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How strong are the academics at Cleveland Institute of Art?

Let's cover class sizes, graduation rates, and outcomes.

9:1
Student to faculty ratio
13
Average class size
61%
4-year grad rate

Class Sizes

Class sizes likely stayed the same for you through high school. You'll find that college is much different. Some of the largest universities have classes that can seat hundreds of students in giant lecture halls. Conversely, as they progress and their focus narrows, higher-level courses can sometimes have just a handful of students.

Cleveland Art has an average student-to-faculty ratio of 9:1. The typical school is 14:1. While this ratio is important, what’s more important is how big a typical class is.

Class Sizes
2-9
52
10-19
141
20-29
15

Outcomes

It’s critical to understand a school’s outcomes to understand if your four (or more) years at the school will be worth it. Here are some key statistics about the outcomes of students who enroll at Cleveland Institute of Art:

86%
First-year retention rate
61%
4-year grad rate
68%
6-year grad rate

The average base annual salary of students who were employed within six months of graduation is $35,000. This is less than the national average of $48,300.

$35,000
$48,300 (National Average)

Majors

Many students choose a school largely based on the what they want to study. The are Cleveland Institute of Art's most popular majors, ranked by how many people graduated with the concentration in the most recent year:

Illustration
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects
Painting
Industrial and Product Design
Drawing
2.6
7.88
13.16
18.44
23.72
29

The Full List

Major Graduates
Communications Technologies/Technicians And Support Services
  • Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects 16
Health Professions And Related Programs
  • Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator 7
Visual And Performing Arts
  • Illustration 29
  • Painting 12
  • Industrial and Product Design 9
  • Drawing 7
  • Game and Interactive Media Design 6
  • Graphic Design 5
  • Sculpture 5
  • Interior Design 4
  • Photography 4
  • Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other 4
  • Jewelry Arts 2
  • Ceramic Arts and Ceramics 1
  • Printmaking 0

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