The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) has earned an international reputation as the leading college of the visual and performing arts in the United States, and was recently ranked as America’s top college for students in the arts by Newsweek/The Daily Beast. Offering rigorous undergraduate and graduate degree programs through six schools—Art, Critical Studies, Dance, Film/Video, Music, and Theater—CalArts has championed creative excellence, critical reflection, and the development of new forms and expressions.