Kansas City Art Institute

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Kansas City Art Institute

Kansas City Art Institute operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Kansas City, Missouri (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 812 students of which 811 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. Kansas City Art Institute 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 54.8%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $27,650, with published in-state tuition of $44,550 and a Pell grant recipient share of 43.7%. 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 61.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 78.3%. Graduates earn a median of $37,032 ten years after enrolling, compared with $25,529 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 38400.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 43.2% 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.