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California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, United States · Suburban
AICADPrivate
Acceptance
25.0%
Tuition/yr
$58,000
Students
1,500
Founded
1961
About
Walt Disney's experimental arts conservatory north of Los Angeles, whose Character Animation program has staffed Pixar, Disney, and DreamWorks for decades. All six schools — art, film, music, theater, dance, critical studies — share one radically interdisciplinary building.
- University type
- Private (non-profit)
- Acceptance rate
- 25.0%
- Total enrolment
- 1,500
- Student : faculty
- 7:1
- Founded
- 1961
Courses & majors
Character AnimationExperimental AnimationFilm & VideoGraphic DesignMusicTheaterDanceFine ArtPhotography & MediaMusic Technology
Cost of studying
Tuition / yr
$58,000
Cost of attendance
$80,000
Application fee
$85
Rankings
#7
National
Scholarships & financial aid
Merit scholarships (including the CalArts Scholarship) are open to internationals; no need-based intl aid.
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