With an enrollment of more than 700 students, the college offers Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in 11 majors and three Master of Fine Arts degree programs as well as a post-baccalaureate certificate program in Drawing and Painting.

Similar arrangements for Painting and Drawing majors exist with the Art Students League, and for Game Art majors with the Academy for Digital Entertainment at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences.

LCAD maintains the Dennis and Leslie Power Library with access to a multi-media collection including over 20,000 volumes.

Many students live off-campus, or some on-campus with just a short walk to downtown Laguna Beach.

[1] Laguna College of Art and Design is a non-profit higher education institution accredited by both the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD)[2] and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).