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College for Creative Studies

Detroit, Michigan Private nonprofit 4-year Large city

Overview

College for Creative Studies is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in Detroit, Michigan. Its campus is in a large city. It enrolled 1,433 students in fall 2024, including 1,376 undergraduates and 57 graduate students.

College for Creative Studies offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 18 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Drafting and Design Technology/Technician, Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects, and Illustration. It awarded 308 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

82% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 10 to 1.

Key figures

1,433
Students enrolled
82%
First-year retention
308
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
18
Programs and majors
10:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusHybrid

Program levels

CertificateBachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 18

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 11
Engineering Technologies 1
Communications Technologies 1
Computer and Information Sciences 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 3
Education 1

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students
82%
First-year retention, part-time students
75%
Student-to-faculty ratio
10:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
273
Master's degrees
30
Certificates under 1 year
5

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,433
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,376
Graduate students, fall 2024
57
Full-time, fall 2024
80%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,488
Undergraduates, 2024-25
1,431
Graduate students, 2024-25
57
Full-time, 2024-25
79%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

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

Women
66%
Men
34%
White
47%
Hispanic or Latino
7%
Black or African American
13%
Asian
6%
Two or more races
5%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
10%
Race or ethnicity unknown
12%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
1%
Students taking some online courses
38%

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools
President
Donald Tuski
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Teacher certification, 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

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