- The Inkwell
- California
- Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, CACity: midsizeZIP 91103Founded 1930
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1930
- Carnegie class
- Master's: small programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.artcenter.edu
CaliforniaPrivate nonprofit
Art Center College of Design
Art Center College of Design is a private nonprofit college in Pasadena, California, with 2,017 undergraduates. It admits 74% of applicants, graduates 81% within six years and costs $48,389 a year after aid.
81%graduate
Admission rate74%
Retention86%
4-year graduation40%
Pell Grant share24%
Federal loans32%
$48,389net price / year
74%admission rate
—average SAT
81%graduate in 6 years
$75,975median earnings, 10 yrs
$27,651median debt
#267 of 1,704 for earnings#1,710 of 1,739 for lowest net price#173 of 1,738 for graduation rate#690 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
- $77,990tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $56,308
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $56,308
- Average net price
- $48,389national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$43,579
$30,001–48,000$40,452
$48,001–75,000$43,601
$75,001–110,000$43,513
$110,001+$56,996
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 74%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college74%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college86%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college81%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college24%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 81%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 40%
- First-year retention
- 86%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 80%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $51,140
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $75,975middle 50%: $31,037–$124,028
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,651
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$124,028
Median, Art Center College of Design$75,975
Lower quarter$31,037
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
- 2,017
- Part-time
- 11%
- Women / men
- 60% / 40%
- Average age at entry
- 22.8
- First-generation students
- 24%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 24%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 19%
- Average faculty salary
- $9,383 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $26,617
- Endowment, end of year
- $152,688,000
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White10%
Hispanic9.3%
Black1.2%
Asian30%
Two or more races4.7%
U.S. nonresident44%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
Unknown0.4%
5 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Visual & performing arts50%
Communications technologies23%
Engineering technologies19%
Computer & information sciences5.3%
Architecture2.5%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 109651. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q3272069.