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Art & Design Schools

Art, Design & Visual Arts Schools

# University Accept RD Yield SAT Submit % Degrees Earn z Earnings ROI Employ
1 Rhode Island School of Design 23% 36% 1200 24% 491 +0.52 $53,980 14 88%
2 Emerson 28% 13% 1350 21% 1,070 +0.18 $50,886 14 96%
3 California Institute of the Arts 32% 28% — — 240 -1.17 $34,085 2 89%
4 U. of North Carolina School of the Arts 33% 55% 1260 23% 220 -0.88 $34,876 6 97%
5 Art Academy of Cincinnati 35% 11% — — 55 -0.84 $37,189 4 90%
6 American College of the Building Arts 44% 95% 1210 66% 36 +0.45 $47,007 33 —
7 Bennington 45% 10% 1350 14% 176 -1.77 $33,512 1 94%
8 Pennsylvania College of Art and Design 46% 32% — — 40 -1.97 $27,211 2 90%
9 Minneapolis College of Art and Design 48% 39% 1240 25% 151 -0.60 $41,258 6 92%
10 Cleveland Institute of Art 56% 20% 1140 30% 98 -0.67 $41,979 4 99%
11 Moore College of Art and Design 56% 17% 1280 99% 126 -0.78 $40,969 4 92%
12 Fashion Institute of Technology 58% 54% — — 1,638 -0.11 $57,293 70 91%
13 Kansas City Art Institute 60% 35% — — 161 -0.54 $42,035 6 92%
14 Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design 62% 33% — — 166 +0.57 $52,048 23 98%
15 The New School 63% 21% — — 1,845 +0.01 $52,491 16 90%
16 Woodbury 63% 6% — — 161 -0.93 $55,274 38 90%
17 Ringling College of Art and Design 67% 23% — — 377 +0.25 $50,802 12 93%
18 Columbus College of Art & Design 72% 32% — — 196 -0.81 $40,966 6 92%
19 Pratt Institute 73% 18% 1270 18% 944 -0.30 $51,336 12 93%
20 Pacific Northwest College of Art 75% 28% — — 74 -1.71 $28,858 2 83%
21 SUNY at Purchase 75% 13% 1280 60% 741 -0.95 $39,858 22 92%
22 Art Center College of Design 76% 31% — — 509 +2.31 $72,768 73 91%
23 Columbia College Chicago 76% 15% — — 1,324 -0.79 $42,664 13 93%
24 School of the Art Institute of Chicago 76% 12% — — 639 -0.75 $36,632 2 82%
25 Southern California Institute of Architecture 77% 7% — — 47 -0.62 $59,274 39 —
26 Maryland Institute College of Art 77% 10% 1190 15% 320 -0.70 $41,349 4 91%
27 Massachusetts College of Art and Design 77% 17% — — 361 -0.54 $42,601 10 87%
28 Maine College of Art & Design 78% 16% — — 85 -1.20 $35,254 3 91%
29 Oklahoma City 79% 20% 1160 83% 359 +0.12 $66,638 67 96%
30 Savannah College of Art and Design 83% 25% 1150 28% 2,808 -0.14 $54,955 36 89%
31 Johnson & Wales University - Providence 88% 16% 1030 16% 768 -1.28 $46,848 15 94%
32 Montserrat College of Art 90% — — — 70 -1.32 $34,197 4 96%
33 California College of the Arts 91% 8% — — 220 -0.37 $54,392 21 89%
34 College for Creative Studies 93% 25% — — 273 -0.10 $51,450 13 91%
35 Laguna College of Art and Design 94% 23% — — 151 -0.12 $50,381 34 87%
36 Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development 97% — — — 49 -1.21 $34,034 14 90%