Art Academy of Cincinnati
Basic Information
Type
Private
Geographical Reach
Regional
Population
1,700,000
Weather
Comfortable Days
115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours
2,363 (22%)
Days Without Precipitation
233 (22%)
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
201
Men / Women
25% / 75%
Racial/Ethnic
White
65%
Black
18%
Mixed
6%
Hispanic
5%
Asian
1%
International
1%
Native American
0%
Men in the Entering Class
0%
12%
24%
36%
48%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2011 Men: 37.9% 37.9%
2012 Men: 34.2% 34.2%
2013 Men: 38.9% 38.9%
2014 Men: 36.0% 36.0%
2015 Men: 27.6% 27.6%
2016 Men: 23.6% 23.6%
2017 Men: 30.0% 30.0%
2018 Men: 34.9% 34.9%
2019 Men: 32.0% 32.0%
2020 Men: 34.2% 34.2%
2021 Men: 21.8% 21.8%
2022 Men: 27.7% 27.7%
2023 Men: 11.1% 11.1%
2024 Men: 24.2% 24.2%
2025 Men: 18.5% 18.5%
Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.
Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 Native: 1.9% 1.9%
2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 Native: 3.4% 3.4%
2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2025 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2011 Asian: 1.5% 1.5%
2012 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 Asian: 1.9% 1.9%
2014 Asian: 2.0% 2.0%
2015 Asian: 1.7% 1.7%
2016 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2017 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 Asian: 3.2% 3.2%
2019 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2020 Asian: 1.3% 1.3%
2021 Asian: 1.3% 1.3%
2022 Asian: 3.1% 3.1%
2023 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2025 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2011 Black: 6.1% 6.1%
2012 Black: 7.9% 7.9%
2013 Black: 9.3% 9.3%
2014 Black: 12.0% 12.0%
2015 Black: 6.9% 6.9%
2016 Black: 25.5% 25.5%
2017 Black: 23.3% 23.3%
2018 Black: 15.9% 15.9%
2019 Black: 17.3% 17.3%
2020 Black: 16.5% 16.5%
2021 Black: 23.1% 23.1%
2022 Black: 15.4% 15.4%
2023 Black: 21.1% 21.1%
2024 Black: 21.0% 21.0%
2025 Black: 24.1% 24.1%
2011 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5%
2012 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 Hispanic: 5.6% 5.6%
2014 Hispanic: 6.0% 6.0%
2015 Hispanic: 6.9% 6.9%
2016 Hispanic: 3.6% 3.6%
2017 Hispanic: 3.3% 3.3%
2018 Hispanic: 4.8% 4.8%
2019 Hispanic: 5.3% 5.3%
2020 Hispanic: 5.1% 5.1%
2021 Hispanic: 3.8% 3.8%
2022 Hispanic: 9.2% 9.2%
2023 Hispanic: 3.3% 3.3%
2024 Hispanic: 11.3% 11.3%
2025 Hispanic: 5.6% 5.6%
2011 White: 86.4% 86.4%
2012 White: 86.8% 86.8%
2013 White: 79.6% 79.6%
2014 White: 78.0% 78.0%
2015 White: 77.6% 77.6%
2016 White: 61.8% 61.8%
2017 White: 63.3% 63.3%
2018 White: 68.3% 68.3%
2019 White: 70.7% 70.7%
2020 White: 70.9% 70.9%
2021 White: 62.8% 62.8%
2022 White: 66.2% 66.2%
2023 White: 57.8% 57.8%
2024 White: 58.1% 58.1%
2025 White: 63.0% 63.0%
2011 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2012 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 International: 1.7% 1.7%
2016 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2017 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 International: 1.3% 1.3%
2020 International: 1.3% 1.3%
2021 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2023 International: 2.2% 2.2%
2024 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2025 International: 1.9% 1.9%
Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.
Enrolled Undergraduates
0
125
250
375
500
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2011 Total: 224 224
2012 Total: 190 190
2013 Total: 193 193
2014 Total: 191 191
2015 Total: 191 191
2016 Total: 184 184
2017 Total: 168 168
2018 Total: 183 183
2019 Total: 204 204
2020 Total: 218 218
2021 Total: 221 221
2022 Total: 230 230
2023 Total: 261 261
2024 Total: 238 238
2025 Total: 201 201
2011 Men: 90 90
2012 Men: 75 75
2013 Men: 81 81
2014 Men: 74 74
2015 Men: 62 62
2016 Men: 57 57
2017 Men: 52 52
2018 Men: 53 53
2019 Men: 54 54
2020 Men: 59 59
2021 Men: 60 60
2022 Men: 66 66
2023 Men: 67 67
2024 Men: 53 53
2025 Men: 50 50
2011 Women: 134 134
2012 Women: 115 115
2013 Women: 112 112
2014 Women: 117 117
2015 Women: 129 129
2016 Women: 127 127
2017 Women: 116 116
2018 Women: 130 130
2019 Women: 150 150
2020 Women: 159 159
2021 Women: 161 161
2022 Women: 164 164
2023 Women: 194 194
2024 Women: 185 185
2025 Women: 151 151
Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.
Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2011 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2012 Native: 0.5% 0.5%
2013 Native: 1.0% 1.0%
2014 Native: 0.5% 0.5%
2015 Native: 1.6% 1.6%
2016 Native: 1.6% 1.6%
2017 Native: 1.2% 1.2%
2018 Native: 1.1% 1.1%
2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2025 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2011 Asian: 1.3% 1.3%
2012 Asian: 2.1% 2.1%
2013 Asian: 2.1% 2.1%
2014 Asian: 2.6% 2.6%
2015 Asian: 2.1% 2.1%
2016 Asian: 1.6% 1.6%
2017 Asian: 0.6% 0.6%
2018 Asian: 1.6% 1.6%
2019 Asian: 1.0% 1.0%
2020 Asian: 1.4% 1.4%
2021 Asian: 1.8% 1.8%
2022 Asian: 3.0% 3.0%
2023 Asian: 1.5% 1.5%
2024 Asian: 0.4% 0.4%
2025 Asian: 0.5% 0.5%
2011 Black: 3.6% 3.6%
2012 Black: 3.7% 3.7%
2013 Black: 6.7% 6.7%
2014 Black: 8.9% 8.9%
2015 Black: 9.4% 9.4%
2016 Black: 15.8% 15.8%
2017 Black: 13.7% 13.7%
2018 Black: 11.5% 11.5%
2019 Black: 15.2% 15.2%
2020 Black: 15.1% 15.1%
2021 Black: 18.1% 18.1%
2022 Black: 19.6% 19.6%
2023 Black: 21.1% 21.1%
2024 Black: 17.6% 17.6%
2025 Black: 17.9% 17.9%
2011 Hispanic: 2.2% 2.2%
2012 Hispanic: 2.1% 2.1%
2013 Hispanic: 4.1% 4.1%
2014 Hispanic: 5.2% 5.2%
2015 Hispanic: 4.2% 4.2%
2016 Hispanic: 4.3% 4.3%
2017 Hispanic: 5.4% 5.4%
2018 Hispanic: 6.0% 6.0%
2019 Hispanic: 6.4% 6.4%
2020 Hispanic: 6.0% 6.0%
2021 Hispanic: 5.4% 5.4%
2022 Hispanic: 5.7% 5.7%
2023 Hispanic: 4.6% 4.6%
2024 Hispanic: 6.3% 6.3%
2025 Hispanic: 5.5% 5.5%
2011 White: 90.2% 90.2%
2012 White: 90.5% 90.5%
2013 White: 83.9% 83.9%
2014 White: 79.6% 79.6%
2015 White: 79.6% 79.6%
2016 White: 72.3% 72.3%
2017 White: 72.6% 72.6%
2018 White: 71.6% 71.6%
2019 White: 69.1% 69.1%
2020 White: 69.7% 69.7%
2021 White: 65.2% 65.2%
2022 White: 62.2% 62.2%
2023 White: 62.1% 62.1%
2024 White: 64.3% 64.3%
2025 White: 64.7% 64.7%
2011 International: 0.9% 0.9%
2012 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 International: 0.5% 0.5%
2015 International: 0.5% 0.5%
2016 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2017 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 International: 0.5% 0.5%
2020 International: 0.5% 0.5%
2021 International: 0.5% 0.5%
2022 International: 0.4% 0.4%
2023 International: 1.1% 1.1%
2024 International: 0.4% 0.4%
2025 International: 1.5% 1.5%
Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.
IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.
