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 9 to 1.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at CCAD.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 29% of the faculty were full-time.
• It takes the average CCAD student 4.2 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Columbus College of Art and Design Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at CCAD.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#4	Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#18	Most Popular Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#23	Most Popular Communications Technologies & Support Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#35	Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#144	Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards CCAD has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#10	Best Value Colleges for Design & Applied Arts	College Factual
#29	Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts	College Factual
#29	Best Value Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts	College Factual
#52	Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts	College Factual

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
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/ColumbusCollegeofArtandDesign
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/CCADedu

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	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into CCAD?

CCAD has an acceptance rate of 70%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 25% of accepted students are men and 72% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 65%, and the acceptance rate for women is 76%.

Can I Afford Columbus College of Art and Design?

The overall average net price of CCAD is $33,155. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At CCAD, approximately 84% of students took out student loans averaging $9,632 a year. That adds up to $38,528 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CCAD is 7.4%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Columbus College of Art and Design Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,048 undergraduate students at CCAD, with 1,026 being full-time and 22 being part-time.

There are also 45 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,026 full-time undergraduates at CCAD, 31% are male and 69% 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	25
Black or African American	85
Hispanic or Latino	70
White	696
International Students	58
Other Races/Ethnicities	92

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 2017-2018, 193 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.

This is the #2,028 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at CCAD regardless of major.

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	126	9	135
Graphic Communications	46	0	46
General Visual & Performing Arts	0	21	21
Fine & Studio Arts	19	0	19
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	17	0	17
Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry	0	0	0
TOTAL	208	30	238

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.