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Ringling College of Art and Design

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Population 800,000
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Sarasota, FL

Weather

Comfortable Days 55 (4% 🥵)
Sunshine Hours 2,950 (86%)
Days Without Precipitation 249 (57%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,645
Men / Women 26% / 74%
From State 29%
From Region 4%

Racial/Ethnic

White 42%
International 21%
Hispanic 17%
Asian 9%
Black 4%
Mixed 4%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Men: 38.5% 38.5% 2012 Men: 36.2% 36.2% 2013 Men: 41.2% 41.2% 2014 Men: 40.3% 40.3% 2015 Men: 31.5% 31.5% 2016 Men: 33.8% 33.8% 2017 Men: 26.4% 26.4% 2018 Men: 31.5% 31.5% 2019 Men: 28.4% 28.4% 2020 Men: 28.3% 28.3% 2021 Men: 26.6% 26.6% 2022 Men: 27.4% 27.4% 2023 Men: 23.8% 23.8% 2024 Men: 22.4% 22.4% 2025 Men: 25.1% 25.1%

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: 0.3% 0.3% 2012 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2013 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2014 Native: 1.5% 1.5% 2015 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2016 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2019 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2020 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2021 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2025 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2011 Asian: 5.9% 5.9% 2012 Asian: 8.0% 8.0% 2013 Asian: 9.3% 9.3% 2014 Asian: 8.6% 8.6% 2015 Asian: 10.5% 10.5% 2016 Asian: 9.0% 9.0% 2017 Asian: 7.4% 7.4% 2018 Asian: 9.8% 9.8% 2019 Asian: 10.0% 10.0% 2020 Asian: 10.0% 10.0% 2021 Asian: 10.0% 10.0% 2022 Asian: 10.0% 10.0% 2023 Asian: 10.3% 10.3% 2024 Asian: 8.5% 8.5% 2025 Asian: 10.9% 10.9% 2011 Black: 4.2% 4.2% 2012 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2013 Black: 2.3% 2.3% 2014 Black: 3.0% 3.0% 2015 Black: 3.3% 3.3% 2016 Black: 4.5% 4.5% 2017 Black: 4.6% 4.6% 2018 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2019 Black: 4.3% 4.3% 2020 Black: 4.3% 4.3% 2021 Black: 2.8% 2.8% 2022 Black: 2.0% 2.0% 2023 Black: 3.1% 3.1% 2024 Black: 3.6% 3.6% 2025 Black: 6.8% 6.8% 2011 Hispanic: 12.9% 12.9% 2012 Hispanic: 14.7% 14.7% 2013 Hispanic: 14.0% 14.0% 2014 Hispanic: 12.3% 12.3% 2015 Hispanic: 18.4% 18.4% 2016 Hispanic: 14.9% 14.9% 2017 Hispanic: 16.9% 16.9% 2018 Hispanic: 12.8% 12.8% 2019 Hispanic: 16.8% 16.8% 2020 Hispanic: 16.8% 16.8% 2021 Hispanic: 16.0% 16.0% 2022 Hispanic: 13.9% 13.9% 2023 Hispanic: 13.5% 13.5% 2024 Hispanic: 17.9% 17.9% 2025 Hispanic: 19.9% 19.9% 2011 White: 62.6% 62.6% 2012 White: 57.4% 57.4% 2013 White: 53.7% 53.7% 2014 White: 50.0% 50.0% 2015 White: 39.0% 39.0% 2016 White: 47.0% 47.0% 2017 White: 48.0% 48.0% 2018 White: 45.5% 45.5% 2019 White: 44.5% 44.5% 2020 White: 44.4% 44.4% 2021 White: 40.7% 40.7% 2022 White: 42.8% 42.8% 2023 White: 43.8% 43.8% 2024 White: 43.4% 43.4% 2025 White: 33.2% 33.2% 2011 International: 10.1% 10.1% 2012 International: 14.4% 14.4% 2013 International: 16.3% 16.3% 2014 International: 21.3% 21.3% 2015 International: 13.1% 13.1% 2016 International: 15.2% 15.2% 2017 International: 15.5% 15.5% 2018 International: 20.0% 20.0% 2019 International: 18.6% 18.6% 2020 International: 18.6% 18.6% 2021 International: 20.6% 20.6% 2022 International: 23.1% 23.1% 2023 International: 20.7% 20.7% 2024 International: 21.0% 21.0% 2025 International: 21.0% 21.0%

