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Kansas City Art Institute

Kansas City, MO · Private · Large city · KCAI

Private institution in Kansas City, MO · 782 undergraduates · 60% acceptance rate · $37,032 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
$29,5551,699th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
In-state tuition & fees
$43,5501,711th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Out-of-state tuition & fees
$43,5501,695th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Cost of attendance
$57,7791,652nd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
Median graduate debt
$27,0001,593rd lowest of 1,865 reporting

Outcomes

Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$37,0321,727th highest of 1,954 reporting
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$25,5291,841st highest of 1,950 reporting
Graduation rate (4-year)
64.9%594th highest of 2,014 reporting
Full-time retention
75.4%943rd highest of 1,837 reporting

Admissions

Acceptance rate
60.4%410th most selective of 1,596 reporting
Average SAT
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Median ACT
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Campus

Undergraduates
7821,502nd largest of 2,144 reporting
Student-faculty ratio
10.0:1427th smallest of 2,141 reporting
Pell Grant share
41.7%635th highest of 2,122 reporting

Nearest large-hub airport: 405 mi (ORD)

On 2 of our 111 lists

Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.

Applying

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.

FieldLevel1 yr2 yr
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesEnglish Language & Literaturebachelors$29,685$25,580
Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Artsbachelors$28,236$27,947
Fine and Studio ArtsVisual & Performing Artsbachelors$23,890$22,715
Graphic CommunicationsCommunications Technologybachelors$22,920$20,140
Film/Video and Photographic ArtsVisual & Performing Artsbachelors—$27,476
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherMultidisciplinary Studiesbachelors——

Campus facts

Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Kansas City Art Institute’s 782 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.

In MO

Elsewhere