California Institute of the Arts is accredited by National Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation. It has 4 programmatic accredited programs.

The following table describes the detail information of institutional accreditation information.

Institutional Accreditation
Agency NameAccreditation StatusPeriods
National Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on AccreditationAccredited7/1/1972 - Current
(Estimated Date)

Programmatic Accreditation

ProgramAccreditation StatusPeriods
Art and Design (ART) - Degree-granting schools and departments and non-degree-granting programsAccredited9/1/1972 - 8/1/2014
(Estimated Date)
ProgramAccreditation StatusPeriods
Dance (DANCE) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and non-degree-granting programsAccredited9/1/1990 - 8/1/2014
(Estimated Date)
ProgramAccreditation StatusPeriods
Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programsAccredited9/1/1948 - 8/1/2014
(Estimated Date)
ProgramAccreditation StatusPeriods
Theatre (THEA) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programsAccredited3/1/2000 - 8/1/2014
(Estimated Date)