Schools, mostly in southern California, offering specialized education in a trade, craft or art at the college level or beyond.

American Academy of Dramatic Arts (Acting and related arts)

American Film Institute Conservatory (Filmmaking)

California Institute of the Arts

California Maritime Academy (Professional skills for working on ships)

California School of Culinary Arts (Professional restaurant management and food preparation)

College of Oceaneering (Diving and related professional skills)

Columbia College, Hollywood (Television and film production)

Emperor's College of Oriental Medicine (Grad school for acupuncture and herbal medicine, among other things)

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising

Interior Designers Institute

ITT Technical Institute (Various computer fields)

Laguna College of Art and Design

Loma Linda University (Various healthcare-related programs and degrees)

Otis College of Art & Design

Platt College (Graphic arts and computer graphics) link dead Professional schools

Southern California Institute of Architecture

Woodbury University (Business and applied arts)

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