
Get more details about paying for Art Center College of Design.
See which majors at Art Center College of Design make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Art Center College of Design.
Contact details for Art Center College of Design are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1700 Lida St, Pasadena, CA 91103 |
| Phone: | 626-396-2200 |
| Website: | www.artcenter.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/artcenteredu |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/artcenteredu |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Design & Applied Arts | 252 | $40,017 |
| Engineering-Related Fields | 59 | $58,061 |
| Mechanical Engineering Technology | 47 | $60,973 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 43 | $21,685 |
| Graphic Communications | 41 | $63,126 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 21 | $24,536 |
| Architectural Sciences & Technology | 19 | $53,380 |
| Computer Software & Applications | 14 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 2,139 students took at least one online class at Art Center College of Design. This is a decrease from the 2,182 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,139 | 376 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,182 | 2,182 |
| 2018-2019 | 128 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 88 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 79 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at Art Center College of Design.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.