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Art Academy of Cincinnati
55
33%
71%
2%
13%
5%
0%
$40,109
0
-0.83
4
94%
Creative Writing
4 —
25%
75%
0%
0%
25%
0%
$36,427
1
-1.95
3
—
—
—
—
—
Digital Arts
4 —
50%
50%
0%
25%
0%
0%
$39,255
6
-1.11
3
—
—
—
—
—
Illustration
21 —
33%
62%
5%
19%
10%
0%
$43,977
37
-0.31
6
93%
—
—
—
—
Painting
4 —
0%
50%
0%
0%
0%
0%
$30,055
1
-1.80
2
100%
—
—
—
—
Photography
7 —
14%
71%
0%
14%
0%
0%
$34,524
1
-1.43
2
—
—
—
—
—
Printmaking
1 —
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
$30,055
0
-2.33
2
100%
—
—
—
—
Sculpture
2 —
100%
100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
$30,055
1
-1.80
2
100%
—
—
—
—
Visual Communication Design
12 —
42%
92%
0%
8%
0%
0%
$43,977
37
-0.31
6
93%
—
—
—
—
Financial
Tuition & Fees
$42,730
ROI Percentile
4th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
51%
4-Year Graduation Rate
36%
6-Year Graduation Rate
41%
Transfer-Out Rate
0%
Six-Year Graduation Rate
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Graduated: 43.6% 43.6%
2012 Graduated: 52.8% 52.8%
2013 Graduated: 53.1% 53.1%
2014 Graduated: 61.7% 61.7%
2015 Graduated: 54.2% 54.2%
2016 Graduated: 52.0% 52.0%
2017 Graduated: 56.1% 56.1%
2018 Graduated: 63.2% 63.2%
2019 Graduated: 48.1% 48.1%
2020 Graduated: 48.0% 48.0%
2021 Graduated: 37.9% 37.9%
2022 Graduated: 49.1% 49.1%
2023 Graduated: 44.4% 44.4%
2024 Graduated: 41.3% 41.3%
Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Men: 41.2% 2012 Men: 33.3% 2013 Men: 28.6% 2014 Men: 70.0% 2015 Men: 46.7% 2016 Men: 57.1% 2017 Men: 64.0% 2018 Men: 53.8% 2019 Men: 33.3% 2020 Men: 50.0% 2021 Men: 31.2% 2022 Men: 30.8% 2023 Men: 44.4% 2024 Men: 31.8% 2011 Women: 45.5% 2012 Women: 66.7% 2013 Women: 60.0% 2014 Women: 55.6% 2015 Women: 57.6% 2016 Women: 48.3% 2017 Women: 51.2% 2018 Women: 68.0% 2019 Women: 57.6% 2020 Women: 46.9% 2021 Women: 40.5% 2022 Women: 54.8% 2023 Women: 44.4% 2024 Women: 46.3%
IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Black: 0.0% 2012 Black: 33.3% 2013 Black: 0.0% 2014 Black: 75.0% 2015 Black: 50.0% 2016 Black: 0.0% 2017 Black: 75.0% 2018 Black: 100.0% 2019 Black: 40.0% 2020 Black: 16.7% 2021 Black: 25.0% 2022 Black: 21.4% 2023 Black: 14.3% 2024 Black: 54.5% 2011 Hispanic: 0.0% 2014 Hispanic: 100.0% 2015 Hispanic: 50.0% 2017 Hispanic: 100.0% 2019 Hispanic: 33.3% 2020 Hispanic: 50.0% 2021 Hispanic: 75.0% 2022 Hispanic: 100.0% 2023 Hispanic: 100.0% 2024 Hispanic: 66.7% 2011 White: 48.6% 2012 White: 58.1% 2013 White: 58.6% 2014 White: 58.5% 2015 White: 54.5% 2016 White: 52.2% 2017 White: 54.4% 2018 White: 63.6% 2019 White: 48.8% 2020 White: 52.6% 2021 White: 33.3% 2022 White: 55.9% 2023 White: 43.8% 2024 White: 36.4%
Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.
IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Earnings by Major Category
Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).
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Arts
92.7%
51
33%
71%
2%
14%
4%
0%
$40,398
7
-0.74
4
94%
—
Humanities
7.3%
4
25%
75%
0%
0%
25%
0%
$36,427
0
-1.95
3
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Admissions
Uses Common App
Yes
Acceptance Rate
34%
Yield (non-ED)
11%
Acceptance Rates
In-State
Out-of-State
International
Regular Decision
35%
35%
35%
This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.
