The Modern College of Design
Kettering, OH · For-profit · Small city · MCD
For-profit institution in Kettering, OH · 189 undergraduates · 92% acceptance rate · $42,187 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 9%Median graduate debt
- Top 10%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 21%Pell Grant share
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
- $34,7091,829th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $30,5481,349th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $30,5481,262nd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $45,3361,341st cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $12,000167th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $42,1871,508th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $36,0741,468th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 62.0%688th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- —
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 91.8%1,290th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1891,874th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 8.0:1212th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 47.2%448th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 180 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to The Modern College of Design’s 189 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In OH
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Elsewhere
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- Stone Child CollegeBox Elder, MT · 187 undergrads
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- St Luke's CollegeSioux City, IA · 192 undergrads
- Universidad Teologica del CaribeTrujillo Alto, PR · 192 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitethemodern.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 205391)
- 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 Cleveland Institute of MusicSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: The Modern College of Design vs Cleveland Institute of MusicHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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