Ringling College of Art and Design
Sarasota, FL · Private · Small city · RCAD · Ringling College
Private institution in Sarasota, FL · 1,719 undergraduates · 67% acceptance rate · $43,325 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 19%Graduation rate (4-year)
- Top 25%Full-time retention
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
- $55,3901,983rd cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $55,4801,897th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $55,4801,895th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $75,7261,871st cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $27,0001,604th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $43,3251,445th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $39,6501,249th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 70.8%396th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 84.3%463rd highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 67.4%550th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1,7191,031st largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 11.0:1619th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 21.1%1,661st highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 43 mi (TPA)
On 3 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Applying
- EANov 1
- Rollingopen
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- $70
- Personal essay
- Required
- Writing supplement
- No
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Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 7 of 7 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graphic CommunicationsCommunications Technology | bachelors | $53,358 | $48,725 |
| Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $28,381 | $26,121 |
| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $22,917 | $19,592 |
| Arts, Entertainment,and Media ManagementVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | $20,140 |
| Fine and Studio ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | $14,627 |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationCommunications | bachelors | — | — |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesEnglish Language & Literature | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Key links
- Official websiteringling.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 136774)
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