ArtCenter College of Design encourages students from California College of the Arts to consider joining our community to complete their degrees.
CCA is a wonderful institution with a rich, creative tradition and we are confident that you will transition smoothly into ArtCenter and thrive in your new home.
In support of undergraduate and graduate CCA students, we are offering a streamlined process through which we can quickly outline an individualized pathway to graduation at ArtCenter. Just start ArtCenter’s application and mark "Yes" when asked if you have been impacted by the recent change to CCA’s operations.
To create an efficient and easy process for you, we will:
- Provide individualized advising throughout all stages of your decision-making process, including admissions, transfer, and financial aid advising
- Provide a simplified/streamlined application
- Waive our application fee
- Waive our application essay requirements
- For graduate students, waive our essay, letters of recommendation, and resume requirements
- Work with unofficial transcripts to create our preliminary transfer/completion pathway assessment
- Provide specific guidance to you as to what creative work/portfolio to provide for your transfer credit assessment
- Aim to optimize your transfer credit
- Provide scholarship consideration that aims to reach your current level of scholarship support
- Provide advisement to international students in transferring your I-20
- Review applications on a rolling basis
We will reach out immediately after reviewing your submission to discuss any additional materials necessary to assess your application and to design your transfer/completion pathway at ArtCenter.
Next Steps for CCA Students- For current CCA students who were admitted to ArtCenter in Fall 2025, you can defer your previous acceptance to ArtCenter to start with us in the Spring 2026, Summer 2026, or Fall 2026 term. Please forgo the streamlined application and email admissions@artcenter.edu with your request to defer your Fall 2025 acceptance and attach your unofficial CCA transcripts.
- For current CCA students who are in your second, third, or fourth year of study, or students who were not previously admitted to ArtCenter in the Fall 2025 term, complete a brief online application and upload your CCA transcripts (unofficial or official) and ArtCenter’s Associate Director of Transfer Admissions, Bryan Green, or Director of Graduate Admissions, Nathan Weikert, will be in touch to provide guidance on next steps and to gather any additional materials necessary to design your transfer/completion pathway/teach out plan at ArtCenter.
Our hearts go out to all CCA students during this difficult and uncertain time and we hope this streamlined process will provide you with a simple and supportive way to understand what a transition to ArtCenter would look like for you individually.
Virtual Information Session
Join Vice President of Admissions, Tim Campos, for an information session outlining our streamlined admissions process for CCA students transferring to ArtCenter.Transfer Appointments
To Register: Click on an available date in green, then click the link in orange and complete the registration form.
All appointments are listed in Pacific Time (PT).