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: 1,326 1,326 2012 Total: 1,313 1,313 2013 Total: 1,212 1,212 2014 Total: 1,168 1,168 2015 Total: 1,181 1,181 2016 Total: 1,270 1,270 2017 Total: 1,395 1,395 2018 Total: 1,518 1,518 2019 Total: 1,602 1,602 2020 Total: 1,613 1,613 2021 Total: 1,604 1,604 2022 Total: 1,658 1,658 2023 Total: 1,698 1,698 2024 Total: 1,718 1,718 2025 Total: 1,645 1,645 2011 Men: 532 532 2012 Men: 510 510 2013 Men: 475 475 2014 Men: 469 469 2015 Men: 441 441 2016 Men: 449 449 2017 Men: 446 446 2018 Men: 466 466 2019 Men: 482 482 2020 Men: 485 485 2021 Men: 446 446 2022 Men: 474 474 2023 Men: 462 462 2024 Men: 447 447 2025 Men: 421 421 2011 Women: 794 794 2012 Women: 803 803 2013 Women: 737 737 2014 Women: 699 699 2015 Women: 740 740 2016 Women: 821 821 2017 Women: 949 949 2018 Women: 1,052 1,052 2019 Women: 1,120 1,120 2020 Women: 1,128 1,128 2021 Women: 1,158 1,158 2022 Women: 1,184 1,184 2023 Women: 1,236 1,236 2024 Women: 1,271 1,271 2025 Women: 1,224 1,224

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: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2013 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2014 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2015 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2016 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2017 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2018 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2019 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2022 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2023 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2025 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2011 Asian: 6.0% 6.0% 2012 Asian: 6.7% 6.7% 2013 Asian: 7.4% 7.4% 2014 Asian: 7.4% 7.4% 2015 Asian: 8.0% 8.0% 2016 Asian: 8.5% 8.5% 2017 Asian: 8.5% 8.5% 2018 Asian: 8.9% 8.9% 2019 Asian: 9.0% 9.0% 2020 Asian: 9.0% 9.0% 2021 Asian: 9.4% 9.4% 2022 Asian: 9.9% 9.9% 2023 Asian: 9.8% 9.8% 2024 Asian: 9.5% 9.5% 2025 Asian: 9.4% 9.4% 2011 Black: 3.5% 3.5% 2012 Black: 3.2% 3.2% 2013 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2014 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2015 Black: 2.7% 2.7% 2016 Black: 3.1% 3.1% 2017 Black: 4.0% 4.0% 2018 Black: 3.4% 3.4% 2019 Black: 3.7% 3.7% 2020 Black: 3.8% 3.8% 2021 Black: 3.5% 3.5% 2022 Black: 3.1% 3.1% 2023 Black: 3.2% 3.2% 2024 Black: 2.9% 2.9% 2025 Black: 3.9% 3.9% 2011 Hispanic: 12.7% 12.7% 2012 Hispanic: 13.9% 13.9% 2013 Hispanic: 15.6% 15.6% 2014 Hispanic: 15.1% 15.1% 2015 Hispanic: 16.4% 16.4% 2016 Hispanic: 15.5% 15.5% 2017 Hispanic: 17.2% 17.2% 2018 Hispanic: 16.5% 16.5% 2019 Hispanic: 15.3% 15.3% 2020 Hispanic: 15.2% 15.2% 2021 Hispanic: 15.3% 15.3% 2022 Hispanic: 13.6% 13.6% 2023 Hispanic: 14.1% 14.1% 2024 Hispanic: 15.1% 15.1% 2025 Hispanic: 16.7% 16.7% 2011 White: 64.4% 64.4% 2012 White: 60.9% 60.9% 2013 White: 57.6% 57.6% 2014 White: 54.6% 54.6% 2015 White: 48.4% 48.4% 2016 White: 46.5% 46.5% 2017 White: 47.6% 47.6% 2018 White: 46.4% 46.4% 2019 White: 47.5% 47.5% 2020 White: 47.2% 47.2% 2021 White: 45.6% 45.6% 2022 White: 44.5% 44.5% 2023 White: 44.0% 44.0% 2024 White: 44.2% 44.2% 2025 White: 42.2% 42.2% 2011 International: 9.3% 9.3% 2012 International: 11.6% 11.6% 2013 International: 13.1% 13.1% 2014 International: 16.4% 16.4% 2015 International: 16.4% 16.4% 2016 International: 16.8% 16.8% 2017 International: 16.1% 16.1% 2018 International: 17.0% 17.0% 2019 International: 17.9% 17.9% 2020 International: 18.1% 18.1% 2021 International: 18.7% 18.7% 2022 International: 21.2% 21.2% 2023 International: 21.3% 21.3% 2024 International: 20.9% 20.9% 2025 International: 20.9% 20.9%

