American Academy of Art College
Chicago, IL · For-profit · Large city · AAAC
For-profit institution in Chicago, IL · 90 undergraduates · $34,324 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 4%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 9%Pell Grant share
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $34,2981,837th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $39,5101,639th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $39,5101,605th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $45,1451,346th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $27,0001,604th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $34,3241,818th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $25,3681,855th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 45.0%1,352nd highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 50.0%1,734th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 902,013th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 6.0:195th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 63.1%182nd highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 9 mi (MDW)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 5 of 5 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fine and Studio ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $24,730 | $19,866 |
| Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $23,649 | $23,719 |
| Computer Software and Media ApplicationsComputer Science | bachelors | — | — |
| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Graphic CommunicationsCommunications Technology | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Key links
- Official websiteaaart.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 142887)
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