Position
Dance
Claremont, CA
Harvey Mudd College
Starting Salary
$ 62,516
Cost per year
$ 39,671
Stagecraft
Fine Art
Stanford, CA
Stanford University
$ 51,344
$ 10,851
Film/Video/Photography
Music
Claremont McKenna College
$ 52,605
$ 19,489
Design / Applied Arts
Pasadena, CA
Art Center College of Design
$ 48,039
$ 48,735
Los Angeles, CA
University of California-Los Angeles
$ 39,287
$ 15,637
University of Southern California
$ 39,468
$ 29,462
Orange, CA
Chapman University
$ 43,293
$ 44,342
Santa Clara, CA
Santa Clara University
$ 49,199
$ 44,133
Long Beach, CA
California State University-Long Beach
$ 37,123
$ 8,721
Davis, CA
University of California-Davis
$ 35,637
$ 15,674
San Luis Obispo, CA
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
$ 41,846
$ 18,766
$ 35,610
$ 42,658
Performing Arts
San Jose, CA
San Jose State University
$ 42,930
$ 14,370
San Diego, CA
San Diego State University
$ 34,237
$ 12,721
$ 34,723
San Francisco, CA
University of San Francisco
$ 45,751
$ 39,107
California College of the Arts
$ 38,271
$ 35,076
Newport Beach, CA
Interior Designers Institute
$ 56,175
$ 35,958
Irvine, CA
Concordia University-Irvine
$ 46,439
$ 28,395
$ 33,533
Berkeley, CA
University of California-Berkeley
$ 36,270
$ 17,371
San Francisco State University
$ 33,874
$ 12,912
Otis College of Art and Design
$ 38,103
$ 44,792
Mount Saint Mary's University
$ 41,686
$ 30,426
Entertainment Management
$ 41,714
Pomona, CA
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
$ 32,658
$ 11,902
Malibu, CA
Pepperdine University
$ 39,665
$ 42,167
Azusa, CA
Azusa Pacific University
$ 37,853
$ 19,968
Burbank, CA
Woodbury University
$ 44,724
$ 30,252
Northridge, CA
California State University-Northridge
$ 30,505
$ 8,293
Rohnert Park, CA
Sonoma State University
$ 32,804
$ 14,528
Angwin, CA
Pacific Union College
$ 40,433
$ 20,638
Belmont, CA
Notre Dame de Namur University
$ 33,267
Hayward, CA
California State University-East Bay
$ 33,987
$ 11,159
University of California-Irvine
$ 28,860
$ 12,426
Bakersfield, CA
California State University-Bakersfield
$ 34,126
$ 7,191
$ 33,416
San Bernardino, CA
California State University-San Bernardino
$ 29,202
$ 8,215
Point Loma Nazarene University
$ 37,572
$ 34,111
University of San Diego
$ 35,428
$ 29,725
Redlands, CA
University of Redlands
$ 36,566
$ 28,202
Costa Mesa, CA
Vanguard University of Southern California
$ 37,006
$ 23,795
Fresno, CA
Fresno Pacific University
$ 33,613
$ 14,773
Santa Cruz, CA
University of California-Santa Cruz
$ 32,393
$ 17,601
Stockton, CA
University of the Pacific
$ 34,295
$ 23,800
$ 28,283
La Jolla, CA
University of California-San Diego
$ 30,569
$ 15,069
Other Visual Arts
Seaside, CA
California State University-Monterey Bay
$ 28,425
$ 11,649
San Rafael, CA
Dominican University of California
$ 39,675
$ 48,859
San Marcos, CA
California State University-San Marcos
$ 31,426
$ 10,774
Beverly Hills, CA
Beverly Hills Design Institute
$ 34,684
$ 28,150
$ 29,942
Loyola Marymount University
$ 32,659
$ 45,394
National University
$ 45,233
$ 29,412
$ 31,360
Sacramento, CA
California State University-Sacramento
$ 30,305
$ 10,911
Chico, CA
California State University-Chico
$ 30,780
$ 15,578
Fullerton, CA
California State University-Fullerton
$ 28,472
$ 7,485
$ 27,601
$ 35,658
$ 29,242
$ 28,085
Riverside, CA
California Baptist University
$ 34,608
$ 26,538
Moraga, CA
Saint Mary's College of California
$ 32,834
$ 29,757
Carson, CA
California State University-Dominguez Hills
$ 28,079
$ 4,058
California State University-Los Angeles
$ 27,885
$ 5,385
Newschool of Architecture and Design
$ 42,018
$ 50,126
$ 28,309
$ 25,963
$ 28,181
$ 28,353
Oakland, CA
Holy Names University
$ 31,859
$ 14,417
Van Nuys, CA
Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art
$ 31,633
$ 29,392
$ 28,316
World Mission University
$ 18,973
$ 26,904
$ 27,834
$ 28,758
California State University-Fresno
$ 26,767
$ 6,744
Turlock, CA
California State University-Stanislaus
$ 26,347
$ 5,752
Santa Monica, CA
Santa Monica College
$ 29,756
$ 4,167
$ 26,502
American Jewish University
$ 24,986
Design Institute of San Diego
$ 37,448
$ 34,992
$ 25,506
Santa Barbara, CA
University of California-Santa Barbara
$ 25,597
$ 15,482
$ 25,591
Pomona College
$ 27,160
$ 18,084
Valencia, CA
California Institute of the Arts
$ 33,596
$ 51,386
Santa Clarita, CA
The Master's University and Seminary
$ 32,155
$ 28,679
$ 24,534
$ 26,623
Camarillo, CA
California State University-Channel Islands
$ 26,964
$ 12,887
$ 25,273
$ 32,554
Hollywood, CA
Musicians Institute
$ 36,558
$ 26,303
University of Silicon Valley
$ 34,408
$ 29,887
Platt College-San Diego
$ 31,889
$ 30,196
$ 24,250
$ 24,856
Scripps College
$ 29,078
$ 33,912
La Mirada, CA
Biola University
$ 27,223
$ 28,098
Thousand Oaks, CA
California Lutheran University
$ 29,098
$ 28,284
$ 25,041
$ 29,470
Crafts/Folk Art
$ 30,276
$ 23,596
$ 24,936
Escondido, CA
John Paul the Great Catholic University
$ 29,577
$ 30,595
$ 25,011
FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
$ 30,921
$ 42,584
$ 28,489
$ 23,794
$ 22,670
$ 24,519
La Verne, CA
University of La Verne
$ 28,341
$ 25,892
Redding, CA
Simpson University
$ 27,377
$ 24,437
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
$ 29,616
$ 33,577
$ 23,430
$ 23,874
Rocklin, CA
William Jessup University
$ 29,092
$ 30,719
Alhambra, CA
Platt College-Los Angeles
$ 27,854
$ 28,979
$ 30,367
Westmont College
$ 28,143
$ 31,227
$ 23,095
$ 23,726
Merced, CA
University of California-Merced
$ 23,917
$ 13,450
$ 23,153
$ 22,863
$ 23,600
Ashford University
$ 32,813
$ 24,722
$ 23,824
Arcata, CA
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt
$ 13,952
University of California-Riverside
$ 14,306
Anaheim, CA
Bethesda University
$ 28,578
$ 21,775
$ 23,226
$ 27,387
Laguna Beach, CA
Laguna College of Art and Design
$ 29,121
$ 39,709
$ 25,199
