- The Inkwell
- Ohio
- Cleveland Institute of Music
Cleveland, OHCity: largeZIP 44106Founded 1920
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1920
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: arts, music & design
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.cim.edu
OhioPrivate nonprofit
Cleveland Institute of Music
Cleveland Institute of Music is a private nonprofit institute in Cleveland, Ohio, with 159 undergraduates. It admits 47% of applicants, graduates 85% within six years and costs $30,269 a year after aid.
85%graduate
Admission rate47%
Retention90%
4-year graduation72%
Pell Grant share18%
Federal loans52%
$30,269net price / year
47%admission rate
—average SAT
85%graduate in 6 years
$27,260median earnings, 10 yrs
$19,500median debt
#1,689 of 1,704 for earnings#1,464 of 1,739 for lowest net price#121 of 1,738 for graduation rate#225 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
- $72,601tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $55,510
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $55,510
- Average net price
- $30,269national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$23,656
$30,001–48,000—
$48,001–75,000—
$75,001–110,000$34,611
$110,001+$30,951
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 47%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college47%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college90%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college85%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college18%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 85%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 72%
- First-year retention
- 90%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 70%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $26,018
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $27,260middle 50%: $10,677–$66,024
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$66,024
Median, Cleveland Institute of Music$27,260
Lower quarter$10,677
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
- 159
- Part-time
- 0%
- Women / men
- 50% / 50%
- Average age at entry
- 19.4
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 18%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 6 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 28%
- Average faculty salary
- $7,572 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $30,729
- Endowment, end of year
- $58,275,695
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White43%
Hispanic6.3%
Black3.1%
Asian17%
Two or more races3.8%
U.S. nonresident24%
American Indian / Alaska Native1.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.6%
Unknown1.3%
1 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Visual & performing arts100%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 202073. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5132172.