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Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Minneapolis, Minnesota Private nonprofit 4-year Large city

Overview

Minneapolis College of Art and Design is a private nonprofit four-year institution in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Its campus is in a large city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 831, made up of 720 undergraduates and 111 graduate students.

Minneapolis College of Art and Design offers bachelor's degrees and master's degrees across 17 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Illustration, Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects, and Fine/Studio Arts. It awarded 191 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 3 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

75% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 12 to 1.

Key figures

831
Students enrolled
75%
First-year retention
191
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
17
Programs and majors
12:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

BachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 17

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 12
Communications Technologies 1
Business, Management and Marketing 2
Communication and Journalism 1
Precision Production 1

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students
75%
Student-to-faculty ratio
12:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
151
Master's degrees
40

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
831
Undergraduates, fall 2024
720
Graduate students, fall 2024
111
Full-time, fall 2024
89%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
899
Undergraduates, 2024-25
758
Graduate students, 2024-25
141
Full-time, 2024-25
84%
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
71%
Men
29%
White
63%
Hispanic or Latino
12%
Black or African American
6%
Asian
6%
Two or more races
6%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
4%
Race or ethnicity unknown
3%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
3
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
12%
Students taking some online courses
39%

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools
President
Gwendolyn Freed
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

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