Columbus College of Art & Design

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Columbus College of Art & Design

Columbus College of Art & Design operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Columbus, Ohio (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 882 students of which 915 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. Columbus College of Art & Design 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 67.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $29,439, with published in-state tuition of $40,825 and a Pell grant recipient share of 39.2%. 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 58.5%, and the first-year retention rate is 80.3%. Graduates earn a median of $40,664 ten years after enrolling, compared with $30,590 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 67300.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 51.1% 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.