Art Academy of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH · Private · Large city · AAC
Private institution in Cincinnati, OH · 254 undergraduates · 33% acceptance rate · $34,368 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 8%Acceptance rate
- Top 20%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
- $38,0411,887th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $40,2501,658th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $40,2501,629th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $48,1761,432nd cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $27,0001,604th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $34,3681,817th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $27,4831,814th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 44.4%1,372nd highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 62.4%1,544th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 33.1%125th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 2541,833rd largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 11.0:1619th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 48.0%423rd highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 223 mi (DTW)
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.
Applying
- RDMay 1
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- Free
- Personal essay
- Required
- Writing supplement
- Yes
Deadlines and essay flags come from the Common App Requirements Grid, joined by school name. Always confirm against the school’s own admissions page before applying.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 4 of 4 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $25,194 | $20,140 |
| Fine and Studio ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $21,964 | $24,201 |
| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesEnglish Language & Literature | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Key links
- Official websiteartacademy.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 201061)
- Compare colleges in OHRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in OhioEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Showdown: Art Academy of Cincinnati vs Aultman College of Nursing and Health SciencesHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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