California College of the Arts Ranking Badges

California College of the Arts earned 20 ranking badges in the 2026 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 8 in the top 5%, 7 in the top 10% and 4 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 40 in Most Focused for Human Computer Interaction, a top 1% award.

Key facts

Badges earned: 20 (2026 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 8
Highest placement: #1 of 40, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 5
Placements this edition: 76
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking

Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2026. Data as of: July 2026.

How Many Ranking Badges Has California College of the Arts Earned?

California College of the Arts holds 20 ranking badges across 5 fields of study, 9 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s athletics or online-program rankings. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. The awards below are from the 2026 edition. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. Read about our data sources and methodologies. To use these badges in your college’s communications, administrators can contact us.

Count by Award Level

Award Level	Badges
Top 1%	1
Top 5%	8
Top 10%	7
Top 15%	4
Total	20

What Is California College of the Arts Known For?

California College of the Arts is best known for Visual & Performing Arts: 4 of its 20 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Human Computer Interaction, Fine & Studio Arts and Architectural Sciences.

College Overall

Ranking	Top 10%	Top 5%
Overall Diversity	✓
Overall Diversity (Far Western)	✓
Overall Diversity (California)	✓
Location Diversity	✓
Location Diversity (Far Western)		✓
Location Diversity (California)		✓
Ethnic Diversity		✓
Ethnic Diversity (Far Western)		✓
Ethnic Diversity (California)		✓

Architecture/Urban Planning

Ranking	Top 10%	Top 5%
Architectural Sciences
Highest Paid Graduates		✓
Most Focused	✓

Communications Technology/Support

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%
Most Popular	✓
Graphic Communications
Most Popular	✓
Most Focused		✓

Computer & Information Sciences

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Computer Software Applications
Most Focused	✓

Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Human Computer Interaction
Most Focused				✓

Visual & Performing Arts

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%
Design & Applied Arts
Most Popular		✓
Most Focused			✓
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
Most Focused	✓
Fine & Studio Arts
Most Focused			✓

How Does California College of the Arts Rank for Veterans?

California College of the Arts earned no veterans badge in the 2026 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #3,710 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.

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Notes and References

Badges on this page come from rankings grounded in U.S. Department of Education data, 2026 edition. California College of the Arts appears in 76 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.