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College for Creative Studies

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Detroit, MISee your chances →private nonprofitSpecial Focus Four-Year

Acceptance Rate

91.9%

Total Profiles

0

SAT Range

N/A

User Accept Rate

N/A

Tuition

$51,355

Undergrad Enrollment

1,285

Applicants

1,132

Yield Rate

24.9%

Student:Faculty

10:1

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What you pay

$34,617/ yr

Average net price after grants & scholarships — about $138,468 over four years.

What grads earn

$41,739/ yr

Median earnings 4 years after completion$43,380 adjusted to national cost of living (local prices 4% below average).

A graduate’s first-year earnings cover the four-year net cost in roughly 3.3 years of pay.

68% of students out-earn a typical high-school graduate (about $28,500) within 10 years.

Field of study

Earnings & debt by major

Opportunity Insights

Economic mobility

Access

5.9%

from the bottom income fifth

Success

18%

of them reach the top fifth

Mobility rate

1.1%

move bottom → top

The mobility rate is how many of College for Creative Studies’s students both start in the bottom income fifth and reach the top — a measure of who the school lifts, not just who it admits.

IPEDS

Net price by family income

Under $30k$30,267
$30–48k$33,152
$48–75k$33,647
$75–110k$33,667
Over $110k$38,580

Average net price paid by federally-aided students, by family income bracket.

Completion & debt

Finishing & paying back

Grad rate · 8 yr

62%

Completion · all

60%

Completion · Pell

55%

Repaying debt · 3 yr

56%

Median debt

$26,000

Classification

Four-year, small, primarily residential

Application Funnel

Applied
1,132
Admitted
1,05092.8%
Enrolled
26225% yield

Popular Majors (Bachelor's)

Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects80 grads
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician, General62 grads
Illustration46 grads
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design25 grads
Photography16 grads
Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other14 grads
Cinematography and Film/Video Production13 grads
Fashion/Apparel Design12 grads
Interior Design12 grads
Commercial and Advertising Art11 grads

4yr Grad Rate

41%

6yr Grad Rate

62%

Retention Rate

82%

Median Earnings

$44,860