by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Cleveland Institute of Art was awarded 45 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is graphic design.
CIA was not ranked in College Factual's 2023 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
Cleveland Institute of Art has an acceptance rate of 67%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for CIA.
About 33% of students accepted to CIA submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 680. Math scores were between 510 and 620.
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At CIA, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 9 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Cleveland Institute of Art is 43%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Cleveland Institute of Art has a freshmen retention rate of 76%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at CIA for first-time, full-time students is 58%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Cleveland Institute of Art.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 599 undergraduates at CIA with 590 being full-time and 9 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $31,391 | $32,283 | $33,082 | $37,364 | $41,432 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of CIA, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At CIA, approximately 76% of students took out student loans averaging $8,933 a year. That adds up to $35,732 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at CIA is 2.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for CIA are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 11610 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-1710 |
| Phone: | 216-421-7000 |
| Website: | www.cia.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/ciacollege |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/cleinstituteart |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Design & Applied Arts | 66 | $29,035 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 43 | $18,508 |
| Graphic Communications | 18 | NA |
| Medical Illustration & Informatics | 8 | NA |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 4 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2019-2020, 531 students took at least one online class at Cleveland Institute of Art. This is an increase from the 28 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-2020 | 531 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | 28 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 40 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 56 | 0 |
| 2015-2016 | 51 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at Cleveland Institute of Art.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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