2024 Best Digital Arts Master's Degree Schools in California

a master's degree in digital arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #379 out of 1172 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Digital Arts Master's Degree Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 32 master's degrees in digital arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on digital arts students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of digital arts students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized digital arts related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for digital arts students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Digital Arts Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Digital Arts Master's Degree Schools in California list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Digital Arts in California

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in digital arts.

Top California Schools for a Master's in Art & Technology

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

University of Southern California is a good option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in digital arts. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in digital arts from University of Southern California

2

Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

Academy of Art University is a great option for individuals interested in a master's degree in digital arts. Academy of Art University is a moderately-sized private for-profit university located in the large city of San Francisco.More information about a master’s in digital arts from Academy of Art University

Best Digital Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Digital Arts Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded

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Digital Arts Related Rankings by Major

Digital Arts is one of 1 different types of General Visual & Performing Arts programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Art & Technology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Visual & Performing Arts	28

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0. More about our data sources and methodologies.