CIA

Cleveland Institute of Art

Cleveland, Ohio Private nonprofit 4-year Large city

Overview

Cleveland Institute of Art is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in Cleveland, Ohio. Its campus is in a large city. It enrolled 545 students in fall 2024.

Cleveland Institute of Art offers bachelor's degrees across 16 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Illustration, Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects, and Game and Interactive Media Design. It awarded 98 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

88% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 9 to 1.

Key figures

545

Students enrolled

88%

First-year retention

Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25

Programs and majors

9:1

Student-to-faculty ratio

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Program levels

Bachelor

Programs and majors offered 16

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Visual and Performing Arts 14

Illustration Bachelor 33 graduates
Game and Interactive Media Design Bachelor 10 graduates
Graphic Design Bachelor 9 graduates
Industrial and Product Design Bachelor 6 graduates
Painting Bachelor 5 graduates
Drawing Bachelor 4 graduates
Printmaking Bachelor 4 graduates
Photography Bachelor 2 graduates
Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other Bachelor 1 graduate
Interior Design Bachelor 1 graduate
Sculpture Bachelor 1 graduate
Ceramic Arts and Ceramics Bachelor
Crafts Bachelor
Jewelry Arts Bachelor

Communications Technologies 1

Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects Bachelor 20 graduates

Health Professions 1

Medical Illustration Bachelor 6 graduates

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students: 88%
Student-to-faculty ratio: 9:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees: 98

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024: 545
Undergraduates, fall 2024: 545
Full-time, fall 2024: 99%
Students over the full 2024-25 year: 562
Full-time, 2024-25: 99%
Size category: Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women: 74%
Men: 26%
White: 62%
Hispanic or Latino: 11%
Black or African American: 16%
Asian: 4%
Two or more races: 6%
International (U.S. nonresident): 1%
Race or ethnicity unknown: 1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online: 0%
Students taking some online courses: 8%

Campus and services

Setting: Large city
Academic calendar: Semester
Carnegie classification: Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools
President and CEO: Kathryn Heidemann
Services and opportunities: Study abroad, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members: Yellow Ribbon Program, Dedicated veterans contact