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.
• Students at CCAD have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 4%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The master's degree is the highest award offered at CCAD.
• For the <nil> academic year, 35% 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:	614-224-9101
Website:	www.ccad.edu

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	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Neither required nor recommended
College Prep Program	Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	Considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into CCAD?

Since CCAD has an acceptance rate of 94%, 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 25% of accepted students are men and 70% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 92%, and the acceptance rate for women is 95%.

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 71% of students took out student loans averaging $8,003 a year. That adds up to $32,012 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CCAD is 3.5%. 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.

Columbus College of Art and Design Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 976 undergraduate students at CCAD, with 962 being full-time and 14 being part-time.

There are also 24 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 962 full-time undergraduates at CCAD, 30% are male and 70% 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	58
Black or African American	82
Hispanic or Latino	77
White	649
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	96

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.

Online Learning at Columbus College of Art and Design

In 2020-2021, 752 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of CCAD

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Columbus College of Art and Design was 22,800.0%. This is the #19 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at CCAD 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 Castelein.1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.