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.
Ringling College of Art and Design was awarded 4 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is communications technologies & support.
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Ringling College was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
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Ringling College of Art and Design has an acceptance rate of 65%, 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 Ringling College.
At Ringling College, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 12 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 Ringling College of Art and Design is 73%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 84% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Ringling College of Art and Design 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.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Ringling College the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 72%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Ringling College of Art and Design.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,624 undergraduates at Ringling College with 1,588 being full-time and 36 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $46,175 | $46,569 | $52,421 | $56,967 | $58,852 |
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 Ringling College, 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 Ringling College, approximately 55% of students took out student loans averaging $10,619 a year. That adds up to $42,476 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Ringling College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2700 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34234-5895 |
| Phone: | 800-255-7695 |
| Website: | https://www.ringling.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Graphic Communications | 118 | $44,048 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 118 | $28,137 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 57 | $18,932 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 49 | $18,551 |
| Writing Studies | 6 | NA |
| Arts & Media Management | 3 | 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 2022-2023, 647 students took at least one online class at Ringling College of Art and Design. This is a decrease from the 1,185 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 647 | 2 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,185 | 0 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,624 | 585 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at Ringling 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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