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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.

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
$38,0411,873rd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
In-state tuition & fees
$40,2501,641st cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Out-of-state tuition & fees
$40,2501,612th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Cost of attendance
$48,1761,421st cheapest of 1,969 reporting
Median graduate debt
$27,0001,593rd lowest of 1,865 reporting

Outcomes

Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$34,3681,805th highest of 1,954 reporting
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$27,4831,803rd highest of 1,950 reporting
Graduation rate (4-year)
44.4%1,359th highest of 2,014 reporting
Full-time retention
62.4%1,534th highest of 1,837 reporting

Admissions

Acceptance rate
33.1%124th most selective of 1,596 reporting
Average SAT
—
Median ACT
—

Campus

Undergraduates
2541,824th largest of 2,144 reporting
Student-faculty ratio
11.0:1608th smallest of 2,141 reporting
Pell Grant share
48.0%419th highest of 2,122 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.

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Applying

Common App member
Yes
Application fee
Free
Personal essay
Required
Writing supplement
Yes

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Best-paying fields of study

Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 4 of 4 reported programs.

FieldLevel1 yr2 yr
Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Artsbachelors$25,194$20,140
Fine and Studio ArtsVisual & Performing Artsbachelors$21,964$24,201
Film/Video and Photographic ArtsVisual & Performing Artsbachelors——
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesEnglish Language & Literaturebachelors——

Campus facts

Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Art Academy of Cincinnati’s 254 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.

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Elsewhere