Graduate Programs | California Institute of the Arts

2024 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at California Institute of the Arts with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $41,790 for prospective students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $1,378.

Data source: IPEDS (integrated Postsecondary Education Dta System)

Updated with 2023-2024 tuition (Last update: 03/01/2024)

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$41,140
Fees	$650
Cost per Credit	$1,378
Books & Supplies	$938
Room & Board	$12,820 (On-Campus) / $18,600 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$6,826 (On-Campus) / $9,045 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$62,374
Off-Campus Total	$70,373

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Tuition & Fees	$51,466	$53,466	$53,466	$55,056	$41,790

Graduate Program Overview

California Institute of the Arts is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Valencia, California. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $41,790.

It offers nineteen (19) graduate programs.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	California Institute of the Arts
Type	Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)
Address	24700 W McBean Pky, Valencia, CA
Graduate School Students	479 students
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	$41,790
Student to Faculty	7:1 (14.29%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 19 Graduate Programs 18 Master's, 1 Doctorate

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

California Institute of the Arts offers Masters, Doctorate graduate degree/certificate programs through 19 major areas - 18 Master's , 1 Doctorate . 144 students have been conferred Master's degree and 2 students have received Doctorate degree last year.The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	144	2	-	-
Men	61	2	-	-
Women	83	-	-	-

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Visual and Performing Arts (other)	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Theatre/Theatre Arts Management	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Jazz/Jazz Studies	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music Theory and Composition	9	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music Performance	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Fine/Studio Arts	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Photography	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	22	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Directing and Theatrical Production	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Acting	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Dance	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Creative Writing	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Software and Media Applications (other)	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Communications Technologies

what is Communications Technologies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Communication and Journalism

what is Communication and Journalism program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 1,444 students enrolled in California Institute of the Arts including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.

In graduate school, 479 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 178 male and 301 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 472 full-time and 7 part-time students in graduate schools.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	479
Men Students	178
Women Students	301

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	479
Full-time Students	472
Part-time Students	7

By race/ethnicity 158 White, 25 Black, and 27 Asian students are attending at California Institute of the Arts. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	479
American Indian / Native American	2
Asian	27
Black	25
Hispanic	48
White	158
Two or more races	19
Un-Known	23

Graduate School Tuition at California Institute of the Arts