Cleveland Institute of Art

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Cleveland Institute of Art

Cleveland Institute of Art operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Cleveland, Ohio (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 539 students of which 577 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Cleveland Institute of Art is categorized as “30” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 61.4%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,193 and an ACT midpoint of 23. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $29,208, with published in-state tuition of $49,400 and a Pell grant recipient share of 42.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 62.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 87.8%. Graduates earn a median of $42,509 ten years after enrolling, compared with $33,148 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 28000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 51.3% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.