Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland, OH · Private · Large city · CIA
Private institution in Cleveland, OH · 560 undergraduates · 56% acceptance rate · $42,509 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 14%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 20%Full-time retention
- Top 21%Acceptance rate
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
- $41,4801,919th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $47,8801,779th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $47,8801,775th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $62,9661,727th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $27,0001,593rd lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $42,5091,486th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $33,1481,628th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 67.5%514th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 86.4%369th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 56.3%340th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1156504th highest of 1,022 reporting
- Median ACT
- 23493rd highest of 952 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 5601,643rd largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9.0:1298th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 37.8%798th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 103 mi (DTW)
On 1 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Applying
- EADec 1
- RDMar 1
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- Free
- Personal essay
- Optional / not required
- Writing supplement
- No
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Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 6 of 6 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Fine and Studio ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Graphic CommunicationsCommunications Technology | bachelors | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesLiberal Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Medical Illustration and InformaticsHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Cleveland Institute of Art’s 560 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In OH
- Mount Carmel College of NursingColumbus, OH · 573 undergrads
- Kettering CollegeKettering, OH · 543 undergrads
- Bluffton UniversityBluffton, OH · 595 undergrads
- Wilberforce UniversityWilberforce, OH · 602 undergrads
- Ursuline CollegePepper Pike, OH · 630 undergrads
- Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health ScienceCincinnati, OH · 455 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Calumet College of Saint JosephWhiting, IN · 560 undergrads
- The University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonGalveston, TX · 559 undergrads
- Lyon CollegeBatesville, AR · 563 undergrads
- LaGrange CollegeLagrange, GA · 566 undergrads
- Maranatha Baptist UniversityWatertown, WI · 566 undergrads
- Roseman University of Health SciencesHenderson, NV · 554 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitecia.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 202046)
- 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
- Compare with Mount Carmel College of NursingSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Cleveland Institute of Art vs Mount Carmel College of NursingHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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