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The action-oriented

art, design, and architecture

school in San Francisco

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California College of the Arts cultivates ideas, industry, and impact in the progressive San Francisco Bay Area, educating our students as global changemakers through purposeful practice and critical discourse.

California College of the Arts cultivates ideas, industry, and impact in the progressive San Francisco Bay Area, educating our students as global changemakers through purposeful practice and critical discourse.

Experience

All are welcome at CCA, where diverse cultures, practices, and ideas merge.

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Our creative community makes a living by changing the world.

Purposeful practices

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Come learn to make work that makes a difference.

Nov 15

First-year fall early action deadline

First-year applicants must submit an application by this deadline for an early response from CCA. Applications received by this date will automatically be considered for merit scholarships.

Dec 15

Spring Extension registration opens

Register for spring Extension courses.

Jan 15

Graduate application priority deadline

Deadline to submit an application for institutional scholarship consideration and admission for the following academic year. Applications received after this date will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Feb 01

First-year fall priority deadline

First-year applicants must submit an application by this deadline to guarantee merit scholarship consideration, including eligibility for Visionary Practice Scholarships.

Mar 01

Transfer fall priority deadline

Transfer applicants must submit an application by this deadline to guarantee merit scholarship consideration, including eligibility for Visionary Practice Scholarships.