Mission Statement
To be a leader in providing postsecondary education programs that prepare students for careers in their chosen fields.

The Art Institute of California — San Diego graduates are trained for entry-level positions through concentrated, highly structured programs of study that reflect the needs of a changing job market.

Curricula are taught by faculty, many of whom are, or have been, working professionals. Faculty teach in an environment that encourages free expression and leadership.

A co-educational, non-sectarian, independent school, The Art Institute of California — San Diego believes in the worth and potential of each student.

The Art Institute of California — San Diego strives to provide quality programs and services that foster the development of that worth and potential through the acquisition of skills supporting occupational growth, including employer expectation.

The Art Institute of California — San Diego strives to graduate students and artists whose work is marked by excellence, and who bring to their professions and the communities of which they are members, the qualities of integrity, social responsibility, the exercise of judgment, receptivity to new ideas, respect for difference, and enthusiasm for learning.