business administration (MBA) degrees. The CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, located near the San Francisco campus in a facility on Kansas St., is a forum for contemporary culture. In 2013 the Wattis Institute recruited a new director, Anthony Huberman, formerly of Artist's Space in New York. In the U.S. News & World Report rankings for 2020, CCA ranked #10 in the country for graduate fine arts programs, #4 in graphic design, and #6 in ceramics. PayScale lists CCA as the #1 art school in the United States for return on investment and #4 for average alumni salary (bachelor's degree). As of 2022, Niche rated CCA with an overall grade of B- (with B- for academics, A+ for diversity, and B- for value), reporting an acceptance rate of 85%, graduation rate of 67%, and average alumni starting salary of $29,400. The averages class size is 13 for undergraduate programs and 12 for graduate. The student to faculty ratio is 8:1. Alumni Noted alumni include the artists (listed in alphabetical order, by last name); Academia Sonia Landy Sheridan (MFA 1961), professor emeritus at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie (BFA 1981 Painting and minor in Photography), educator at UC Davis Artists Ceramics Robert Arneson (MFA 1958) Viola Frey (BFA 1956) Manuel Neri (Ceramics, attended in the 1950s) Peter Voulkos (MFA Ceramics 1950s) Film Ako Castuera (BFA 2000 Illustration), best known for storyboard art on Adventure Time Hong Sang-soo Audrey Marrs (MA 2008, Curatorial Practice), Oscar-winning filmmaker and co-founder of Ladyfest Wayne Wang (attended in the mid 1970s), film director Painting Natalia Anciso (MFA 2011 Painting/Drawing) Robert Bechtle (BFA 1954, MFA 1958), painter Clifford Beck (1968), painter Henrietta Berk (attended 1955–1959), painter Val Britton (MFA 2006) David Bierk (MFA c.1970) Squeak Carnwath (MFA 1977) Geoffrey Chadsey (MFA 1995) Jules de Balincourt (BFA 1998) George Albert Harris (Professor of Art, 1946–47) Warren Leopold Jake Longstreth (MFA 2005) Louis Macouillard (BFA 1943) Richard McLean (BFA Painting) George Miyasaki (BFA 1957, BAEd 1957, MFA 1958) Robert S. Neuman (MFA 1951 Painting) Toyin Odutola (MFA 2012) Nathan Oliveira (BFA 1951, MFA 1952) Suzanne Scheuer M. Louise Stanley (BFA, 1967, MFA, 1969) Don Stivers (Painting, attended in the 1940s), military painter James Torlakson (BFA 1973) Lee Weiss (attended 1946-47) watercolorist Photography Beatrice Helg Swiss photographer Todd Hido (MFA 1996) Jim Ricks (BFA 2002 Photo) Hank Willis Thomas (MFA 2004 Photo/MA Visual Criticism)