by our College Data Analytics TeamExplore the best ranked schools for the programs you are most interested in.
Cleveland Institute of Music was not ranked in College Factual's 2025 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
The acceptance rate at Cleveland Institute of Music is a competitive 36%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
At Cleveland Institute of Music, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 6 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.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Cleveland Institute of Music is 38%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Cleveland Institute of Music has a freshmen retention rate of 89%. 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 Cleveland Institute of Music for first-time, full-time students is 65%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Cleveland Institute of Music.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 234 full-time undergraduates at Cleveland Institute of Music.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $20,150 | $16,699 | $32,854 | $15,954 | $31,704 |
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 Cleveland Institute of Music, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Cleveland Institute of Music, approximately 40% of students took out student loans averaging $5,323 a year. That adds up to $21,292 over four years for those students.
Get more details about paying for Cleveland Institute of Music.
See which majors at Cleveland Institute of Music make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Cleveland Institute of Music.
Contact details for Cleveland Institute of Music are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 11021 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44106-1776 |
| Phone: | 216-791-5000 |
| Website: | www.cim.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Music | 96 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 92 students took at least one online class at Cleveland Institute of Music. This is an increase from the 22 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 92 | 0 |
| 2021-2022 | 22 | 0 |
| 2020-2021 | 381 | 381 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at Cleveland Institute of Music.
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.
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.