Minneapolis College of Art and Design Overview

Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minneapolis College of Art and Design is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Minneapolis College of Art and Design Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at MCAD since the student to facuty ratio is 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 MCAD.
• In a recent academic period20% of the faculty were full-time.
• It takes the average MCAD student 4.2 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Minneapolis College of Art and Design?

Contact details for MCAD are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2501 Stevens Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone:	612-874-3737
Website:	mcad.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/MCAD.MN
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/mcad

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How Do I Get Into MCAD?

You can apply to MCAD online at: https://mcad.edu/application/portal

Admission Requirements for MCAD

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into MCAD?

MCAD has an acceptance rate of 57%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 22% of accepted students are men and 78% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 52%, and the acceptance rate for women is 62%.

Average Test Scores

About 4% of students accepted to MCAD submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 600 and 730. Math scores were between 570 and 650.

MCAD received ACT scores from 14% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 31. Math scores were between 16 and 0. Composite scores were between 19 and 27.

Can I Afford Minneapolis College of Art and Design?

The overall average net price of MCAD is $35,238. 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 MCAD, approximately 95% of students took out student loans averaging $7,820 a year. That adds up to $31,280 over four years for those students.

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Minneapolis College of Art and Design Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 670 undergraduate students at MCAD, with 644 being full-time and 26 being part-time.

There are also 90 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 644 full-time undergraduates at MCAD, 30% are male and 70% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	61
Black or African American	47
Hispanic or Latino	64
White	412
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	46

Geographic Diversity

Minnesota students aren't the only ones who study at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. At this time, 27 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 17 countries are represented at MCAD. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Italy, and United Kingdom.

Minneapolis 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	58	11	69
Fine & Studio Arts	21	22	43
Graphic Communications	24	0	24
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	9	0	9
General Visual & Performing Arts	0	7	7
Entrepreneurial Studies	6	0	6
Woodworking	5	0	5
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	2	0	2
Business Administration & Management	0	0	0
TOTAL	125	40	165

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 McGhiever under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.