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Photography Schools in California

10 verified schools with a teaching location here, offering 14 programs. Only actual teaching locations count; online programs are listed separately.

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Photography Certificates in California (3)Bachelor’s Degrees in Photography in California (6)

Cities in California with verified listings

10 schools

Results are listed alphabetically. There is no price ranking: prices in different currencies and bases (per credit, per term, per year, whole program) are not comparable. Online programs are never counted as physically located in a state or city. Items marked Sponsored are paid placements; they never change recognition status, verification or order.

Photography education in California: what the verified records show

Our verified records for California cover 3 universities, 4 colleges and 3 art schools or specialist providers, with 14 photography programs taught at a campus here. Online-only programs are listed separately and are not counted as local.

Degree study: BFA programs at ArtCenter College of Design, California Institute of the Arts, California State University, Long Beach, California State University, Sacramento and 2 more; MFA programs at California Institute of the Arts; 6 bachelor’s-level programs; 1 master’s-level program.

Below degree level there are 3 certificates. These are not equivalent to each other or to degrees.

3 of the listed programs are photography pathways within a broader art or media degree rather than a degree titled photography.

3 programs state that a portfolio is required; the rest do not publish a portfolio requirement on the pages we checked, which is not the same as not needing one.

9 of the programs publish a tuition figure, each shown with its own basis (per term, per year, per credit or for the whole program), which is why fees are never ranked against each other.