Best Architecture Colleges in California
19 four-year colleges in California offer architecture programs. These rank highest by graduate earnings, using official federal data.
#1A+
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit
Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
- $32,740
- Net price
- 10%
- Admit rate
- 20,443
- Enrolled
#2A+
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA · Public
Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
- $13,481
- Net price
- 11%
- Admit rate
- 33,068
- Enrolled
#3A+
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA · Public
Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
- $16,665
- Net price
- 31%
- Admit rate
- 21,996
- Enrolled
#4B+
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA · Private nonprofit
Top Earnings
- $41,431
- Net price
- 62%
- Admit rate
- 5,287
- Enrolled
#5A-
University of San Diego
San Diego, CA · Private nonprofit
Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
- $30,365
- Net price
- 52%
- Admit rate
- 5,671
- Enrolled
#6A+
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA · Public
Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
- $12,470
- Net price
- 27%
- Admit rate
- 34,948
- Enrolled
#7A+
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA · Public
Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
- $12,548
- Net price
- 9%
- Admit rate
- 33,475
- Enrolled
#8A
University of California-Davis
Davis, CA · Public
Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
- $14,741
- Net price
- 42%
- Admit rate
- 32,253
- Enrolled
#9B
Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, CA · Private nonprofit
Top Earnings
- $48,661
- Net price
- 75%
- Admit rate
- 2,017
- Enrolled
#10B-
Southern California Institute of Architecture
Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit
Top Earnings
- $43,923
- Net price
- 77%
- Admit rate
- 236
- Enrolled
#11B-
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
Pomona, CA · Public
Top EarningsBest Value
- $11,531
- Net price
- 75%
- Admit rate
- 25,042
- Enrolled
#12C
Newschool of Architecture and Design
San Diego, CA · Private for-profit
Top Earnings
- $52,570
- Net price
- 100%
- Admit rate
- 182
- Enrolled
#13C+
Woodbury University
Burbank, CA · Private nonprofit
Top Earnings
- $33,692
- Net price
- 82%
- Admit rate
- 779
- Enrolled
#14C
California State University-Sacramento
Sacramento, CA · Public
Best ValueMost Affordable
- $9,338
- Net price
- 94%
- Admit rate
- 28,350
- Enrolled
#15C
California Baptist University
Riverside, CA · Private nonprofit
- $26,285
- Net price
- 85%
- Admit rate
- 8,179
- Enrolled
#16C-
California State University-Fresno
Fresno, CA · Public
Best ValueMost Affordable
- $7,000
- Net price
- 95%
- Admit rate
- 21,605
- Enrolled
#17C+
Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit
- $51,248
- Net price
- 82%
- Admit rate
- 1,223
- Enrolled
#18C-
California College of the Arts
San Francisco, CA · Private nonprofit
- $53,909
- Net price
- 91%
- Admit rate
- 990
- Enrolled
#19C-
Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA · Private for-profit
- $40,613
- Net price
- Open
- Admit rate
- 3,587
- Enrolled