Cleveland Institute of Music
Cleveland, OH
- Undergrads
- 159
- Admit rate
- 47%
- Net price
- $28.2k
- Grad rate
- 72%
- Special focus: Arts, Music & Design Schools
- Specialty: Visual & Performing Arts 100%
Art Academy of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH 45202City: LargeUNITID 201061
Private nonprofit 4-yearSpecial Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design SchoolsSpecial focus: Arts, Music & Design SchoolsSpecialty: Visual & Performing Arts 93%
Undergraduates
205
Graduate students
7
Admit rate
34%
Average net price
$34.3k
Graduation rate
41%
Retention rate
51%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$34.4k
Median debt
$27k
Student : faculty
9:1
Value score*
5th pct.
Programs offered
7
Highest degree
Graduate degree
- Sector
- Private nonprofit 4-year
- Region
- Midwest · East North Central
- Setting
- City: Large (population of 250,000 or more)
- Carnegie
- Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools
- Size & setting
- Four-year, very small, primarily residential
- Predominant degree
- Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting
- Religious affiliation
- None reported
- Main campus
- Yes
* Value score is a CampusAtlas estimate, not an official metric.
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Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Minneapolis, MN
- Undergrads
- 705
- Admit rate
- 48%
- Net price
- $29.9k
- Grad rate
- 51%
- Special focus: Arts, Music & Design Schools
- Specialty: Visual & Performing Arts 72%
- Specialty: Communications Tech 23%
Visible Music College
Memphis, TN
- Undergrads
- 79
- Admit rate
- 28%
- Net price
- $27.8k
- Grad rate
- 23%
- Interdenominational
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- Specialty: Visual & Performing Arts 66%
Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City, MO
- Undergrads
- 812
- Admit rate
- 55%
- Net price
- $27.6k
- Grad rate
- 58%
- Special focus: Arts, Music & Design Schools
- Specialty: Visual & Performing Arts 75%
- Specialty: Communications Tech 25%
Bennington College
Bennington, VT
- Undergrads
- 780
- Admit rate
- 45%
- Net price
- $30.9k
- Grad rate
- 71%
- Specialty: Visual & Performing Arts 46%
- Specialty: English 18%
Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland, OH
- Undergrads
- 539
- Admit rate
- 61%
- Net price
- $29.2k
- Grad rate
- 58%
- Special focus: Arts, Music & Design Schools
- Specialty: Visual & Performing Arts 73%
- Specialty: Communications Tech 20%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, data as of June 10, 2026. “Not reported” means the value is missing or privacy-suppressed in the source data.