11.) CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF ARTS* (San Francisco and Oakland, CA)

-Programs: Fashion Design; Textiles; Jewelry Design
-Number of Students: Undergrads: 1,640. Fashion students: 65(#’s from 2010)
-Tuition: $36,960
-The Bottom Line: A CFDA-affiliated school, its students have won many industry awards and landed jobs with marquee-name labels and companies. One of the fashion design school’s 2011 grads was honored with Surface magazine’s “Emerging Talent” award. The design world watches this school.