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CCA Undergraduate Experience

17 majors, unlimited possibilities. Explore it all at a top art and design school.

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CCA Graduate Experience

Rigorous theory, radical practice. Make boundary-pushing, impactful work while earning a prestigious graduate degree.

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Meet CCA Tour

Get to know CCA's creative community through this short, undergraduate-focused tour.

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CCA Neighborhood Tour

Get to know CCA’s neighborhood and students’ favorite spots outside of the shops and studios.

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An aerial view of CCA's backlot with colorful chalk drawings of abstract shapes, painted containers, potted plants, and picnic tables decorating the concrete area. The main building recedes in the background.

The city is your campus. CCA is located in the San Francisco Bay Area, a one-of-a-kind cultural and innovation hub—the ideal landscape to study the theory and practice of art, design, architecture, and writing.

Writing & Literature students read their work as part of the Commencement Exhibition.

An exterior view of the Montgomery Building; teal vinyl reads California College of the Arts.

The heart of CCA’s campus is the Montgomery Building, which is located in San Francisco’s vibrant Design District.

Three students examine three-dimensional woven paper forms in a classroom.

Students in Matt Kendall’s Materiality and Space 1 course look at colorful, three-dimensional paper models.

A student touches a delicate paper model held by faculty Margaux Schindler.

Students closely examine paper studies in the Materiality and Space 3 course taught by Margaux Schindler. Projects explore tectonics, research, and synthesis from the angle of sustainable “green” building design.

A student’s work is critiqued in the Nave.

A panel critiques an Interior Design student’s work, which includes mark-making tests on paper and sculptural forms.

Three Interior Design students cluster around a small plywood model on the floor; classmates and panelists form a half circle around them and critique their work.

Final critiques in the Interior Design program include panelists and experts.

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