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2021 Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California

15 Colleges
2,472 Bachelor's Degrees
$32,738 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in CaliforniaDesign & Applied Arts is the #24 most popular major in California with 2,472 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that of the 19,864 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 12.4% were from a college or university in the state.

This year's Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California ranking looked at 15 colleges that offer a bachelor's in design. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent design & applied arts programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the design & applied arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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2021 Best Design & Applied Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

Top 10 Best Design & Applied Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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San Jose State University has taken the #1 spot in this year's design & applied arts ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, San Jose State has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in California ranking.

About 0.9% of San Jose State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 19,939 students take at least one class online at San Jose State. About 9,800 of the students at San Jose State are attending part time.

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Academy of Art University crest
Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA

Academy of Art University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Academy of Art University is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Academy of Art University, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in California ranking.

About 1.2% of Academy of Art University students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 4,441 of Academy of Art University students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 3,981 part time students in attendance at Academy of Art University.

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The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to California State University - Long Beach. Located in the city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public school with a very large student population. CSULB also made our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in California list, coming in at #6.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 24,806 students take at least one class online at CSULB. There are roughly 8,046 part time students in attendance at CSULB.

Full Design & Applied Arts at California State University - Long Beach Report

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The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to San Francisco State University. SFSU is a very large public school located in the city of San Francisco.

The student loan default rate at SFSU is lower than is typical, just 1.8% of students default in three years. 14,003 of SFSU students are exclusively distance learners. 6,034 students are part time.

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Our rankings recognize California State Polytechnic University - Pomona as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Cal Poly Pomona is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Pomona.

The student loan default rate at Cal Poly Pomona is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. There are approximately 20,284 students at Cal Poly Pomona that take at least one class online. There are roughly 5,151 part time students in attendance at Cal Poly Pomona.

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California State University - Chico earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Chico, Chico State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.2%. Approximately 10,804 students take at least one class online at Chico State. About 2,083 of the students at Chico State are attending part time.

Full Design & Applied Arts at California State University - Chico Report

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The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Woodbury University. Woodbury is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Burbank.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.6%. There are approximately 402 students at Woodbury that take at least one class online. About 88 of the students at Woodbury are attending part time.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Woodbury University Report

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University of Southern California comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles. USC also took the #9 spot in our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in California rankings.

About 0.5% of USC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 15,291 students take at least one class online at USC. There are roughly 6,687 part time students in attendance at USC.

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University of California - Los Angeles comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCLA, the school also landed the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in California ranking.

About 0.7% of UCLA students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 25,859 students at UCLA that take at least one class online. 2,161 of UCLA students are attending part time.

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The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to California State University - Monterey Bay. CSUMB is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Seaside.

About 1.7% of CSUMB students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 5,082 students at CSUMB that take at least one class online. About 1,046 of the students at CSUMB are attending part time.

Full Design & Applied Arts at California State University - Monterey Bay Report

Best for Non-Traditional Students Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 348
Oregon 303
Nevada 61
Hawaii 10

Design & Applied Arts is one of 10 different types of Visual & Performing Arts programs to choose from.

Notes and References

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*Avg Cost is for the top 15 schools only.

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