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Columbus College of Art & Design

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 1,700,000
United States map with state borders, rivers, lakes, and Alaska and Hawaii insets
Columbus, OH

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,305 (17%)
Days Without Precipitation 227 (15%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 895
Men / Women 27% / 73%
From State 78%
From Region 13%

Racial/Ethnic

White 66%
Black 13%
Hispanic 9%
Asian 4%
Mixed 4%
Native American 0%
International 0%

Men in the Entering Class

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Men: 36.0% 36.0% 2012 Men: 34.0% 34.0% 2013 Men: 34.6% 34.6% 2014 Men: 32.2% 32.2% 2015 Men: 28.0% 28.0% 2016 Men: 31.7% 31.7% 2017 Men: 23.6% 23.6% 2018 Men: 30.2% 30.2% 2019 Men: 30.7% 30.7% 2020 Men: 32.1% 32.1% 2021 Men: 21.3% 21.3% 2022 Men: 31.5% 31.5% 2023 Men: 27.3% 27.3% 2024 Men: 24.2% 24.2% 2025 Men: 26.8% 26.8%

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: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 1.3% 1.3% 2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Asian: 3.8% 3.8% 2012 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2013 Asian: 3.8% 3.8% 2014 Asian: 2.0% 2.0% 2015 Asian: 4.5% 4.5% 2016 Asian: 2.5% 2.5% 2017 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2018 Asian: 2.9% 2.9% 2019 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2020 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2021 Asian: 4.4% 4.4% 2022 Asian: 3.5% 3.5% 2023 Asian: 3.0% 3.0% 2024 Asian: 2.6% 2.6% 2025 Asian: 3.7% 3.7% 2011 Black: 7.0% 7.0% 2012 Black: 10.7% 10.7% 2013 Black: 9.4% 9.4% 2014 Black: 11.0% 11.0% 2015 Black: 12.8% 12.8% 2016 Black: 8.8% 8.8% 2017 Black: 11.0% 11.0% 2018 Black: 5.8% 5.8% 2019 Black: 12.4% 12.4% 2020 Black: 12.8% 12.8% 2021 Black: 8.9% 8.9% 2022 Black: 12.5% 12.5% 2023 Black: 16.9% 16.9% 2024 Black: 9.8% 9.8% 2025 Black: 18.3% 18.3% 2011 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5% 2012 Hispanic: 3.4% 3.4% 2013 Hispanic: 6.8% 6.8% 2014 Hispanic: 3.7% 3.7% 2015 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5% 2016 Hispanic: 7.1% 7.1% 2017 Hispanic: 9.4% 9.4% 2018 Hispanic: 6.2% 6.2% 2019 Hispanic: 7.5% 7.5% 2020 Hispanic: 7.9% 7.9% 2021 Hispanic: 9.8% 9.8% 2022 Hispanic: 8.0% 8.0% 2023 Hispanic: 9.1% 9.1% 2024 Hispanic: 8.2% 8.2% 2025 Hispanic: 11.4% 11.4% 2011 White: 73.8% 73.8% 2012 White: 71.8% 71.8% 2013 White: 64.1% 64.1% 2014 White: 65.3% 65.3% 2015 White: 65.0% 65.0% 2016 White: 67.9% 67.9% 2017 White: 66.9% 66.9% 2018 White: 69.0% 69.0% 2019 White: 63.3% 63.3% 2020 White: 63.0% 63.0% 2021 White: 56.4% 56.4% 2022 White: 68.0% 68.0% 2023 White: 64.5% 64.5% 2024 White: 71.1% 71.1% 2025 White: 59.3% 59.3% 2011 International: 6.3% 6.3% 2012 International: 5.0% 5.0% 2013 International: 6.8% 6.8% 2014 International: 6.5% 6.5% 2015 International: 5.3% 5.3% 2016 International: 8.8% 8.8% 2017 International: 4.3% 4.3% 2018 International: 4.1% 4.1% 2019 International: 5.6% 5.6% 2020 International: 5.7% 5.7% 2021 International: 2.2% 2.2% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 International: 0.0% 0.0%

