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2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in California

6 Ranked Colleges
112 Degrees Awarded
$34,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor's in California

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in California” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,022 people earned their degree in digital arts, making the major the 259th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 180 digital arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 112 digital arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in California” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in digital arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent digital arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the digital arts program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in California.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Digital Arts in California

#1

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Academy of Art University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in California. Academy of Art University is located in San Francisco, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 34 bachelors’s art and technology degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Academy of Art University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. It costs about $34,145 for California Bachelor’s Degree Art & Technology students per year to attend Academy of Art University.

Read full report on Digital Arts at Academy of Art University

#2

Woodbury University

Burbank, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Woodbury University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in California list. Located in Burbank, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s art and technology students in 2019-2020.

Woodbury also made our “Best Digital Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Woodbury University is $23,915 for California Bachelor’s Degree Art & Technology students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Woodbury Digital Arts Report

#3

Marymount California University

Rancho Palos Verdes, California
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marymount California University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in California list. MCU is a small school located in Rancho Palos Verdes, California that handed out 3 bachelors’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

MCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Digital Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The estimated yearly cost for MCU is $33,303 for california bachelor’s degree art & technology students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Digital Arts at MCU

#4

Otis College of Art and Design

Los Angeles, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Otis College of Art and Design. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in California. This small school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 48 bachelors’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

Otis College of Art and Design not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Digital Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend Otis College of Art and Design is $43,147 for California Bachelor’s Degree Art & Technology students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Digital Arts at Otis College of Art and Design

#5

San Francisco Art Institute

San Francisco, California
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco Art Institute. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in California list. This small school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

SFAI also took the #5 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SFAI is $41,392 for california bachelor’s degree art & technology students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Digital Arts at SFAI

#6

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

University of Southern California landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in California ranking. University of Southern California is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s art and technology degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for USC is $29,528 for california bachelor’s degree art & technology students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Digital Arts at University of Southern California

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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