- The Inkwell
- Ohio
- Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland, OHCity: largeZIP 44106Founded 1882
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1882
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: arts, music & design
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1970
- Website
- www.cia.edu
OhioPrivate nonprofit
Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland Institute of Art is a private nonprofit institute in Cleveland, Ohio, with 539 undergraduates. It admits 61% of applicants, graduates 62% within six years and costs $31,184 a year after aid.
62%graduate
Admission rate61%
Retention88%
4-year graduation50%
Pell Grant share50%
Federal loans76%
$31,184net price / year
61%admission rate
1193average SAT
62%graduate in 6 years
$42,757median earnings, 10 yrs
$27,000median debt
#1,509 of 1,704 for earnings#1,489 of 1,739 for lowest net price#598 of 1,738 for graduation rate#389 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
- $67,135tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $50,575
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $50,575
- Average net price
- $31,184national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$26,220
$30,001–48,000$28,572
$48,001–75,000$26,777
$75,001–110,000$32,857
$110,001+$38,812
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 61%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1193
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 500–660
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 480–620
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 23–29
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college61%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college88%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college62%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college50%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 62%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 50%
- First-year retention
- 88%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 61%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $33,233
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $42,757middle 50%: $26,061–$62,947
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$62,947
Median, Cleveland Institute of Art$42,757
Lower quarter$26,061
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
- 539
- Part-time
- 0.6%
- Women / men
- 74% / 26%
- Average age at entry
- 20.4
- First-generation students
- 27%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 50%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 47%
- Average faculty salary
- $7,134 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $14,182
- Endowment, end of year
- $37,610,248
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White62%
Hispanic11%
Black16%
Asian3.7%
Two or more races5.9%
U.S. nonresident0.7%
Unknown0.6%
3 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Visual & performing arts74%
Communications technologies20%
Health professions6.1%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 202046. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q4166619.