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38% of the Bachelor of Fine Arts – Interior Architecture and Design graduates from the 2024/2025 academic year graduated in 4 years and 87% graduated within 6 years.

7% of the Master of Fine Arts – Interior Architecture and Design graduates from the 2024/2025 academic year graduated in 3 years and 87% graduated within 5 years.

¹ Data source: 2024-25 IPEDS Completions data set

88% of the Bachelor of Fine Arts – Interior Architecture and Design students that started during the Fall 2025 semester returned in the Spring 2026 semester, putting attrition at 12%.

Of the 13 students who began the Masters of Fine Arts in Interior Architecture and Design program in Fall 2025 62% (8 students) persisted into the Spring 2026 semester. The attrition rate for this cohort was 38% (5 students)

One student from the 2024/2025 academic year, who completed the BFA in Interior Architecture and Design, was accepted into the MFA in Interior Architecture and Design at Academy of Art University.

The placement rates for graduates employed in the field, who were scheduled to complete their programs in 2024, are 5% for the BFA in Interior Architecture and Design and 18% for the MFA in Interior Architecture and Design.

²The placement rates for graduates employed in the field are 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.