Acceptance & Yield
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Acceptance: 37.3% 37.3%
2012 Acceptance: 25.6% 25.6%
2013 Acceptance: 25.5% 25.5%
2014 Acceptance: 24.3% 24.3%
2015 Acceptance: 23.0% 23.0%
2016 Acceptance: 30.5% 30.5%
2017 Acceptance: 45.4% 45.4%
2018 Acceptance: 32.7% 32.7%
2019 Acceptance: 26.5% 26.5%
2020 Acceptance: 30.8% 30.8%
2021 Acceptance: 100.0% 100.0%
2022 Acceptance: 100.0% 100.0%
2023 Acceptance: 33.1% 33.1%
2024 Acceptance: 34.5% 34.5%
2011 Yield: 41.7% 41.7%
2012 Yield: 45.1% 45.1%
2013 Yield: 42.4% 42.4%
2014 Yield: 44.2% 44.2%
2015 Yield: 57.1% 57.1%
2016 Yield: 24.2% 24.2%
2017 Yield: 15.9% 15.9%
2018 Yield: 17.3% 17.3%
2019 Yield: 21.4% 21.4%
2020 Yield: 19.1% 19.1%
2021 Yield: 15.6% 15.6%
2022 Yield: 20.4% 20.4%
2023 Yield: 16.3% 16.3%
2024 Yield: 11.4% 11.4%
Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Applicants: 418 418
2012 Applicants: 442 442
2013 Applicants: 518 518
2014 Applicants: 493 493
2015 Applicants: 579 579
2016 Applicants: 691 691
2017 Applicants: 471 471
2018 Applicants: 1,115 1,115
2019 Applicants: 1,339 1,339
2020 Applicants: 1,308 1,308
2021 Applicants: 410 410
2022 Applicants: 426 426
2023 Applicants: 1,056 1,056
2024 Applicants: 1,293 1,293
2011 Admitted: 156 156
2012 Admitted: 113 113
2013 Admitted: 132 132
2014 Admitted: 120 120
2015 Admitted: 133 133
2016 Admitted: 211 211
2017 Admitted: 214 214
2018 Admitted: 365 365
2019 Admitted: 355 355
2020 Admitted: 403 403
2021 Admitted: 410 410
2022 Admitted: 426 426
2023 Admitted: 350 350
2024 Admitted: 446 446
2011 Enrolled: 65 65
2012 Enrolled: 51 51
2013 Enrolled: 56 56
2014 Enrolled: 53 53
2015 Enrolled: 76 76
2016 Enrolled: 51 51
2017 Enrolled: 34 34
2018 Enrolled: 63 63
2019 Enrolled: 76 76
2020 Enrolled: 77 77
2021 Enrolled: 64 64
2022 Enrolled: 87 87
2023 Enrolled: 57 57
2024 Enrolled: 51 51
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Published SAT Distribution
Submission-Adjusted SAT Distribution
Estimate based on the latest published p25 and p75, adjusted to a 100% test-submission reference. Highlighted bars show the adjusted middle 50%.
SAT Composite
600
800
1000
1200
1400
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 860 860
2012 25th: 920 920
2013 25th: 900 900
2014 25th: 790 790
2015 25th: 810 810
2017 25th: 880 880
2018 25th: 880 880
2019 25th: 880 880
2011 75th: 1100 1100
2012 75th: 1080 1080
2013 75th: 1110 1110
2014 75th: 1030 1030
2015 75th: 1050 1050
2017 75th: 1110 1110
2018 75th: 1100 1100
2019 75th: 1070 1070
SAT Math
300
400
500
600
700
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 400 400
2012 25th: 430 430
2013 25th: 430 430
2014 25th: 360 360
2015 25th: 390 390
2017 25th: 430 430
2018 25th: 440 440
2019 25th: 440 440
2011 75th: 500 500
2012 75th: 510 510
2013 75th: 570 570
2014 75th: 490 490
2015 75th: 520 520
2017 75th: 510 510
2018 75th: 520 520
2019 75th: 510 510
SAT Reading & Writing
400
450
500
550
600
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 460 460
2012 25th: 490 490
2013 25th: 470 470
2014 25th: 430 430
2015 25th: 420 420
2017 25th: 450 450
2018 25th: 440 440
2019 25th: 440 440
2011 75th: 600 600
2012 75th: 570 570
2013 75th: 540 540
2014 75th: 540 540
2015 75th: 530 530
2017 75th: 600 600
2018 75th: 580 580
2019 75th: 560 560
Submitting a Test Score
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0%
2012 Submitted: 90.0% 90.0%
2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2014 Submitted: 90.0% 90.0%
2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2016 Submitted: 63.0% 63.0%
2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2018 Submitted: 85.0% 85.0%
2019 Submitted: 77.0% 77.0%
2023 Submitted: 2.0% 2.0%
2024 Submitted: 0.0% 0.0%
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.
