- The Inkwell
- South Carolina
- American College of the Building Arts
Charleston, SCCity: midsizeZIP 29403Founded 2004
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 2004
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: other fields
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 2019
- Website
- acba.edu
South CarolinaPrivate nonprofit
American College of the Building Arts
American College of the Building Arts is a private nonprofit college in Charleston, South Carolina, with 155 undergraduates. It admits 44% of applicants, graduates 72% within six years and costs $34,661 a year after aid.
72%graduate
Admission rate44%
Retention75%
4-year graduation95%
Pell Grant share19%
Federal loans36%
$34,661net price / year
44%admission rate
1190average SAT
72%graduate in 6 years
—median earnings, 10 yrs
$27,000median debt
#1,579 of 1,739 for lowest net price#313 of 1,738 for graduation rate#201 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $40,607tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $21,500
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $21,500
- Average net price
- $34,661national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$28,212
$30,001–48,000$29,498
$48,001–75,000$36,043
$75,001–110,000$36,232
$110,001+$38,732
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 44%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1190
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 560–640
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 570–650
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 20–27
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college44%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college75%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college72%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college19%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 72%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 95%
- First-year retention
- 75%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 86%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Median, American College of the Building Arts—
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 155
- Part-time
- 0.7%
- Women / men
- 17% / 83%
- Average age at entry
- —
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 19%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 77%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,846 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $20,328
- Endowment, end of year
- $2,009,183
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White90%
Hispanic1.9%
Black2.6%
Asian2.6%
Two or more races1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native1.3%
1 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Architecture100%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 485698. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q20011307.