Columbus College of Art and Design Overview

Columbus College of Art and Design is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Columbus, Ohio. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Columbus College of Art and Design Known For?

• CCAD has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 10 to 1.
• The master's degree is the highest award offered at CCAD.
• During a recent academic cycle, 32% of the faculty were full-time.
• The average CCAD student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Columbus College of Art and Design?

Contact details for CCAD are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	60 Cleveland Ave., Columbus, OH 43215
Phone:	614-224-3295
Website:	www.ccad.edu

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How Do I Get Into CCAD?

You can apply to CCAD online at: www.ccad.edu/admissions/apply-ccad

Admission Requirements for CCAD

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into CCAD?

Since CCAD has an acceptance rate of 91%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 24% of accepted students are men and 66% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 89%, and the acceptance rate for women is 92%.

Can I Afford Columbus College of Art and Design?

The overall average net price of CCAD is $30,387. 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 CCAD, approximately 80% of students took out student loans averaging $8,278 a year. That adds up to $33,112 over four years for those students.

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Columbus College of Art and Design Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 982 undergraduate students at CCAD, with 958 being full-time and 24 being part-time.

There are also 27 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 958 full-time undergraduates at CCAD, 29% are male and 71% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Columbus College of Art and Design students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	27
Black or African American	76
Hispanic or Latino	73
White	642
International Students	26
Other Races/Ethnicities	114

Geographic Diversity

Ohio students aren't the only ones who study at Columbus College of Art and Design. At this time, 23 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 25 countries are represented at CCAD. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Indonesia.

Columbus College of Art and Design Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Design & Applied Arts	132	0	132
Graphic Communications	52	0	52
Fine & Studio Arts	16	0	16
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	15	0	15
General Visual & Performing Arts	0	11	11
Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry	2	0	2
TOTAL	217	11	228

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 Castelein.1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.