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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.

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
$55,3901,967th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
In-state tuition & fees
$55,4801,879th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Out-of-state tuition & fees
$55,4801,877th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Cost of attendance
$75,7261,855th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
Median graduate debt
$27,0001,593rd lowest of 1,865 reporting

Outcomes

Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$43,3251,439th highest of 1,954 reporting
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$39,6501,244th highest of 1,950 reporting
Graduation rate (4-year)
70.8%394th highest of 2,014 reporting
Full-time retention
84.3%460th highest of 1,837 reporting

Admissions

Acceptance rate
67.4%544th most selective of 1,596 reporting
Average SAT
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Median ACT
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Campus

Undergraduates
1,7191,031st largest of 2,144 reporting
Student-faculty ratio
11.0:1608th smallest of 2,141 reporting
Pell Grant share
21.1%1,645th highest of 2,122 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

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.

FieldLevel1 yr2 yr
Graphic CommunicationsCommunications Technologybachelors$53,358$48,725
Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Artsbachelors$28,381$26,121
Film/Video and Photographic ArtsVisual & Performing Artsbachelors$22,917$19,592
Arts, Entertainment,and Media ManagementVisual & Performing Artsbachelors—$20,140
Fine and Studio ArtsVisual & Performing Artsbachelors—$14,627
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationCommunicationsbachelors——
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesEnglish Language & Literaturebachelors——

Campus facts

Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Ringling College of Art and Design’s 1,719 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.

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