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: 1,289 1,289 2012 Total: 1,273 1,273 2013 Total: 1,227 1,227 2014 Total: 1,150 1,150 2015 Total: 1,064 1,064 2016 Total: 997 997 2017 Total: 1,001 1,001 2018 Total: 1,008 1,008 2019 Total: 1,031 1,031 2020 Total: 1,057 1,057 2021 Total: 993 993 2022 Total: 984 984 2023 Total: 957 957 2024 Total: 894 894 2025 Total: 895 895 2011 Men: 515 515 2012 Men: 505 505 2013 Men: 459 459 2014 Men: 402 402 2015 Men: 371 371 2016 Men: 312 312 2017 Men: 298 298 2018 Men: 302 302 2019 Men: 314 314 2020 Men: 329 329 2021 Men: 288 288 2022 Men: 292 292 2023 Men: 288 288 2024 Men: 246 246 2025 Men: 245 245 2011 Women: 774 774 2012 Women: 768 768 2013 Women: 768 768 2014 Women: 748 748 2015 Women: 693 693 2016 Women: 685 685 2017 Women: 703 703 2018 Women: 706 706 2019 Women: 717 717 2020 Women: 728 728 2021 Women: 705 705 2022 Women: 692 692 2023 Women: 669 669 2024 Women: 648 648 2025 Women: 650 650

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: 0.2% 0.2% 2012 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2013 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2014 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2015 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2017 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2018 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2019 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Asian: 3.3% 3.3% 2012 Asian: 2.8% 2.8% 2013 Asian: 3.1% 3.1% 2014 Asian: 3.2% 3.2% 2015 Asian: 3.7% 3.7% 2016 Asian: 3.9% 3.9% 2017 Asian: 3.6% 3.6% 2018 Asian: 3.4% 3.4% 2019 Asian: 2.4% 2.4% 2020 Asian: 2.6% 2.6% 2021 Asian: 2.9% 2.9% 2022 Asian: 5.2% 5.2% 2023 Asian: 4.0% 4.0% 2024 Asian: 3.9% 3.9% 2025 Asian: 3.9% 3.9% 2011 Black: 7.1% 7.1% 2012 Black: 7.9% 7.9% 2013 Black: 8.4% 8.4% 2014 Black: 8.5% 8.5% 2015 Black: 9.6% 9.6% 2016 Black: 9.8% 9.8% 2017 Black: 10.0% 10.0% 2018 Black: 8.7% 8.7% 2019 Black: 8.2% 8.2% 2020 Black: 8.1% 8.1% 2021 Black: 8.0% 8.0% 2022 Black: 8.4% 8.4% 2023 Black: 10.9% 10.9% 2024 Black: 11.3% 11.3% 2025 Black: 12.6% 12.6% 2011 Hispanic: 4.3% 4.3% 2012 Hispanic: 4.6% 4.6% 2013 Hispanic: 5.3% 5.3% 2014 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5% 2015 Hispanic: 4.9% 4.9% 2016 Hispanic: 6.5% 6.5% 2017 Hispanic: 6.7% 6.7% 2018 Hispanic: 6.6% 6.6% 2019 Hispanic: 6.8% 6.8% 2020 Hispanic: 7.0% 7.0% 2021 Hispanic: 7.6% 7.6% 2022 Hispanic: 7.7% 7.7% 2023 Hispanic: 7.8% 7.8% 2024 Hispanic: 8.4% 8.4% 2025 Hispanic: 9.1% 9.1% 2011 White: 73.5% 73.5% 2012 White: 72.2% 72.2% 2013 White: 68.5% 68.5% 2014 White: 68.1% 68.1% 2015 White: 66.3% 66.3% 2016 White: 64.6% 64.6% 2017 White: 65.6% 65.6% 2018 White: 66.9% 66.9% 2019 White: 67.9% 67.9% 2020 White: 67.5% 67.5% 2021 White: 67.0% 67.0% 2022 White: 68.0% 68.0% 2023 White: 66.5% 66.5% 2024 White: 66.1% 66.1% 2025 White: 65.9% 65.9% 2011 International: 4.9% 4.9% 2012 International: 4.9% 4.9% 2013 International: 6.9% 6.9% 2014 International: 7.1% 7.1% 2015 International: 7.2% 7.2% 2016 International: 7.6% 7.6% 2017 International: 6.9% 6.9% 2018 International: 6.6% 6.6% 2019 International: 5.6% 5.6% 2020 International: 6.0% 6.0% 2021 International: 3.1% 3.1% 2022 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2023 International: 1.9% 1.9% 2024 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2025 International: 0.4% 0.4%

