Art Center College of Design

Founded in 1907, California College of the Arts (CCA) is noted for the interdisciplinarity and breadth of its programs. It offers studies in 21 undergraduate and seven graduate majors in the areas of fine arts, architecture, design, and writing.

Two Campuses

San Francisco: CCA's San Francisco campus is located in the Potrero Hill neighborhood, next to the city's design district and within just blocks of the University of California at San Francisco's Mission Bay research campus.

Oakland: Four beautifully landscaped acres in the charming Rockridge district comprise the historic Oakland campus, located just two miles south of the University of California at Berkeley.

California College of the Arts provides the perfect environment for undergraduate students to engage in making art that matters while pushing boundaries and building global community. The college offers the following undergraduate degrees: bachelor of arts in Architecture (BArch); bachelor of arts (BA); and bachelor of fine arts (BFA).

Animation (BFA)
Architecture (BArch)
Ceramics (BFA)
Community Arts (BFA)
Fashion Design (BFA)
Film (BFA)
Furniture (BFA)
Glass (BFA)
Graphic Design (BFA)
Illustration (BFA)
Individualized Major (BFA)
Industrial Design (BFA)
Interaction Design (BFA)
Interior Design (BFA)
Jewelry / Metal Arts (BFA)
Painting/Drawing (BFA)
Photography (BFA)
Printmaking (BFA)
Sculpture (BFA)
Textiles (BFA)
Visual Studies (BA)
Writing and Literature (BA)

California College of the Arts provides the perfect environment for graduate students to engage in critical thinking and discover new modes of practice.
CCA offers seven professional graduate programs of study

The graduate programs of study at CCA are engaged in a global dialogue, reimagining processes, practices, and purposes of contemporary creative production. Their critical frameworks support individual exploration while stimulating collaboration and interdisciplinarity.

Architecture (MArch) and Master of Advanced Architectural Design (MAAD)
Curatorial Practice (MA)
Design (MFA)
Fine Arts (MFA)
MBA in Design Strategy
Visual & Critical Studies (MA)
Writing (MFA)