California College of the Arts
Tuition
$27,914 / year
Room and Board
$5,880
Application deadline
Rolling
Application fee
$50
Educational Resources
Libraries
The Oakland campus houses the Meyer Library and the San Francisco campus houses the Sharon Hanley Simpson library.
Museums & Art
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, Stephen Oliver Art Center, Kent and Vicki Logan Center
Computing
Requirements
- Students are not required to take a computer course.
- Students are not required to own or lease a computer.
- Recommended computer operating system: Mac
Campus Resources
- 238 computers for student use in locations such as computer center/labs, residence halls, library
Student accommodations
- Email accounts are available to all students.
- Internet access is not available to all students.
Wireless Internet Hotspots
- Wifi is available in computer labs, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas, in all college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing
Services
Basic
health insurance
Remedial
reading
Counseling
career, personal, academic
Career
internships
Campus Safety
late night transport/escort service, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)
Campus Life
Housing
Overview
- The school offers housing for students.
- 17% of students live in school housing.
- The school does not provide assistance for off-campus housing.
Types of housing available
- In total, there are 3 housing buildings.
Room Accessories
- 100% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
- 100% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.
Extracurricular
- Alcohol is not permitted on campus.
- Popular events on campus: CCA Senior Fashion Show, Wattis Institute Lecture Series, Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center presentations, Architecture Lecture Series
- Student activities: literary magazine, student government, student film society, yearbook
- In total, there are about 18 organizations on campus.
Travel
- Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): San Francisco International Airport, Oakland International Airport
- Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Emeryville
- Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): San Francisco
- Public transportation serves the campus.
- Not all students are permitted to have cars on campus.
- 0% of students have a car on campus
Employment
- School employment is available.
- Freshman are not discouraged from working.
- There are 0 fraternities
- 0 fraternity houses
- 0% of students are fraternity members
- There are 0 sororities
- 0 sorority houses
- 0% of students are sorority members.
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