Cleveland Institute of Art Overview

Cleveland Institute of Art is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cleveland, Ohio. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Cleveland Institute of Art Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at CIA since the student to facuty ratio is 8 to 1.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the bachelor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at CIA.
• In a recent academic period41% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, CIA bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $42,509 a year. That's about 4% more than their peers at other schools.
• It takes the average CIA student 4.2 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Cleveland Institute of Art?

Contact details for CIA are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	11610 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-1710
Phone:	216-421-7000
Website:	www.cia.edu

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How Do I Get Into CIA?

You can apply to CIA online at: https://go.cia.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for CIA

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	3
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into CIA?

With an acceptance rate of 70%, CIA does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 25% of accepted students are men and 75% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 63%, and the acceptance rate for women is 73%.

Average Test Scores

About 14% of students accepted to CIA submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 660. Math scores were between 510 and 620.

CIA received ACT scores from 28% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 30. Math scores were between 18 and 0. Composite scores were between 21 and 28.

Can I Afford Cleveland Institute of Art?

The overall average net price of CIA is $38,724. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At CIA, approximately 79% of students took out student loans averaging $10,405 a year. That adds up to $41,620 over four years for those students.

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Cleveland Institute of Art Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 599 undergraduate students at CIA, with 590 being full-time and 9 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 590 full-time undergraduates at CIA, 28% are male and 72% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Cleveland Institute of Art students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	15
Black or African American	60
Hispanic or Latino	56
White	402
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	42

Geographic Diversity

Ohio students aren't the only ones who study at Cleveland Institute of Art. At this time, 19 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 7 countries are represented at CIA. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

Cleveland Institute of Art Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Design & Applied Arts	55	55
Fine & Studio Arts	34	34
Graphic Communications	19	19
Medical Illustration & Informatics	7	7
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	4	4
TOTAL	119	119

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Usaf 1832 under License

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