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
Ringling College of Art and Design 377 26% 47% 11% 2% 14% 18% $59,583 9 +0.47 24 92%
Creative Writing 9 — 33% 89% 0% 0% 11% 0% $58,632 82 +0.76 22 — — — — —
Business of Art and Design 4 — 0% 25% 0% 0% 25% 25% $45,479 31 -0.49 4 — — — — —
Computer Animation 132 — 24% 34% 17% 2% 12% 27% $90,480 99 +2.35 84 91% — — — —
Film Production 14 — 64% 50% 0% 0% 36% 7% $48,517 51 -0.08 6 89% — — — —
Fine Arts 41 — 39% 37% 10% 2% 20% 27% $27,879 1 -2.03 1 92% — — — —
Graphic Design 11 — 45% 64% 9% 0% 18% 0% $46,775 12 -1.03 5 92% — — — —
Illustration 131 — 18% 55% 8% 2% 12% 13% $46,775 52 -0.01 5 92% — — — —
Motion Design 14 — 36% 79% 7% 7% 0% 7% $45,454 18 -0.69 4 — — — — —
Photography 6 — 50% 50% 0% 0% 33% 0% $48,517 26 -0.48 6 89% — — — —
Studio Art 15 — 20% 60% 13% 0% 7% 13% $27,879 1 -2.03 1 92% — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $61,470
ROI Percentile 24th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 86%
4-Year Graduation Rate 58%
6-Year Graduation Rate 72%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 65.9% 65.9% 2012 Graduated: 65.4% 65.4% 2013 Graduated: 64.9% 64.9% 2014 Graduated: 65.8% 65.8% 2015 Graduated: 69.6% 69.6% 2016 Graduated: 69.1% 69.1% 2017 Graduated: 65.2% 65.2% 2018 Graduated: 71.5% 71.5% 2019 Graduated: 67.2% 67.2% 2020 Graduated: 78.1% 78.1% 2021 Graduated: 80.5% 80.5% 2022 Graduated: 76.6% 76.6% 2023 Graduated: 70.8% 70.8% 2024 Graduated: 72.1% 72.1%

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% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 62.0% 2012 Men: 65.4% 2013 Men: 66.1% 2014 Men: 66.1% 2015 Men: 65.4% 2016 Men: 69.4% 2017 Men: 65.5% 2018 Men: 71.8% 2019 Men: 61.0% 2020 Men: 74.3% 2021 Men: 74.2% 2022 Men: 76.7% 2023 Men: 65.6% 2024 Men: 62.9% 2011 Women: 68.8% 2012 Women: 65.5% 2013 Women: 64.2% 2014 Women: 65.7% 2015 Women: 72.4% 2016 Women: 68.9% 2017 Women: 65.0% 2018 Women: 71.4% 2019 Women: 71.5% 2020 Women: 80.6% 2021 Women: 83.3% 2022 Women: 76.6% 2023 Women: 72.6% 2024 Women: 76.2%

