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Art Center College of Design

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Population 10,500,000
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Pasadena, CA

Weather

Comfortable Days 135 (97% 😎)
Sunshine Hours 3,300 (96% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 327 (98% 🏖️)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 2,157
Men / Women 40% / 60%
From State 46%
From Region 0%

Racial/Ethnic

International 46%
Asian 29%
White 10%
Hispanic 9%
Mixed 5%
Black 1%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Men: 37.4% 37.4% 2012 Men: 44.0% 44.0% 2013 Men: 37.2% 37.2% 2014 Men: 44.3% 44.3% 2015 Men: 38.7% 38.7% 2016 Men: 34.8% 34.8% 2017 Men: 39.0% 39.0% 2018 Men: 35.6% 35.6% 2019 Men: 37.1% 37.1% 2020 Men: 38.3% 38.3% 2021 Men: 36.0% 36.0% 2022 Men: 40.3% 40.3% 2023 Men: 38.2% 38.2% 2024 Men: 37.2% 37.2% 2025 Men: 33.4% 33.4%

Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2013 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2014 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2011 Asian: 42.4% 42.4% 2012 Asian: 37.7% 37.7% 2013 Asian: 41.5% 41.5% 2014 Asian: 46.0% 46.0% 2015 Asian: 44.8% 44.8% 2016 Asian: 38.6% 38.6% 2017 Asian: 38.6% 38.6% 2018 Asian: 36.8% 36.8% 2019 Asian: 40.8% 40.8% 2020 Asian: 37.0% 37.0% 2021 Asian: 27.1% 27.1% 2022 Asian: 25.5% 25.5% 2023 Asian: 32.9% 32.9% 2024 Asian: 32.2% 32.2% 2025 Asian: 32.1% 32.1% 2011 Black: 0.7% 0.7% 2012 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Black: 0.6% 0.6% 2014 Black: 1.7% 1.7% 2015 Black: 1.1% 1.1% 2016 Black: 1.4% 1.4% 2017 Black: 1.3% 1.3% 2018 Black: 1.7% 1.7% 2019 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Black: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Black: 0.6% 0.6% 2022 Black: 1.2% 1.2% 2023 Black: 0.9% 0.9% 2024 Black: 1.1% 1.1% 2025 Black: 0.8% 0.8% 2011 Hispanic: 14.4% 14.4% 2012 Hispanic: 7.5% 7.5% 2013 Hispanic: 9.1% 9.1% 2014 Hispanic: 8.0% 8.0% 2015 Hispanic: 8.8% 8.8% 2016 Hispanic: 4.3% 4.3% 2017 Hispanic: 7.2% 7.2% 2018 Hispanic: 6.7% 6.7% 2019 Hispanic: 6.0% 6.0% 2020 Hispanic: 6.8% 6.8% 2021 Hispanic: 5.5% 5.5% 2022 Hispanic: 9.0% 9.0% 2023 Hispanic: 9.4% 9.4% 2024 Hispanic: 8.0% 8.0% 2025 Hispanic: 5.7% 5.7% 2011 White: 14.4% 14.4% 2012 White: 15.7% 15.7% 2013 White: 16.5% 16.5% 2014 White: 12.1% 12.1% 2015 White: 7.2% 7.2% 2016 White: 13.8% 13.8% 2017 White: 8.1% 8.1% 2018 White: 8.8% 8.8% 2019 White: 5.6% 5.6% 2020 White: 6.8% 6.8% 2021 White: 5.8% 5.8% 2022 White: 7.5% 7.5% 2023 White: 4.7% 4.7% 2024 White: 5.2% 5.2% 2025 White: 8.4% 8.4% 2011 International: 23.7% 23.7% 2012 International: 22.0% 22.0% 2013 International: 25.0% 25.0% 2014 International: 27.6% 27.6% 2015 International: 32.6% 32.6% 2016 International: 38.1% 38.1% 2017 International: 41.3% 41.3% 2018 International: 42.3% 42.3% 2019 International: 45.7% 45.7% 2020 International: 47.5% 47.5% 2021 International: 56.0% 56.0% 2022 International: 55.4% 55.4% 2023 International: 47.6% 47.6% 2024 International: 49.0% 49.0% 2025 International: 47.2% 47.2%

Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates

0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Total: 1,370 1,370 2012 Total: 1,434 1,434 2013 Total: 1,475 1,475 2014 Total: 1,571 1,571 2015 Total: 1,592 1,592 2016 Total: 1,641 1,641 2017 Total: 1,690 1,690 2018 Total: 1,716 1,716 2019 Total: 1,767 1,767 2020 Total: 2,706 2,706 2021 Total: 2,160 2,160 2022 Total: 2,209 2,209 2023 Total: 2,192 2,192 2024 Total: 2,166 2,166 2025 Total: 2,157 2,157 2011 Men: 705 705 2012 Men: 722 722 2013 Men: 720 720 2014 Men: 784 784 2015 Men: 787 787 2016 Men: 770 770 2017 Men: 761 761 2018 Men: 755 755 2019 Men: 771 771 2020 Men: 1,197 1,197 2021 Men: 914 914 2022 Men: 945 945 2023 Men: 933 933 2024 Men: 893 893 2025 Men: 856 856 2011 Women: 665 665 2012 Women: 712 712 2013 Women: 755 755 2014 Women: 787 787 2015 Women: 805 805 2016 Women: 871 871 2017 Women: 929 929 2018 Women: 961 961 2019 Women: 996 996 2020 Women: 1,509 1,509 2021 Women: 1,246 1,246 2022 Women: 1,264 1,264 2023 Women: 1,259 1,259 2024 Women: 1,273 1,273 2025 Women: 1,301 1,301

Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2012 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2013 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2014 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2015 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2016 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2017 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2018 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2019 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2022 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2025 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2011 Asian: 34.3% 34.3% 2012 Asian: 35.0% 35.0% 2013 Asian: 34.0% 34.0% 2014 Asian: 33.9% 33.9% 2015 Asian: 34.5% 34.5% 2016 Asian: 34.4% 34.4% 2017 Asian: 33.1% 33.1% 2018 Asian: 31.8% 31.8% 2019 Asian: 32.4% 32.4% 2020 Asian: 33.8% 33.8% 2021 Asian: 32.1% 32.1% 2022 Asian: 30.8% 30.8% 2023 Asian: 30.4% 30.4% 2024 Asian: 29.8% 29.8% 2025 Asian: 29.1% 29.1% 2011 Black: 1.8% 1.8% 2012 Black: 1.3% 1.3% 2013 Black: 1.1% 1.1% 2014 Black: 1.1% 1.1% 2015 Black: 1.4% 1.4% 2016 Black: 1.7% 1.7% 2017 Black: 1.4% 1.4% 2018 Black: 1.6% 1.6% 2019 Black: 1.3% 1.3% 2020 Black: 1.3% 1.3% 2021 Black: 1.4% 1.4% 2022 Black: 1.4% 1.4% 2023 Black: 1.1% 1.1% 2024 Black: 1.5% 1.5% 2025 Black: 1.3% 1.3% 2011 Hispanic: 11.2% 11.2% 2012 Hispanic: 10.3% 10.3% 2013 Hispanic: 10.9% 10.9% 2014 Hispanic: 11.5% 11.5% 2015 Hispanic: 12.4% 12.4% 2016 Hispanic: 12.6% 12.6% 2017 Hispanic: 12.5% 12.5% 2018 Hispanic: 10.8% 10.8% 2019 Hispanic: 10.0% 10.0% 2020 Hispanic: 10.1% 10.1% 2021 Hispanic: 9.2% 9.2% 2022 Hispanic: 9.7% 9.7% 2023 Hispanic: 9.6% 9.6% 2024 Hispanic: 9.6% 9.6% 2025 Hispanic: 8.9% 8.9% 2011 White: 26.4% 26.4% 2012 White: 24.7% 24.7% 2013 White: 21.2% 21.2% 2014 White: 19.4% 19.4% 2015 White: 17.8% 17.8% 2016 White: 15.4% 15.4% 2017 White: 15.7% 15.7% 2018 White: 13.6% 13.6% 2019 White: 12.3% 12.3% 2020 White: 12.3% 12.3% 2021 White: 11.0% 11.0% 2022 White: 11.0% 11.0% 2023 White: 9.7% 9.7% 2024 White: 8.9% 8.9% 2025 White: 9.8% 9.8% 2011 International: 20.9% 20.9% 2012 International: 21.3% 21.3% 2013 International: 24.5% 24.5% 2014 International: 28.1% 28.1% 2015 International: 28.3% 28.3% 2016 International: 29.7% 29.7% 2017 International: 32.2% 32.2% 2018 International: 36.9% 36.9% 2019 International: 40.3% 40.3% 2020 International: 38.2% 38.2% 2021 International: 42.7% 42.7% 2022 International: 43.5% 43.5% 2023 International: 45.1% 45.1% 2024 International: 45.8% 45.8% 2025 International: 45.9% 45.9%

Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Art Center College of Design 509 40% 11% 30% 1% 9% 45% $74,289 56 +1.64 67 93%
Creative Direction 7 — 14% 43% 29% 0% 29% 0% $72,263 34 -0.41 63 87% — — — —
Spatial Experience Design 13 — 54% 0% 0% 8% 0% 85% $71,266 95 +1.07 61 95% — — — —
Entertainment Design 116 — 32% 9% 27% 2% 9% 52% $81,906 97 +1.70 78 100% — — — —
Film 19 — 84% 21% 5% 0% 16% 37% $47,688 44 -0.20 7 94% — — — —
Fine Art 18 — 28% 28% 6% 11% 28% 28% $28,612 1 -1.95 1 90% — — — —
Graphic Design 57 — 35% 12% 35% 4% 5% 40% $72,263 87 +0.95 63 87% — — — —
Illustration 141 — 21% 11% 45% 0% 11% 28% $72,263 100 +2.72 63 87% — — — —
Interaction Design 27 — 37% 0% 26% 0% 0% 74% $75,389 90 +1.19 69 — — — — —
Photography and Imaging 13 — 38% 23% 15% 0% 38% 15% $47,688 24 -0.54 7 94% — — — —
Product Design 54 — 65% 2% 28% 0% 2% 69% $79,842 93 +1.54 75 100% — — — —
Transportation Design 44 — 91% 11% 23% 0% 5% 59% $95,085 99 +2.72 89 93% — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $58,668
ROI Percentile 67th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 86%
4-Year Graduation Rate 35%
6-Year Graduation Rate 79%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 54.4% 54.4% 2012 Graduated: 69.7% 69.7% 2013 Graduated: 64.4% 64.4% 2014 Graduated: 67.2% 67.2% 2015 Graduated: 68.1% 68.1% 2016 Graduated: 73.1% 73.1% 2017 Graduated: 67.6% 67.6% 2018 Graduated: 71.6% 71.6% 2019 Graduated: 68.5% 68.5% 2020 Graduated: 71.4% 71.4% 2021 Graduated: 75.9% 75.9% 2022 Graduated: 75.5% 75.5% 2023 Graduated: 82.6% 82.6% 2024 Graduated: 79.2% 79.2%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 51.1% 2012 Men: 54.2% 2013 Men: 68.2% 2014 Men: 62.5% 2015 Men: 72.0% 2016 Men: 70.9% 2017 Men: 65.2% 2018 Men: 61.2% 2019 Men: 61.0% 2020 Men: 66.2% 2021 Men: 66.7% 2022 Men: 68.9% 2023 Men: 75.6% 2024 Men: 75.0% 2011 Women: 59.4% 2012 Women: 78.6% 2013 Women: 61.4% 2014 Women: 71.4% 2015 Women: 65.2% 2016 Women: 74.7% 2017 Women: 68.7% 2018 Women: 79.5% 2019 Women: 72.8% 2020 Women: 75.3% 2021 Women: 81.1% 2022 Women: 79.0% 2023 Women: 87.1% 2024 Women: 81.4%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Asian: 51.2% 2012 Asian: 73.7% 2013 Asian: 61.1% 2014 Asian: 79.3% 2015 Asian: 68.3% 2016 Asian: 81.5% 2017 Asian: 63.5% 2018 Asian: 72.9% 2019 Asian: 63.2% 2020 Asian: 70.6% 2021 Asian: 77.4% 2022 Asian: 78.0% 2023 Asian: 92.0% 2024 Asian: 84.8% 2011 Hispanic: 50.0% 2012 Hispanic: 33.3% 2013 Hispanic: 83.3% 2014 Hispanic: 85.7% 2015 Hispanic: 85.7% 2016 Hispanic: 64.3% 2017 Hispanic: 73.9% 2018 Hispanic: 76.9% 2019 Hispanic: 53.3% 2020 Hispanic: 69.2% 2021 Hispanic: 60.0% 2022 Hispanic: 77.8% 2023 Hispanic: 87.5% 2024 Hispanic: 62.5% 2011 White: 75.0% 2012 White: 80.0% 2013 White: 70.0% 2014 White: 43.8% 2015 White: 65.2% 2016 White: 71.4% 2017 White: 60.0% 2018 White: 70.0% 2019 White: 70.4% 2020 White: 76.2% 2021 White: 69.2% 2022 White: 65.5% 2023 White: 66.7% 2024 White: 63.6% 2011 International: 53.8% 2012 International: 66.7% 2013 International: 61.1% 2014 International: 69.2% 2015 International: 70.0% 2016 International: 66.7% 2017 International: 82.8% 2018 International: 66.7% 2019 International: 80.6% 2020 International: 74.4% 2021 International: 76.0% 2022 International: 76.5% 2023 International: 78.4% 2024 International: 84.5%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Arts 96.1% 489 40% 10% 31% 1% 9% 45% $74,399 98 +1.69 67 93% —
Social Sciences 2.6% 13 54% 0% 0% 8% 0% 85% $71,266 90 +1.07 61 95% —
Business & Economics 1.4% 7 14% 43% 29% 0% 29% 0% $72,263 33 -0.41 63 87% —

