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California Institute of the Arts

California Institute of the Arts
24700 McBean Parkway
Valencia, CA 91355-2340

Official telephone: (661) 255-1050
Website: https://www.calarts.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 86%
Student:Faculty ratio: 7:1
Total faculty: 215 men, 185 women
Full-time faculty: 94 men, 74 women
Part-time faculty: 121 men, 111 women
Graduation rate: 61% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, independent study, internships, external degree program
Cooperative programs are offered: no
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.

LIST OF MAJORS
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Acting
  • Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects
  • Cinematography and Film/Video Production
  • Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Software and Media Applications, Other
  • Dance, General
  • Design and Visual Communications, General
  • Directing and Theatrical Production
  • Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General
  • Graphic Design
  • Intermedia/Multimedia
  • Jazz/Jazz Studies
  • Music Performance, General
  • Music Theory and Composition
  • Music, General
  • Photography
  • Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
  • Theatre/Theatre Arts Management
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
Doctorates

  • Music Theory and Composition
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
Master's Degrees

  • Acting
  • Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects
  • Cinematography and Film/Video Production
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Software and Media Applications, Other
  • Creative Writing
  • Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis
  • Dance, General
  • Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
  • Directing and Theatrical Production
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General
  • Jazz/Jazz Studies
  • Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Music Performance, General
  • Music Theory and Composition
  • Photography
  • Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
  • Theatre/Theatre Arts Management
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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