| University of Southern California Los Angeles | $64,846 | $56,391 | $18,262 | $68,237 |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles | $57,615 | $68,882 | $20,000 | $13,747 |
| Interior Designers Institute Newport Beach | $51,188 | — | $28,655 | $20,250 |
| Art Center College of Design Pasadena | $47,053 | $71,547 | $31,050 | $51,640 |
| Chapman University Orange | $46,519 | $69,235 | $23,000 | $62,784 |
| California State University-Long Beach Long Beach | $37,395 | $58,879 | $17,215 | $7,008 |
| Newschool of Architecture and Design San Diego | $37,132 | — | $39,251 | $30,291 |
| California State University-Northridge Northridge | $36,736 | $41,823 | — | $7,095 |
| San Francisco State University San Francisco | $34,845 | $57,556 | $18,000 | $7,424 |
| Design Institute of San Diego San Diego | $34,589 | — | $45,687 | $29,350 |
| University of California-Davis Davis | $32,816 | $55,388 | $15,000 | $15,247 |
| California State University-Sacramento Sacramento | $32,240 | $43,110 | $15,750 | $7,602 |
| Woodbury University Burbank | $32,175 | $44,056 | $26,980 | $44,886 |
| University of San Francisco San Francisco | $32,070 | $51,544 | $26,500 | $58,222 |
| San Diego State University San Diego | $31,459 | $48,911 | $13,716 | $8,290 |
| Otis College of Art and Design Los Angeles | $31,172 | $50,842 | $27,000 | $55,513 |
| California State University-Monterey Bay Seaside | $30,378 | $48,939 | $14,827 | $7,437 |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona | $30,065 | $40,019 | $21,160 | $7,439 |
| California College of the Arts San Francisco | $28,673 | $55,004 | $27,000 | $57,946 |
| California Baptist University Riverside | $28,669 | — | $26,487 | $39,720 |
| Laguna College of Art and Design Laguna Beach | $27,785 | — | $27,000 | $35,650 |
| California State University-Chico Chico | $27,573 | $37,032 | $19,047 | $8,064 |
| Los Angeles Film School Hollywood | $26,583 | — | $51,250 | — |
| FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Los Angeles | $26,479 | — | $29,500 | $34,325 |
| California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino | $24,604 | $42,149 | $16,139 | $7,675 |
| California State University-Fresno Fresno | $23,160 | $41,161 | $24,410 | $6,980 |
| University of Silicon Valley San Jose | $22,656 | — | $31,000 | $22,480 |
| Academy of Art University San Francisco | $20,829 | $46,476 | $33,187 | $28,024 |