Los Angeles

Below is a list of California schools that offer animation and animation related programs:
Academy of Art University, San Francisco
The Art Institutes, Sacramento,
California College of the Arts, San Francisco
California College of San Diego,
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia
California State University Chico, Chico
California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton
California State University Long Beach
California State University Northridge
Carrington College, Emeryville
Chapman University, Orange
Cogswell Polytechnical College, Sunnyvale
Ex'pression College for Digital Arts, Emeryville
Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach
Laurus College, San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria, Atascadero, Oxnard
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
Platt College, Ontario, Riverside, Alhambra
San Jose State University, San Jose
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)
University of Phoenix, Oakland,
University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles
Woodbury University, Burbank
Out of these CALARTS, The Arts Institute and UCLA are better. But prepare well with your sketching or you may not get in.
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