- The Inkwell
- Colorado
- Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
Lakewood, COSuburb: largeZIP 80214Founded 1963
- Sector
- Private for-profit
- Founded
- 1963
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1977
- Website
- www.rmcad.edu
ColoradoPrivate for-profit
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design is a private for-profit college in Lakewood, Colorado, with 2,050 undergraduates. It graduates 36% within six years and costs $32,562 a year after aid.
36%graduate
Retention54%
4-year graduation29%
Pell Grant share61%
Federal loans67%
$32,562net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
36%graduate in 6 years
$45,764median earnings, 10 yrs
$31,061median debt
#1,435 of 1,704 for earnings#1,533 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,428 of 1,738 for graduation rate
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
- $39,446tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $20,190
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $20,190
- Average net price
- $32,562national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$30,428
$30,001–48,000$30,129
$48,001–75,000$31,468
$75,001–110,000$36,470
$110,001+$38,010
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college54%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college36%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college61%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 36%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 29%
- First-year retention
- 54%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 36%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $36,114
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $45,764middle 50%: $27,619–$70,485
- Median debt at graduation
- $31,061
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$70,485
Median, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design$45,764
Lower quarter$27,619
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
- 2,050
- Part-time
- 47%
- Women / men
- 76% / 24%
- Average age at entry
- 25.4
- First-generation students
- 34%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 61%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 28%
- Average faculty salary
- $5,588 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $5,374
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White54%
Hispanic16%
Black14%
Asian2.8%
Two or more races5.7%
U.S. nonresident0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native1.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown5.7%
4 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Visual & performing arts70%
Communications technologies18%
Computer & information sciences8.1%
Education3.6%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 127945. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7355881.