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 76%
Yield (non-ED) 31%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 76% 76% 76%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Acceptance & Yield

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 63.2% 63.2% 2012 Acceptance: 81.1% 81.1% 2013 Acceptance: 81.7% 81.7% 2014 Acceptance: 80.9% 80.9% 2015 Acceptance: 79.5% 79.5% 2016 Acceptance: 69.3% 69.3% 2017 Acceptance: 70.4% 70.4% 2018 Acceptance: 67.7% 67.7% 2019 Acceptance: 70.8% 70.8% 2020 Acceptance: 76.1% 76.1% 2021 Acceptance: 75.6% 75.6% 2022 Acceptance: 71.0% 71.0% 2023 Acceptance: 75.0% 75.0% 2024 Acceptance: 74.5% 74.5% 2011 Yield: 49.6% 49.6% 2012 Yield: 43.6% 43.6% 2013 Yield: 41.8% 41.8% 2014 Yield: 40.3% 40.3% 2015 Yield: 37.1% 37.1% 2016 Yield: 45.5% 45.5% 2017 Yield: 39.5% 39.5% 2018 Yield: 42.2% 42.2% 2019 Yield: 37.0% 37.0% 2020 Yield: 30.5% 30.5% 2021 Yield: 36.3% 36.3% 2022 Yield: 31.8% 31.8% 2023 Yield: 32.1% 32.1% 2024 Yield: 31.5% 31.5%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 443 443 2012 Applicants: 450 450 2013 Applicants: 480 480 2014 Applicants: 534 534 2015 Applicants: 610 610 2016 Applicants: 670 670 2017 Applicants: 813 813 2018 Applicants: 844 844 2019 Applicants: 1,015 1,015 2020 Applicants: 1,008 1,008 2021 Applicants: 982 982 2022 Applicants: 1,285 1,285 2023 Applicants: 1,339 1,339 2024 Applicants: 1,461 1,461 2011 Admitted: 280 280 2012 Admitted: 365 365 2013 Admitted: 392 392 2014 Admitted: 432 432 2015 Admitted: 485 485 2016 Admitted: 464 464 2017 Admitted: 572 572 2018 Admitted: 571 571 2019 Admitted: 719 719 2020 Admitted: 767 767 2021 Admitted: 742 742 2022 Admitted: 912 912 2023 Admitted: 1,004 1,004 2024 Admitted: 1,089 1,089 2011 Enrolled: 139 139 2012 Enrolled: 159 159 2013 Enrolled: 164 164 2014 Enrolled: 174 174 2015 Enrolled: 180 180 2016 Enrolled: 211 211 2017 Enrolled: 226 226 2018 Enrolled: 241 241 2019 Enrolled: 266 266 2020 Enrolled: 234 234 2021 Enrolled: 269 269 2022 Enrolled: 290 290 2023 Enrolled: 322 322 2024 Enrolled: 343 343

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

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