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Vanderbilt Announces San Francisco Expansion Plans
Vanderbilt will serve about 1,000 students focusing on technology, engineering, design, and entrepreneurship by acquiring California College of the Arts' campus amid CCA's financial struggles.
- On Jan. 13, 2026 Vanderbilt announced it will acquire the California College of the Arts campus to open a full undergraduate and graduate San Francisco campus for the 2027-28 academic year, taking ownership at the end of the 2027 spring semester.
- After failing to stabilize finances, California College of the Arts sought partners last year as multi-year struggles and enrollment drops since 2024 forced plans to close by the 2026-2027 academic year.
- About 1,000 students will be served by the new campus, which will house technology, engineering, design and entrepreneurship programs and operate a CCA Institute at Vanderbilt with archival and Wattis Institute exhibits.
- Students will continue with California College of the Arts instruction through the end of the 2026-2027 academic year while Vanderbilt University must secure necessary California regulatory approvals before operating the campus.
- Against a backdrop of national expansion, Vanderbilt Chancellor Daniel Diermeier said `San Francisco stands for invention and discovery that changes the world` as Mayor Daniel Lurie welcomed the move, following earlier campus plans in New York and Palm Beach.
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