by our College Data Analytics TeamCalArts earned 23 ranking badges in the 2026 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 7 in the top 5%, 12 in the top 10% and 4 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #11 of 574 in Most Focused for Drama & Theater Arts, a top 5% award.
Key facts
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2026. Data as of: July 2026.
California Institute of the Arts holds 23 ranking badges across 4 fields of study, 7 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 current ranking cycle is 2026 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. Find out more about our data sources and methodologies. If you are an administrator interested in using our badge program to showcase your college’s strengths, please contact us.
| Award Level | Badges |
|---|---|
| Top 1% | 0 |
| Top 5% | 7 |
| Top 10% | 12 |
| Top 15% | 4 |
| Total | 23 |
California Institute of the Arts is best known for Visual & Performing Arts: 9 of its 23 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Drama & Theater Arts, Music and Film, Video & Photographic Arts.
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Graphic Communications | ||||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Software Applications | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writing Studies | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dance | ||||
| Highest Paid Graduates | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Drama & Theater Arts | ||||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | ||||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Fine & Studio Arts | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Music | ||||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
California Institute of the Arts earned no veterans badge in the 2026 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #2,562 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
These rankings are drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2026 edition. California Institute of the Arts appears in 74 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
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