Ringling College of Art and Design

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

Ringling College of Art and Design operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Sarasota, Florida (city: small), with a total reported enrollment of 1,662 students of which 1,742 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. Ringling College of Art and 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 69.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $57,742, with published in-state tuition of $57,900 and a Pell grant recipient share of 21.1%. 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 71.5%, and the first-year retention rate is 86.4%. Graduates earn a median of $43,325 ten years after enrolling, compared with $39,650 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 57600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 55.7% 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.