Cleveland Institute of Music
Cleveland, OH · Private · Large city · CIM
Private institution in Cleveland, OH · 193 undergraduates · 38% acceptance rate · $32,641 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 4%Full-time retention
- Top 4%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 10%Acceptance rate
- Top 24%Graduation rate (4-year)
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
- $32,6231,807th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $42,5001,708th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $42,5001,688th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $58,8431,683rd cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $24,9681,240th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $32,6411,843rd highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $20,1701,937th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 68.5%483rd highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 97.6%77th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 38.2%159th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1931,881st largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 6.0:195th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 14.6%1,950th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 102 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.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 1 of 1 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| MusicVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Key links
- Official websitecim.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 202073)
- Compare colleges in OHRe-score with your weights
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