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California College of the Arts named one of the nation's best colleges for student voting by Washington Monthly

August 28, 2022

With an ongoing commitment to democratic engagement and creative activism, CCA made the 2022 honor roll among universities "doing the most to turn students into citizens."

Students organize get out the vote campaigns through signs, stickers, and text messaging their friends during the U.S. Election Day..

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California College of the Arts wins the 2024 Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting

CCA is named one of the nation's best colleges for student voting by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge.

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California College of the Arts named one of the nation’s top graduate schools for fine arts by U.S. News & World Report

The 2020 rankings, which assessed 227 MFA-granting colleges and universities across the country, lists CCA 10th overall.

Book cover of 2016 in Museums, Money, and Politics by Andrea Fraser (Westreich Wagner Publications, the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, and the MIT Press, 2018)

Co-published by CCA Wattis, an art book by Andrea Fraser has been named one of the decade's best

Andrea Fraser's 2016 in Museums, Money, and Politics, co-published by CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, has been named one of the decade's best art books by ARTnews.