Art Center College of Design Data & Information Overview

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• Rankings
• Admission and Acceptance
• Faculty
• Retention and Graduation Rates
• Diversity
• Cost
• Student Debt
• Average Earnings
• Location
• Majors
• Online Learning

How Well Is Art Center College of Design Ranked?

2022 Rankings

College 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 117 badges in the 2022 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is other engineering-related fields.

Overall Quality

Art Center College of Design was not ranked in College Factual's 2022 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.

Is It Hard to Get Into Art Center College of Design?

Acceptance Rate

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.

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Art Center College of Design Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

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.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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 25%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Retention and Graduation Rates at Art Center College of Design

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 78% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Art Center College of Design enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.

Graduation Rate

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 30%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.

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Art Center College of Design Undergraduate Student Diversity

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.

How Much Does Art Center College of Design Cost?

The overall average net price of Art Center College of Design is $47,080. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Art Center College of Design

$0-30 K	$30K-48K	$48-75	$75-110K	$110K +
$42,297	$42,394	$42,445	$48,624	$55,963

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.

Student Loan Debt

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 $5,738 a year. That adds up to $22,952 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Art Center College of Design is 1.1%. 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.

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How Much Money Do Art Center College of Design Graduates Make?

Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Art Center College of Design with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $53,600 in their early years. This is good news for future Art Center College of Design graduates since it is 35% more than the average college graduate's salary of $39,802 per year.

See which majors at Art Center College of Design make the most money.

Location of Art Center College of Design

Located in Pasadena, California, Art Center College of Design is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

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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

Art Center College of Design Majors

During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 8 majors graduated from Art Center College of Design. Of these students, 457 received undergraduate degrees and 87 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors	Bachelor’s Degrees	Average Salary of Graduates
Design & Applied Arts	223	$45,435
Engineering-Related Fields	57	$60,839
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	48	$23,649
Mechanical Engineering Technology	38	$78,343
Graphic Communications	36	$61,218
Architectural Sciences & Technology	22	$54,713
Computer Software & Applications	20	NA
Fine & Studio Arts	13	$22,385

Learn more about the majors offered at Art Center College of Design along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Art Center College of Design

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 2019-2020, 2,182 students took at least one online class at Art Center College of Design. This is an increase from the 128 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year	Took at Least One Online Class	Took All Classes Online
2019-2020	2,182	2,182
2018-2019	128	0
2017-2018	88	0
2016-2017	79	0
2015-2016	95	0

Learn more about online learning at Art Center College of Design.

Notes and References

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

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• Image Credit: By Garnethertz under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.