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
Columbus College of Art & Design 196 31% 69% 4% 9% 8% 1% $44,244 0 -0.66 7 92%
Advertising Design 18 — 56% 61% 6% 11% 6% 0% $50,783 21 -0.72 16 93% — — — —
Animation 55 — 35% 60% 5% 11% 13% 0% $32,926 1 -1.54 2 92% — — — —
Art History — — — — — — — — $32,265 3 -1.52 2 88% — — — —
Crafts/Folk Art — — — — — — — — $44,375 38 -0.26 7 — — — — —
Fashion Design 9 — 11% 44% 0% 0% 22% 11% $50,783 13 -1.08 16 93% — — — —
Film Production 5 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $46,330 30 -0.40 9 91% — — — —
Game and Interactive Media Design 14 — 29% 86% 7% 7% 0% 0% $50,783 42 -0.33 16 93% — — — —
Illustration 64 — 17% 77% 3% 9% 6% 0% $50,783 70 +0.42 16 93% — — — —
Industrial Design 6 — 50% 67% 17% 0% 17% 0% $50,783 21 -0.72 16 93% — — — —
Interior Design 7 — 57% 86% 0% 0% 0% 0% $50,783 1 -1.98 16 93% — — — —
Photography 4 — 50% 50% 0% 25% 0% 0% $46,330 21 -0.63 9 91% — — — —
Studio Art 14 — 14% 64% 0% 14% 7% 7% $32,265 4 -1.56 2 88% — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $42,162
ROI Percentile 7th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 80%
4-Year Graduation Rate 48%
6-Year Graduation Rate 56%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

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: 63.6% 63.6% 2012 Graduated: 55.1% 55.1% 2013 Graduated: 59.1% 59.1% 2014 Graduated: 55.6% 55.6% 2015 Graduated: 60.3% 60.3% 2016 Graduated: 61.3% 61.3% 2017 Graduated: 61.2% 61.2% 2018 Graduated: 62.2% 62.2% 2019 Graduated: 65.4% 65.4% 2020 Graduated: 61.2% 61.2% 2021 Graduated: 59.7% 59.7% 2022 Graduated: 59.8% 59.8% 2023 Graduated: 61.3% 61.3% 2024 Graduated: 55.6% 55.6%

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: 62.6% 2012 Men: 54.9% 2013 Men: 55.9% 2014 Men: 47.5% 2015 Men: 57.4% 2016 Men: 63.3% 2017 Men: 50.5% 2018 Men: 61.8% 2019 Men: 54.3% 2020 Men: 58.8% 2021 Men: 51.5% 2022 Men: 53.8% 2023 Men: 58.3% 2024 Men: 52.2% 2011 Women: 64.6% 2012 Women: 55.2% 2013 Women: 61.4% 2014 Women: 60.8% 2015 Women: 62.2% 2016 Women: 60.2% 2017 Women: 67.2% 2018 Women: 62.4% 2019 Women: 71.2% 2020 Women: 62.4% 2021 Women: 62.9% 2022 Women: 62.8% 2023 Women: 62.2% 2024 Women: 56.9%

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: 100.0% 2012 Asian: 66.7% 2013 Asian: 71.4% 2014 Asian: 61.5% 2015 Asian: 100.0% 2016 Asian: 57.1% 2017 Asian: 50.0% 2018 Asian: 60.0% 2019 Asian: 77.8% 2020 Asian: 71.4% 2021 Asian: 81.8% 2022 Asian: 83.3% 2023 Asian: 25.0% 2024 Asian: 42.9% 2011 Black: 52.9% 2012 Black: 25.0% 2013 Black: 30.8% 2014 Black: 34.8% 2015 Black: 45.0% 2016 Black: 56.7% 2017 Black: 30.0% 2018 Black: 50.0% 2019 Black: 50.0% 2020 Black: 44.4% 2021 Black: 58.1% 2022 Black: 31.8% 2023 Black: 50.0% 2024 Black: 43.8% 2011 Hispanic: 50.0% 2012 Hispanic: 81.8% 2013 Hispanic: 54.5% 2014 Hispanic: 26.7% 2015 Hispanic: 57.1% 2016 Hispanic: 73.3% 2017 Hispanic: 53.8% 2018 Hispanic: 66.7% 2019 Hispanic: 62.5% 2020 Hispanic: 66.7% 2021 Hispanic: 45.5% 2022 Hispanic: 52.9% 2023 Hispanic: 58.3% 2024 Hispanic: 57.1% 2011 White: 63.4% 2012 White: 58.0% 2013 White: 61.1% 2014 White: 59.7% 2015 White: 61.9% 2016 White: 61.2% 2017 White: 66.4% 2018 White: 63.8% 2019 White: 70.0% 2020 White: 65.4% 2021 White: 60.1% 2022 White: 65.1% 2023 White: 65.7% 2024 White: 57.2% 2011 International: 78.6% 2012 International: 83.3% 2013 International: 75.0% 2014 International: 57.1% 2015 International: 66.7% 2016 International: 61.9% 2017 International: 52.6% 2018 International: 53.8% 2019 International: 37.5% 2020 International: 80.0% 2021 International: 61.5% 2022 International: 57.1% 2023 International: 63.6% 2024 International: 60.0%

