Laguna College of Art and Design

Overview

Located in Laguna Beach, California, Laguna College of Art and Design is a private nonprofit four-year institution. The campus sits in a rural area. It enrolled 775 students in fall 2024, including 746 undergraduates and 29 graduate students.

Laguna College of Art and Design offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 5 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects, Illustration, and Game and Interactive Media Design. It awarded 169 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

84% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 9 to 1.

Mission

Laguna College of Art & Design prepares individuals for careers as creative artists and designers in a culturally and ethnically diverse world through a curriculum that emphasizes acquiring skills based on observation, representation, and concept development, while embracing challenges of new, innovative technologies. The College is committed to offering its curriculum through accredited degree programs that imaginatively combine studio work with academic studies, and to sharing its resources with the broader community through continuing education and exhibition programs.

Key figures

Delivery modes

Program levels

Programs and majors offered 5

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students

84%

Student-to-faculty ratio

9:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees

151

Master's degrees

15

Certificates of 2 to 4 years

3

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024

775

Undergraduates, fall 2024

746

Graduate students, fall 2024

29

Full-time, fall 2024

92%

Students over the full 2024-25 year

815

Undergraduates, 2024-25

784

Graduate students, 2024-25

31

Full-time, 2024-25

94%

Size category

Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women

74%

Men

26%

White

40%

Hispanic or Latino

24%

Black or African American

2%

Asian

19%

Two or more races

8%

International (U.S. nonresident)

5%

Race or ethnicity unknown

1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online

0%

Students taking some online courses

76%

Campus and services

Setting

Rural area

Academic calendar

Semester

Carnegie classification

Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools

President

Steven J. Brittan

Services and opportunities

Study abroad, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience

For veterans and service members

Yellow Ribbon Program, Dedicated veterans contact