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: 70.0% 2012 Asian: 72.7% 2013 Asian: 73.9% 2014 Asian: 72.2% 2015 Asian: 75.0% 2016 Asian: 71.4% 2017 Asian: 58.8% 2018 Asian: 84.0% 2019 Asian: 50.0% 2020 Asian: 87.0% 2021 Asian: 71.9% 2022 Asian: 71.9% 2023 Asian: 85.2% 2024 Asian: 73.8% 2011 Black: 50.0% 2012 Black: 54.5% 2013 Black: 66.7% 2014 Black: 53.8% 2015 Black: 60.0% 2016 Black: 50.0% 2017 Black: 54.5% 2018 Black: 50.0% 2019 Black: 66.7% 2020 Black: 100.0% 2021 Black: 70.0% 2022 Black: 87.5% 2023 Black: 50.0% 2024 Black: 63.6% 2011 Hispanic: 74.1% 2012 Hispanic: 68.0% 2013 Hispanic: 80.6% 2014 Hispanic: 73.1% 2015 Hispanic: 75.0% 2016 Hispanic: 70.0% 2017 Hispanic: 67.6% 2018 Hispanic: 84.8% 2019 Hispanic: 63.9% 2020 Hispanic: 69.7% 2021 Hispanic: 83.9% 2022 Hispanic: 75.5% 2023 Hispanic: 62.9% 2024 Hispanic: 60.0% 2011 White: 66.0% 2012 White: 65.8% 2013 White: 61.9% 2014 White: 64.5% 2015 White: 68.6% 2016 White: 67.6% 2017 White: 62.8% 2018 White: 71.2% 2019 White: 70.3% 2020 White: 77.6% 2021 White: 83.2% 2022 White: 77.2% 2023 White: 72.7% 2024 White: 76.9% 2011 International: 63.6% 2012 International: 71.4% 2013 International: 60.0% 2014 International: 64.7% 2015 International: 74.2% 2016 International: 80.6% 2017 International: 86.2% 2018 International: 64.3% 2019 International: 78.0% 2020 International: 79.6% 2021 International: 89.2% 2022 International: 74.1% 2023 International: 77.8% 2024 International: 78.3%

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 97.6% 368 26% 46% 11% 2% 14% 19% $59,607 81 +0.46 24 92% —
Humanities 2.4% 9 33% 89% 0% 0% 11% 0% $58,632 71 +0.76 22 — —

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 67%
Yield (non-ED) 23%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 67% 67% 67%

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: 73.3% 73.3% 2012 Acceptance: 75.0% 75.0% 2013 Acceptance: 73.3% 73.3% 2014 Acceptance: 85.2% 85.2% 2015 Acceptance: 76.5% 76.5% 2016 Acceptance: 78.1% 78.1% 2017 Acceptance: 63.9% 63.9% 2018 Acceptance: 66.9% 66.9% 2019 Acceptance: 63.9% 63.9% 2020 Acceptance: 68.5% 68.5% 2021 Acceptance: 68.7% 68.7% 2022 Acceptance: 64.7% 64.7% 2023 Acceptance: 67.4% 67.4% 2024 Acceptance: 69.7% 69.7% 2011 Yield: 29.7% 29.7% 2012 Yield: 33.2% 33.2% 2013 Yield: 28.6% 28.6% 2014 Yield: 27.6% 27.6% 2015 Yield: 26.8% 26.8% 2016 Yield: 25.9% 25.9% 2017 Yield: 28.8% 28.8% 2018 Yield: 27.8% 27.8% 2019 Yield: 27.1% 27.1% 2020 Yield: 26.1% 26.1% 2021 Yield: 27.6% 27.6% 2022 Yield: 26.1% 26.1% 2023 Yield: 24.7% 24.7% 2024 Yield: 23.5% 23.5%

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: 1,314 1,314 2012 Applicants: 1,255 1,255 2013 Applicants: 1,225 1,225 2014 Applicants: 1,150 1,150 2015 Applicants: 1,492 1,492 2016 Applicants: 1,752 1,752 2017 Applicants: 1,995 1,995 2018 Applicants: 2,306 2,306 2019 Applicants: 2,557 2,557 2020 Applicants: 2,420 2,420 2021 Applicants: 2,117 2,117 2022 Applicants: 2,462 2,462 2023 Applicants: 2,685 2,685 2024 Applicants: 2,244 2,244 2011 Admitted: 963 963 2012 Admitted: 941 941 2013 Admitted: 898 898 2014 Admitted: 980 980 2015 Admitted: 1,142 1,142 2016 Admitted: 1,369 1,369 2017 Admitted: 1,275 1,275 2018 Admitted: 1,543 1,543 2019 Admitted: 1,633 1,633 2020 Admitted: 1,658 1,658 2021 Admitted: 1,455 1,455 2022 Admitted: 1,593 1,593 2023 Admitted: 1,809 1,809 2024 Admitted: 1,563 1,563 2011 Enrolled: 286 286 2012 Enrolled: 312 312 2013 Enrolled: 257 257 2014 Enrolled: 270 270 2015 Enrolled: 306 306 2016 Enrolled: 355 355 2017 Enrolled: 367 367 2018 Enrolled: 429 429 2019 Enrolled: 442 442 2020 Enrolled: 432 432 2021 Enrolled: 401 401 2022 Enrolled: 415 415 2023 Enrolled: 447 447 2024 Enrolled: 367 367

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

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