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.
Minneapolis College of Art and Design was awarded 1 badge in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is design & applied arts.
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MCAD was not ranked in College Factual's 2025 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
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If you're applying to Minneapolis College of Art and Design you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 57%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 4% of students accepted to MCAD submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 600 and 730. Math scores were between 570 and 650.
Learn more about Minneapolis College of Art and Design admissions.
At MCAD, 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.
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 Minneapolis College of Art and Design is 20%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Minneapolis College of Art and Design has a freshmen retention rate of 75%. 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.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At MCAD the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 54%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 670 undergraduates at MCAD with 644 being full-time and 26 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $24,722 | $22,169 | $23,899 | $27,831 | $33,212 |
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 MCAD, 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 MCAD, approximately 95% of students took out student loans averaging $7,820 a year. That adds up to $31,280 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for MCAD are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2501 Stevens Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404 |
| Phone: | 612-874-3737 |
| Website: | https://mcad.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/MCAD.MN |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/mcad |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Design & Applied Arts | 59 | $23,687 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 36 | $14,829 |
| Graphic Communications | 27 | $24,427 |
| General Visual & Performing Arts | 13 | NA |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 11 | $26,156 |
| Entrepreneurial Studies | 4 | NA |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 1 | NA |
| Woodworking | 1 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 0 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 276 students took at least one online class at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. This is an increase from the 220 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 276 | 78 |
| 2021-2022 | 220 | 62 |
| 2020-2021 | 176 | 68 |
| 2018-2019 | 179 | 67 |
Learn more about online learning at Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
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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