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 100.0% 196 31% 69% 4% 9% 8% 1% $44,245 17 -0.66 7 92% —

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 72%
Yield (non-ED) 32%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 72% 72% 72%

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: 68.9% 68.9% 2012 Acceptance: 86.7% 86.7% 2013 Acceptance: 85.5% 85.5% 2014 Acceptance: 88.6% 88.6% 2015 Acceptance: 76.6% 76.6% 2016 Acceptance: 75.6% 75.6% 2017 Acceptance: 70.1% 70.1% 2018 Acceptance: 88.5% 88.5% 2019 Acceptance: 92.8% 92.8% 2020 Acceptance: 91.7% 91.7% 2021 Acceptance: 94.4% 94.4% 2022 Acceptance: 91.0% 91.0% 2023 Acceptance: 71.7% 71.7% 2024 Acceptance: 67.7% 67.7% 2011 Yield: 66.4% 66.4% 2012 Yield: 54.1% 54.1% 2013 Yield: 40.4% 40.4% 2014 Yield: 50.9% 50.9% 2015 Yield: 44.0% 44.0% 2016 Yield: 48.5% 48.5% 2017 Yield: 32.9% 32.9% 2018 Yield: 32.4% 32.4% 2019 Yield: 36.8% 36.8% 2020 Yield: 36.1% 36.1% 2021 Yield: 27.4% 27.4% 2022 Yield: 32.2% 32.2% 2023 Yield: 30.9% 30.9% 2024 Yield: 32.1% 32.1%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 627 627 2012 Applicants: 563 563 2013 Applicants: 683 683 2014 Applicants: 660 660 2015 Applicants: 727 727 2016 Applicants: 668 668 2017 Applicants: 1,104 1,104 2018 Applicants: 843 843 2019 Applicants: 779 779 2020 Applicants: 674 674 2021 Applicants: 730 730 2022 Applicants: 776 776 2023 Applicants: 867 867 2024 Applicants: 1,079 1,079 2011 Admitted: 432 432 2012 Admitted: 488 488 2013 Admitted: 584 584 2014 Admitted: 585 585 2015 Admitted: 557 557 2016 Admitted: 505 505 2017 Admitted: 774 774 2018 Admitted: 746 746 2019 Admitted: 723 723 2020 Admitted: 618 618 2021 Admitted: 689 689 2022 Admitted: 706 706 2023 Admitted: 622 622 2024 Admitted: 730 730 2011 Enrolled: 287 287 2012 Enrolled: 264 264 2013 Enrolled: 236 236 2014 Enrolled: 298 298 2015 Enrolled: 245 245 2016 Enrolled: 245 245 2017 Enrolled: 255 255 2018 Enrolled: 242 242 2019 Enrolled: 266 266 2020 Enrolled: 223 223 2021 Enrolled: 189 189 2022 Enrolled: 227 227 2023 Enrolled: 192 192 2024 Enrolled: 234 234

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

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

SAT Composite

800 1000 1200 1400 1600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 900 900 2012 25th: 880 880 2013 25th: 920 920 2014 25th: 980 980 2019 25th: 970 970 2011 75th: 1130 1130 2012 75th: 1110 1110 2013 75th: 1180 1180 2014 75th: 1200 1200 2019 75th: 1220 1220

SAT Math

400 450 500 550 600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 430 430 2012 25th: 420 420 2013 25th: 450 450 2014 25th: 480 480 2019 25th: 460 460 2011 75th: 550 550 2012 75th: 530 530 2013 75th: 570 570 2014 75th: 590 590 2019 75th: 590 590

SAT Reading & Writing

450 500 550 600 650 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 470 470 2012 25th: 460 460 2013 25th: 470 470 2014 25th: 500 500 2019 25th: 510 510 2011 75th: 580 580 2012 75th: 580 580 2013 75th: 610 610 2014 75th: 610 610 2019 75th: 630 630

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: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2014 Submitted: 81.0% 81.0% 2019 Submitted: 95.0% 95.0%

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.