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Become an Idyllwild Artist.

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#1 High School for the Arts in America

Accepting Applications for Spring & Fall 2025

͵ÅÄ͵¿ú is the country’s premier and internationally-acclaimed residential arts high school. Ranked by Niche as the #1 High School for the Arts in America, students (grades 9-12 & postgraduate) receive pre-professional training in the arts and a comprehensive college-preparatory curriculum.

November 10th | Priority Application Deadline for Spring 2025

December 1st | Early Decision Application Deadline for Fall 2025

What's Happening

Admission Open House: October 26, 2024

If you are wondering whether ͵ÅÄ͵¿ú might be the right place for you or someone you know to study, please join us at our Open House on the beautiful ͵ÅÄ͵¿ú Campus on Saturday, October 26, 2024!

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Semester Exchange Program

An immersive, single-semester experience at ͵ÅÄ͵¿ú

Application Deadlines

Accepting Applications for Spring and Fall 2025

Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis while space remains available. 

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Our Location

Centrally located between Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego, ͵ÅÄ͵¿ú can be reached from regional airports by car. Our picturesque campus is set on 205 acres of pristine pine forest in the renowned arts village of Idyllwild in Southern California’s San Jacinto Mountains.

͵ÅÄ͵¿ú Land Acknowledgement

͵ÅÄ͵¿ú respectfully acknowledges the Qawishpa Cahuillangnah (also known as Cahuilla Band of Indians) and all nine sovereign Bands of Cahuilla people who have stewarded this land throughout the generations and continue to steward this land for all future generations.

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Admission Policy

͵ÅÄ͵¿ú admits students of any sex, race, religion, color, national and ethnic origin, sexual orientation, or gender identification to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, religion, color, national and ethnic origin, sexual orientation, or gender identification in administration of its educational policies, scholarship and financial planning, and athletic and other school-administered programs.