2024 Best Digital Arts Schools in California

A degree in digital arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #233 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Digital Arts Schools in California ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 223 degrees in digital arts to qualified students.

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• Best Overall Digital Arts Schools List

Choosing a Great Digital Arts School

The art & technology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Digital Arts rankings. We derive our Best Overall Digital Arts School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your Digital Arts Degree Level

The art & technology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Digital Arts Schools in California. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Digital Arts in California

The schools below may not offer all types of art & technology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top California Schools in Art & Technology

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

3rd Most Popular In CA

49 Art & Technology Degrees Awarded

University of Southern California is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in digital arts. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles.

There were approximately 49 digital arts students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in digital arts from University of Southern California

2

Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, CA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2nd Most Popular In CA

52 Art & Technology Degrees Awarded

It is difficult to beat Otis College of Art and Design if you wish to pursue a degree in digital arts. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Otis College of Art and Design is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

There were roughly 52 digital arts students who graduated with this degree at Otis College of Art and Design in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in digital arts from Otis College of Art and Design

3

Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

1st Most Popular In CA

63 Art & Technology Degrees Awarded

Academy of Art University is a great option for students interested in a degree in digital arts. Located in the city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.

There were about 63 digital arts students who graduated with this degree at Academy of Art University in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in digital arts from Academy of Art University

4

Columbia College Hollywood
Tarzana, CA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

5th Most Popular In CA

Any student who is interested in digital arts needs to check out Columbia College Hollywood. Columbia College Hollywood is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Tarzana.

There were approximately 15 digital arts students who graduated with this degree at Columbia College Hollywood in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in digital arts from Columbia College Hollywood

5

Gnomon
Hollywood, CA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4th Most Popular In CA

31 Art & Technology Degrees Awarded

Located in the city of Hollywood, Gnomon is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

There were about 31 digital arts students who graduated with this degree at Gnomon in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in digital arts from Gnomon

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
Oregon	587	62
Nevada	354	20

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Rankings in Majors Related to Art & Technology

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

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Visual & Performing Arts	975

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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.