Far WestUrbanPrivate4-yearVisual & Performing

Art Center College of Design

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Pasadena, CA2,054 students
Acceptance Rate
76%
moderate
Median SAT
Net Price After Aid
$50.2k
Sticker $51.6k
Graduation Rate
83%
6-year, full-time

Art Center College of Design is a private institution in Pasadena, CA with an acceptance rate of 76% and 2,054 students. The average net price after financial aid is $50,209 per year.

About Art Center College of Design

A private 4-year urban university in Pasadena, CA.

Art Center College of Design is a college in Pasadena, CA. It enrolls roughly 2,054 students. The most recent acceptance rate is 76%.

Far WestUrbanPrivate4-yearVisual & Performing
Acceptance Rate
76%
Moderate
Total Enrollment
2,054
Medium
Retention
82%
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
83%
6-year, full-time

Your chances at this school

A clear-eyed view of how your profile compares to admitted students — and the things that would move your odds the most.

Acceptance Rate
76%
76 of every 100 applicants admitted
Your Chances
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Admitted Student GPA

Honest, data-backed view of how admissions actually work here. Here is what would make your application as competitive as possible.

Things that would move your odds the most

  1. Build a single deep extracurricular peak
    Depth beats breadth at selective schools — one nationally-visible accomplishment outperforms ten clubs.
  2. Strengthen one teacher recommendation
    A specific, personal letter from a teacher who knows your work moves the needle.

Probability is based on a model trained on historical admissions data. It is a guide, not a guarantee. Admissions decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.

Admissions

What it actually takes to get into Art Center College of Design. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Art Center College of Design after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
Tuition $51,640
Average net price after aid
$50,209
After grants and scholarships

Net price by family income

Average amount paid out of pocket — tuition, fees, and room & board minus all grant aid.

$0 – $30,000
$42,545
$30,001 – $48,000
$40,905
$48,001 – $75,000
$46,301
$75,001 – $110,000
N/A
$110,001 +
$60,976

Net price represents the average cost after grants and scholarships for students receiving federal financial aid.

Pell Grant Recipients
25%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
36%
Avg loan $26,000 / year
Avg Grant Aid
Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at Art Center College of Design concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Visual & Performing
58% of degrees awarded
Retention
82%
First-years returning
A breakdown of the top majors by share of degrees awarded ships once we finish backfilling per-school program data.

Student body

Who attends Art Center College of Design. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • White9%
  • Asian32%
  • Hispanic11%
  • Black2%
  • International46%

Gender

  • Female55%
  • Male45%
International
44%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
2,054

Outcomes after graduation

What Art Center College of Design graduates do next — and what they earn.

Median Earnings
$72.0k
10 years after enrollment
Employed at 2 yrs
Working or in grad school
Pursue Grad School
Within 5 years
Graduation Rate
83%
6-year, full-time

What this means

$72k is well above the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 83% graduation rate is above the national average.

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