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College for Creative Studies

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 3,500,000
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Detroit, MI

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,435 (28%)
Days Without Precipitation 231 (19%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,119
Men / Women 32% / 68%
From State 82%
From Region 6%

Racial/Ethnic

White 51%
Black 12%
International 8%
Hispanic 6%
Asian 5%
Mixed 5%
Native American 1%

Men in the Entering Class

0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Men: 51.9% 51.9% 2012 Men: 45.2% 45.2% 2013 Men: 50.0% 50.0% 2014 Men: 45.7% 45.7% 2015 Men: 42.9% 42.9% 2016 Men: 38.7% 38.7% 2017 Men: 38.4% 38.4% 2018 Men: 39.6% 39.6% 2019 Men: 31.0% 31.0% 2020 Men: 31.5% 31.5% 2021 Men: 30.5% 30.5% 2022 Men: 27.2% 27.2% 2023 Men: 28.3% 28.3% 2024 Men: 24.8% 24.8% 2025 Men: 24.6% 24.6%

Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2013 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2019 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2020 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2021 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2024 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2025 Native: 2.0% 2.0% 2011 Asian: 3.7% 3.7% 2012 Asian: 5.6% 5.6% 2013 Asian: 6.0% 6.0% 2014 Asian: 3.4% 3.4% 2015 Asian: 4.6% 4.6% 2016 Asian: 9.0% 9.0% 2017 Asian: 2.5% 2.5% 2018 Asian: 4.1% 4.1% 2019 Asian: 5.6% 5.6% 2020 Asian: 5.4% 5.4% 2021 Asian: 4.9% 4.9% 2022 Asian: 2.9% 2.9% 2023 Asian: 5.1% 5.1% 2024 Asian: 4.2% 4.2% 2025 Asian: 4.8% 4.8% 2011 Black: 6.0% 6.0% 2012 Black: 8.1% 8.1% 2013 Black: 11.0% 11.0% 2014 Black: 11.2% 11.2% 2015 Black: 8.9% 8.9% 2016 Black: 9.8% 9.8% 2017 Black: 10.1% 10.1% 2018 Black: 11.4% 11.4% 2019 Black: 12.2% 12.2% 2020 Black: 12.9% 12.9% 2021 Black: 13.1% 13.1% 2022 Black: 11.4% 11.4% 2023 Black: 10.6% 10.6% 2024 Black: 9.9% 9.9% 2025 Black: 16.1% 16.1% 2011 Hispanic: 3.2% 3.2% 2012 Hispanic: 1.6% 1.6% 2013 Hispanic: 6.4% 6.4% 2014 Hispanic: 6.5% 6.5% 2015 Hispanic: 4.2% 4.2% 2016 Hispanic: 4.3% 4.3% 2017 Hispanic: 4.2% 4.2% 2018 Hispanic: 10.6% 10.6% 2019 Hispanic: 5.6% 5.6% 2020 Hispanic: 5.4% 5.4% 2021 Hispanic: 7.0% 7.0% 2022 Hispanic: 6.2% 6.2% 2023 Hispanic: 4.3% 4.3% 2024 Hispanic: 6.5% 6.5% 2025 Hispanic: 9.3% 9.3% 2011 White: 50.0% 50.0% 2012 White: 60.5% 60.5% 2013 White: 54.1% 54.1% 2014 White: 56.5% 56.5% 2015 White: 57.1% 57.1% 2016 White: 54.7% 54.7% 2017 White: 56.1% 56.1% 2018 White: 50.6% 50.6% 2019 White: 59.6% 59.6% 2020 White: 58.6% 58.6% 2021 White: 59.1% 59.1% 2022 White: 54.0% 54.0% 2023 White: 54.7% 54.7% 2024 White: 40.5% 40.5% 2025 White: 44.4% 44.4% 2011 International: 3.2% 3.2% 2012 International: 7.7% 7.7% 2013 International: 8.3% 8.3% 2014 International: 3.9% 3.9% 2015 International: 8.5% 8.5% 2016 International: 3.1% 3.1% 2017 International: 8.4% 8.4% 2018 International: 10.6% 10.6% 2019 International: 5.6% 5.6% 2020 International: 6.1% 6.1% 2021 International: 7.6% 7.6% 2022 International: 6.2% 6.2% 2023 International: 3.5% 3.5% 2024 International: 6.1% 6.1% 2025 International: 2.4% 2.4%

Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Total: 1,107 1,107 2012 Total: 1,106 1,106 2013 Total: 1,079 1,079 2014 Total: 1,117 1,117 2015 Total: 1,118 1,118 2016 Total: 1,135 1,135 2017 Total: 1,103 1,103 2018 Total: 1,129 1,129 2019 Total: 1,202 1,202 2020 Total: 1,230 1,230 2021 Total: 1,213 1,213 2022 Total: 1,243 1,243 2023 Total: 1,142 1,142 2024 Total: 1,155 1,155 2025 Total: 1,119 1,119 2011 Men: 566 566 2012 Men: 549 549 2013 Men: 566 566 2014 Men: 590 590 2015 Men: 559 559 2016 Men: 535 535 2017 Men: 492 492 2018 Men: 461 461 2019 Men: 466 466 2020 Men: 480 480 2021 Men: 463 463 2022 Men: 454 454 2023 Men: 390 390 2024 Men: 378 378 2025 Men: 360 360 2011 Women: 541 541 2012 Women: 557 557 2013 Women: 513 513 2014 Women: 527 527 2015 Women: 559 559 2016 Women: 600 600 2017 Women: 611 611 2018 Women: 668 668 2019 Women: 736 736 2020 Women: 750 750 2021 Women: 750 750 2022 Women: 789 789 2023 Women: 752 752 2024 Women: 777 777 2025 Women: 759 759

Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2012 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2013 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2014 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2015 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2016 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2017 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2018 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2019 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2022 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2023 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2025 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2011 Asian: 4.3% 4.3% 2012 Asian: 5.0% 5.0% 2013 Asian: 5.2% 5.2% 2014 Asian: 4.7% 4.7% 2015 Asian: 4.2% 4.2% 2016 Asian: 5.9% 5.9% 2017 Asian: 5.3% 5.3% 2018 Asian: 5.1% 5.1% 2019 Asian: 5.4% 5.4% 2020 Asian: 5.4% 5.4% 2021 Asian: 4.8% 4.8% 2022 Asian: 4.8% 4.8% 2023 Asian: 5.3% 5.3% 2024 Asian: 4.8% 4.8% 2025 Asian: 5.0% 5.0% 2011 Black: 6.2% 6.2% 2012 Black: 6.3% 6.3% 2013 Black: 6.1% 6.1% 2014 Black: 7.0% 7.0% 2015 Black: 8.0% 8.0% 2016 Black: 8.0% 8.0% 2017 Black: 8.4% 8.4% 2018 Black: 8.4% 8.4% 2019 Black: 11.3% 11.3% 2020 Black: 11.5% 11.5% 2021 Black: 12.1% 12.1% 2022 Black: 11.2% 11.2% 2023 Black: 10.8% 10.8% 2024 Black: 10.6% 10.6% 2025 Black: 11.9% 11.9% 2011 Hispanic: 5.1% 5.1% 2012 Hispanic: 4.8% 4.8% 2013 Hispanic: 4.3% 4.3% 2014 Hispanic: 4.1% 4.1% 2015 Hispanic: 4.7% 4.7% 2016 Hispanic: 4.2% 4.2% 2017 Hispanic: 3.8% 3.8% 2018 Hispanic: 6.0% 6.0% 2019 Hispanic: 6.7% 6.7% 2020 Hispanic: 6.5% 6.5% 2021 Hispanic: 7.0% 7.0% 2022 Hispanic: 6.6% 6.6% 2023 Hispanic: 5.4% 5.4% 2024 Hispanic: 5.2% 5.2% 2025 Hispanic: 6.2% 6.2% 2011 White: 58.1% 58.1% 2012 White: 58.3% 58.3% 2013 White: 59.4% 59.4% 2014 White: 58.5% 58.5% 2015 White: 59.3% 59.3% 2016 White: 57.4% 57.4% 2017 White: 57.8% 57.8% 2018 White: 55.6% 55.6% 2019 White: 55.1% 55.1% 2020 White: 54.9% 54.9% 2021 White: 56.6% 56.6% 2022 White: 55.2% 55.2% 2023 White: 57.6% 57.6% 2024 White: 53.2% 53.2% 2025 White: 51.3% 51.3% 2011 International: 7.6% 7.6% 2012 International: 6.8% 6.8% 2013 International: 7.4% 7.4% 2014 International: 8.0% 8.0% 2015 International: 8.2% 8.2% 2016 International: 7.9% 7.9% 2017 International: 8.3% 8.3% 2018 International: 7.7% 7.7% 2019 International: 6.0% 6.0% 2020 International: 6.3% 6.3% 2021 International: 6.5% 6.5% 2022 International: 8.5% 8.5% 2023 International: 7.5% 7.5% 2024 International: 8.7% 8.7% 2025 International: 7.6% 7.6%

Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College for Creative Studies 273 36% 57% 4% 10% 5% 13% $55,468 3 +0.09 15 93%
Interdisciplinary Studies 9 — 33% 67% 0% 11% 0% 0% $63,833 85 +0.62 36 — — — — —
Advertising Design 9 — 44% 67% 11% 0% 0% 11% $67,365 78 +0.57 45 96% — — — —
Animation 72 — 33% 57% 1% 8% 11% 10% $45,394 18 -0.69 4 93% — — — —
Craft Design 8 — 12% 50% 0% 38% 0% 0% $42,346 31 -0.48 3 89% — — — —
Fashion Design 8 — 38% 62% 0% 0% 25% 0% $67,365 77 +0.57 45 96% — — — —
Film Production 13 — 54% 62% 8% 15% 0% 8% $44,111 16 -0.72 3 90% — — — —
Fine Arts 10 — 20% 80% 10% 10% 0% 0% $22,459 0 -2.61 1 80% — — — —
Illustration 42 — 10% 57% 7% 17% 7% 0% $67,365 99 +2.20 45 96% — — — —
Interior Design 10 — 10% 70% 0% 10% 0% 20% $67,365 44 -0.08 45 96% — — — —
Photography 10 — 20% 70% 0% 20% 0% 0% $44,111 13 -0.78 3 90% — — — —
Studio Art 3 — 0% 67% 0% 33% 0% 0% $22,459 0 -2.61 1 80% — — — —
Transportation Design 58 — 79% 36% 7% 5% 2% 41% $60,334 54 +0.02 26 93% — — — —
Web Design 21 — 10% 76% 5% 5% 0% 5% $71,767 86 +1.09 56 — — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $57,084
ROI Percentile 15th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 82%
4-Year Graduation Rate 49%
6-Year Graduation Rate 71%
Transfer-Out Rate 14%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 57.0% 57.0% 2012 Graduated: 57.3% 57.3% 2013 Graduated: 55.8% 55.8% 2014 Graduated: 62.4% 62.4% 2015 Graduated: 51.1% 51.1% 2016 Graduated: 57.7% 57.7% 2017 Graduated: 59.7% 59.7% 2018 Graduated: 62.1% 62.1% 2019 Graduated: 70.2% 70.2% 2020 Graduated: 54.7% 54.7% 2021 Graduated: 61.8% 61.8% 2022 Graduated: 64.1% 64.1% 2023 Graduated: 69.6% 69.6% 2024 Graduated: 70.6% 70.6%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 55.7% 2012 Men: 59.2% 2013 Men: 60.3% 2014 Men: 61.3% 2015 Men: 47.6% 2016 Men: 59.6% 2017 Men: 62.5% 2018 Men: 63.4% 2019 Men: 67.9% 2020 Men: 53.8% 2021 Men: 63.3% 2022 Men: 50.5% 2023 Men: 61.5% 2024 Men: 71.1% 2011 Women: 59.0% 2012 Women: 55.1% 2013 Women: 50.9% 2014 Women: 63.3% 2015 Women: 54.2% 2016 Women: 56.2% 2017 Women: 56.7% 2018 Women: 61.0% 2019 Women: 72.5% 2020 Women: 55.6% 2021 Women: 60.7% 2022 Women: 72.6% 2023 Women: 74.7% 2024 Women: 70.3%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Asian: 62.5% 2012 Asian: 22.2% 2013 Asian: 60.0% 2014 Asian: 77.8% 2015 Asian: 75.0% 2016 Asian: 76.9% 2017 Asian: 25.0% 2018 Asian: 57.1% 2019 Asian: 76.9% 2020 Asian: 33.3% 2021 Asian: 80.0% 2022 Asian: 47.8% 2023 Asian: 66.7% 2024 Asian: 90.0% 2011 Black: 33.3% 2012 Black: 13.3% 2013 Black: 47.8% 2014 Black: 55.6% 2015 Black: 21.7% 2016 Black: 43.8% 2017 Black: 30.8% 2018 Black: 30.0% 2019 Black: 54.2% 2020 Black: 42.3% 2021 Black: 41.7% 2022 Black: 48.0% 2023 Black: 54.2% 2024 Black: 89.3% 2011 Hispanic: 28.6% 2012 Hispanic: 62.5% 2013 Hispanic: 47.1% 2014 Hispanic: 100.0% 2015 Hispanic: 81.8% 2016 Hispanic: 71.4% 2017 Hispanic: 71.4% 2018 Hispanic: 25.0% 2019 Hispanic: 64.3% 2020 Hispanic: 60.0% 2021 Hispanic: 45.5% 2022 Hispanic: 81.8% 2023 Hispanic: 100.0% 2024 Hispanic: 76.9% 2011 White: 64.5% 2012 White: 63.1% 2013 White: 58.0% 2014 White: 63.1% 2015 White: 51.7% 2016 White: 58.9% 2017 White: 70.4% 2018 White: 68.0% 2019 White: 72.9% 2020 White: 55.0% 2021 White: 61.5% 2022 White: 65.0% 2023 White: 69.2% 2024 White: 71.0% 2011 International: 44.4% 2012 International: 66.7% 2013 International: 71.4% 2014 International: 36.4% 2015 International: 54.5% 2016 International: 63.6% 2017 International: 42.9% 2018 International: 57.9% 2019 International: 77.8% 2020 International: 50.0% 2021 International: 72.2% 2022 International: 50.0% 2023 International: 50.0% 2024 International: 53.8%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Arts 96.7% 264 36% 56% 5% 10% 5% 14% $55,183 66 +0.08 14 93% —
Humanities 3.3% 9 33% 67% 0% 11% 0% 0% $63,833 87 +0.62 36 — —

