Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design

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

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 837 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. Milwaukee Institute 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 60.5%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $26,541, with published in-state tuition of $43,743 and a Pell grant recipient share of 37.3%. 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 65.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 79.5%. Graduates earn a median of $41,174 ten years after enrolling, compared with $29,841 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 38200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 48.7% 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.