by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Kansas City Art Institute was awarded 6 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is fine & studio arts.
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Kansas City Art Institute was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
If you're applying to Kansas City Art Institute you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 58%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Kansas City Art Institute it is much better at 10 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Kansas City Art Institute is 54%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 74% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Kansas City Art Institute enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Kansas City Art Institute for first-time, full-time students is 46%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 698 undergraduates at Kansas City Art Institute with 691 being full-time and 7 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $24,038 | $26,280 | $29,534 | $30,538 | $31,631 |
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 Kansas City Art Institute, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Kansas City Art Institute, approximately 75% of students took out student loans averaging $8,032 a year. That adds up to $32,128 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Kansas City Art Institute are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4415 Warwick Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64111-1874 |
| Phone: | 816-472-4852 |
| Website: | www.kcai.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Fine & Studio Arts | 69 | $22,906 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 41 | $29,513 |
| Graphic Communications | 17 | $17,852 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 10 | $22,619 |
| Writing Studies | 7 | NA |
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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