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Art & Music Selectivity

Art, Design & Music Schools

# University Accept RD Yield SAT Submit % Degrees Earn z 5-Year Earn
1 The Juilliard School 6% 63% — — 130 -1.58 $26,792
2 Moore College of Art and Design 55% 17% 1280 99% 67 -0.64 $44,724
3 Fashion Institute of Technology 67% 54% — — 1,545 -0.68 $52,564
4 Rhode Island School of Design 55% 41% 1450 18% 513 +0.86 $55,851
5 American College of the Building Arts 80% — 1210 66% 18 — —
6 Pratt Institute 42% 18% 1270 18% 719 +0.02 $55,194
7 Minneapolis College of Art and Design 55% 39% 1230 25% 136 -0.37 $44,569
8 SUNY Maritime 70% 30% 1200 32% 341 +1.20 $93,695
9 Maryland Institute College of Art 52% 10% 1190 15% 352 +0.63 $53,650
10 Savannah College of Art and Design 75% 25% 1150 28% 2,620 +0.33 $54,220
11 Cleveland Institute of Art 65% 20% 1130 30% 127 — —
12 LIM 72% 19% 1050 26% 234 -0.26 $56,744
13 Culinary Institute of America 72% 31% 1050 15% 358 -1.18 $43,994
14 Johnson & Wales University - Providence 72% 16% 1030 16% 833 -1.31 $46,988
15 California Institute of the Arts 22% 28% — — 233 -1.05 $31,457
16 Berklee College of Music 40% 42% — — 1,513 -0.77 $36,058
17 Manhattan School of Music 28% 25% — — 108 -1.33 $29,683
18 Kansas City Art Institute 55% 35% — — 137 -0.44 $44,514
19 Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design 55% 33% — — 212 +0.37 $52,517
20 Musicians Institute 55% 33% — — 43 — —
21 Five Towns 72% 43% — — 111 -2.62 $25,072
22 Pennsylvania College of Art and Design 55% 32% — — 66 -2.06 $27,248
23 Art Center College of Design 55% 31% — — 485 +1.47 $63,702
24 Pacific Northwest College of Art 55% 28% — — 70 -0.94 $37,058
25 The New England Conservatory of Music 55% 28% — — 91 -1.59 $26,718
26 Columbus College of Art & Design 65% 32% — — 215 -0.72 $43,393
27 Ringling College of Art and Design 55% 23% — — 387 +0.23 $54,447
28 Laguna College of Art and Design 55% 23% — — 158 -0.09 $51,607
29 The New School 73% 21% — — 1,557 +0.09 $58,124
30 College for Creative Studies 65% 25% — — 305 +0.19 $52,874
31 School of Visual Arts 55% 21% — 7% 807 +0.44 $55,274
32 Academy of Art 95% — — — 16 -2.22 $17,058
33 Cornish College of the Arts 55% 19% — — 83 -1.41 $31,721
35 Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development 55% — — — 27 — —
36 Newschool of Architecture and Design 55% — — — 60 — —
38 FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising 55% — — — 296 -1.11 $47,960
39 Nossi College of Art and Design 55% — — — 40 -0.79 $42,983
40 Montserrat College of Art 55% — — — 77 -1.37 $33,767
41 San Francisco Conservatory of Music 55% — — — 56 -1.38 $29,101
42 Gnomon 70% — — — 56 — —
43 Southern California Institute of Architecture 70% — — — 67 — —
44 Walnut Hill 70% — — — 16 -2.14 $38,058
45 New York Film Academy 70% — — — 220 -1.67 $28,653
46 Massachusetts College of Art and Design 55% 17% — — 350 -0.36 $44,847
47 Maine College of Art & Design 55% 16% — — 86 -1.24 $36,788
49 School of the Art Institute of Chicago 55% 12% — — 716 -0.17 $43,374
50 Art Academy of Cincinnati 80% — — — 57 -0.77 $38,341
51 Columbia College Chicago 72% 15% — — 1,289 -0.49 $45,409
52 California College of the Arts 68% 8% — — 275 -0.31 $47,709
53 U. of North Carolina School of the Arts 55% 55% 1250 23% 206 -0.46 $42,404