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Columbus College of Art & Design

Columbus, Ohio Private nonprofit 4-year Large city

Overview

Columbus College of Art & Design is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in Columbus, Ohio. The campus sits in a large city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 916, made up of 884 undergraduates and 32 graduate students.

Columbus College of Art & Design offers bachelor's degrees and master's degrees across 14 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Illustration, Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects, and Commercial and Advertising Art. It awarded 199 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. One of its programs can be completed entirely online.

80% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 10 to 1.

Key figures

916
Students enrolled
80%
First-year retention
199
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
14
Programs and majors
10:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

BachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 14

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
Communications Technologies 1
Business, Management and Marketing 1
Computer and Information Sciences 1

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students
80%
First-year retention, part-time students
0%
Student-to-faculty ratio
10:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
196
Master's degrees
3

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
916
Undergraduates, fall 2024
884
Graduate students, fall 2024
32
Full-time, fall 2024
95%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
946
Undergraduates, 2024-25
913
Graduate students, 2024-25
33
Full-time, 2024-25
96%
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
73%
Men
27%
White
66%
Hispanic or Latino
9%
Black or African American
13%
Asian
4%
Two or more races
4%
Race or ethnicity unknown
4%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
1
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
3%
Students taking some online courses
52%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools
President
Melanie Corn
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Dedicated veterans contact

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