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19% of the Bachelor of Fine Arts – Interior Architecture and Design graduates from the 2023/2024 academic year graduated in 4 years and 81% graduated within 6 years.
15% of the Master of Fine Arts – Interior Architecture and Design graduates from the 2023/2024 academic year graduated in 3 years and 77% graduated within 5 years.
1Â Data source: 2023-24 IPEDS Completions data set
80% of the Bachelor of Fine Arts – Interior Architecture and Design students that started during the Fall 2024 semester returned in the Spring 2025 semester, putting attrition at 20%.
95% of the Master of Fine Arts – Interior Architecture and Design students that started during the Fall 2024 semester returned in the Spring 2025 semester, putting attrition at 5%.
There were two students from the 2023/2024 academic year who completed the BFA in Interior Architecture and Design and were accepted into master-level programs at Academy of Art University. Both were accepted into the Master of Architecture program in 2024.
The placement rates for graduates employed in the field, who were scheduled to complete their programs in 2023, are 11% for the BFA in Interior Architecture and Design and for 14% of the MFA in Interior Architecture and Design.
2 The placement rates for graduates employed in the field is based on our annual reporting for the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (the Bureau), which is calculated by dividing the number of graduates gainfully employed in the field by the number of graduates available for employment. For more information and definitions, visit https://www.bppe.ca.gov/schools/pfs.pdf.