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 93%
Yield (non-ED) 25%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 93% 93% 93%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Acceptance & Yield

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 41.8% 41.8% 2012 Acceptance: 44.6% 44.6% 2013 Acceptance: 48.6% 48.6% 2014 Acceptance: 45.6% 45.6% 2015 Acceptance: 49.6% 49.6% 2016 Acceptance: 47.4% 47.4% 2017 Acceptance: 49.0% 49.0% 2018 Acceptance: 42.2% 42.2% 2019 Acceptance: 43.8% 43.8% 2020 Acceptance: 55.4% 55.4% 2021 Acceptance: 53.8% 53.8% 2022 Acceptance: 49.2% 49.2% 2023 Acceptance: 92.8% 92.8% 2024 Acceptance: 91.9% 91.9% 2011 Yield: 38.5% 38.5% 2012 Yield: 38.2% 38.2% 2013 Yield: 38.8% 38.8% 2014 Yield: 39.7% 39.7% 2015 Yield: 34.3% 34.3% 2016 Yield: 33.6% 33.6% 2017 Yield: 33.8% 33.8% 2018 Yield: 31.0% 31.0% 2019 Yield: 31.5% 31.5% 2020 Yield: 34.7% 34.7% 2021 Yield: 34.7% 34.7% 2022 Yield: 32.6% 32.6% 2023 Yield: 25.0% 25.0% 2024 Yield: 24.9% 24.9%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 1,458 1,458 2012 Applicants: 1,615 1,615 2013 Applicants: 1,284 1,284 2014 Applicants: 1,388 1,388 2015 Applicants: 1,681 1,681 2016 Applicants: 1,689 1,689 2017 Applicants: 1,586 1,586 2018 Applicants: 1,945 1,945 2019 Applicants: 2,122 2,122 2020 Applicants: 1,739 1,739 2021 Applicants: 1,485 1,485 2022 Applicants: 1,622 1,622 2023 Applicants: 1,132 1,132 2024 Applicants: 1,079 1,079 2011 Admitted: 610 610 2012 Admitted: 720 720 2013 Admitted: 624 624 2014 Admitted: 633 633 2015 Admitted: 834 834 2016 Admitted: 800 800 2017 Admitted: 777 777 2018 Admitted: 820 820 2019 Admitted: 929 929 2020 Admitted: 963 963 2021 Admitted: 799 799 2022 Admitted: 798 798 2023 Admitted: 1,050 1,050 2024 Admitted: 992 992 2011 Enrolled: 235 235 2012 Enrolled: 275 275 2013 Enrolled: 242 242 2014 Enrolled: 251 251 2015 Enrolled: 286 286 2016 Enrolled: 269 269 2017 Enrolled: 263 263 2018 Enrolled: 254 254 2019 Enrolled: 293 293 2020 Enrolled: 334 334 2021 Enrolled: 277 277 2022 Enrolled: 260 260 2023 Enrolled: 262 262 2024 Enrolled: 247 247

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy blind

SAT Composite

900 1000 1100 1200 1300 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2017 25th: 970 970 2018 25th: 960 960 2017 75th: 1200 1200 2018 75th: 1190 1190

SAT Math

450 500 550 600 650 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2017 25th: 470 470 2018 25th: 460 460 2017 75th: 580 580 2018 75th: 570 570

SAT Reading & Writing

500 550 600 650 700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2017 25th: 500 500 2018 25th: 500 500 2017 75th: 620 620 2018 75th: 620 620

Submitting a Test Score

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2014 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 2015 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0% 2016 Submitted: 98.0% 98.0% 2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.