| Chapman University Orange | $35,795 | $51,451 | $19,123 | $62,784 |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles | $34,187 | $48,046 | $21,687 | $68,237 |
| Woodbury University Burbank | $32,477 | $39,600 | $27,000 | $44,886 |
| Occidental College Los Angeles | $30,526 | — | $20,804 | $63,446 |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles | $29,696 | $44,860 | $19,000 | $13,747 |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley | $29,011 | $39,506 | $15,693 | $14,850 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara | $28,608 | $47,214 | $15,000 | $14,965 |
| California Institute of the Arts Valencia | $28,247 | $41,552 | $27,000 | $56,724 |
| California State University-Northridge Northridge | $27,290 | $38,385 | $18,266 | $7,095 |
| John Paul the Great Catholic University Escondido | $27,221 | $35,787 | $26,925 | $29,500 |
| Mount Saint Mary's University Los Angeles | $25,835 | $30,324 | $27,000 | $48,132 |
| California Baptist University Riverside | $25,031 | — | $26,988 | $39,720 |
| University of California-Riverside Riverside | $24,840 | $41,093 | $20,500 | $14,170 |
| California State University-Sacramento Sacramento | $24,618 | $41,945 | $16,205 | $7,602 |
| Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles | $24,561 | $41,149 | $23,250 | $58,974 |
| University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz | $23,614 | $34,586 | $16,439 | $14,560 |
| Academy of Art University San Francisco | $23,354 | $34,418 | $36,500 | $28,024 |
| Art Center College of Design Pasadena | $22,988 | $32,235 | $31,000 | $51,640 |
| Los Angeles Film School Hollywood | $22,596 | — | $42,250 | — |
| University of California-Irvine Irvine | $21,397 | $40,166 | $16,300 | $14,237 |
| California College of ASU Los Angeles | $20,483 | $33,684 | $28,334 | $26,175 |
| University of California-Davis Davis | $19,258 | $44,697 | $18,000 | $15,247 |
| California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata | $19,107 | — | $23,162 | $7,913 |
| San Francisco State University San Francisco | $18,654 | $39,386 | $17,850 | $7,424 |
| New York Film Academy Burbank | $16,415 | — | $31,000 | $36,738 |