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Laguna College of Art and Design

Laguna Beach, CAPrivate nonprofit WSCUCGame Development program

Laguna College of Art + Design is an art and design college in Laguna Beach, California. It offers a four-year BFA in Game Development with Game Art and Game Design tracks; its graduate programs are MFAs in drawing and painting.

Game degrees at Laguna College of Art and Design

1 program verified (1 bachelor's). Dedicated game degrees and officially named game concentrations only; the school may offer related courses or minors that are not degrees.

Laguna College of Art and Design

Game Development

Bachelor'sBFAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Development

Field: Game Development · Game Art
Administering location: Laguna Beach, CA
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus.
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio required
Duration: four-year curriculum · 120 credits
Tuition: Tuition: $1,775 per credit · All students — BFA part-time enrollment, per unit · 2027-2028
Next deadline: Rolling admission (as published)
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Department, studios and facilities

As the school describes them. Facilities are campus resources unless the school states that online students can use them.

Accreditation

  • WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since February 27, 1997

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

    Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026

The university states: “Accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC).” Source: lcad.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Institutional accreditation covers the whole institution. Programmatic accreditation (for example NASAD for an art and design unit) is shown on a program page only when the school names it for that program.

Scholarships and funding

School-wide awards the school publishes. Program pages list awards specific to a program.

  • LCAD Institutional Grant (Merit Scholarship) Institutional scholarshipCompetitive

    Renewed annually for the duration of study, subject to conditions

    Eligibility: Students accepted for admission; based on academic record and admissions portfolio.

    How to apply: Decided at the point of acceptance.

    Source: lcad.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Offerings we reviewed but do not list

This directory lists dedicated game degrees and officially named game concentrations. These offerings were checked against official pages and fall outside that scope (minors, certificates, degrees without a named game pathway, esports).
  • BFA Animation (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation)Animation degree without a named game pathway.Source: lcad.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • BFA Entertainment Design (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Entertainment Design)Entertainment design degree without a named game pathway.Source: lcad.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Game MinorMinor; out of scope.Source: lcad.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Institution

Official name
Laguna College of Art and Design
Control
Private nonprofit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Main location
2222 Laguna Canyon Rd, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
0 of 807 students (Fall 2023)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 12, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.
  1. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  2. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  3. DAPIP — WSCUC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  4. lcad.edu/bfa-application-dates/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  5. lcad.edu/bfa-tuition/ — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 12, 2026
  6. lcad.edu/mission-accreditation/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  7. lcad.edu/program/bfa-animation/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  8. lcad.edu/program/bfa-entertainment-design/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  9. lcad.edu/program/bfa-game-development/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  10. lcad.edu/program/game-minor/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026

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