College for Creative Studies Overview

College for Creative Studies is a private not-for-profit institution located in Detroit, Michigan. The location of CCS is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is College for Creative Studies Known For?

• Students at CCS may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 10 to 1.
• The 2% student loan default rate at CCS is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The master's degree is the highest award offered at CCS.
• In <nil>, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from CCS makes roughly $52,577 a year. This is 29% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is College for Creative Studies?

Contact details for CCS are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	201 E Kirby, Detroit, MI 48202
Phone:	313-664-7400
Website:	www.collegeforcreativestudies.edu

How Do I Get Into CCS?

You can apply to CCS online at: https://www.collegeforcreativestudies.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for CCS

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into CCS?

With an acceptance rate of 54%, CCS 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 28% of accepted students are men and 72% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 50%, and the acceptance rate for women is 55%.

Can I Afford College for Creative Studies?

The overall average net price of CCS is $43,124. 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 CCS, approximately 60% of students took out student loans averaging $8,130 a year. That adds up to $32,520 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CCS is 1.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

College for Creative Studies Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,558 undergraduate students at CCS, with 1,218 being full-time and 340 being part-time.

There are also 62 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,218 full-time undergraduates at CCS, 36% are male and 64% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of College for Creative Studies students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	60
Black or African American	134
Hispanic or Latino	81
White	671
International Students	108
Other Races/Ethnicities	164

Geographic Diversity

Michigan students aren't the only ones who study at College for Creative Studies. At this time, 15 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 23 countries are represented at CCS. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, China, and India.

Online Learning at College for Creative Studies

In 2020-2021, 701 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at CCS has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of CCS

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at College for Creative Studies was 6,525.0%. This is the #21 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at CCS regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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 Stanthejeep under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.