College · Private nonprofit · Cleveland, OH · City
Cleveland Institute of Music
Cleveland, OH
Admit rate47%
6-yr median pay$20k
Net price / yr$28k
Undergrad size159
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $28k/yr for a shot at a $20k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 47% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter.
If you get in
159 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $61k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $28k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$245k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$113k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$132k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback5.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $52.9k
- Room & board
- $16.6k
- Books & supplies
- $1,600
How students pay for it.
Pell grants14%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans32%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention94%
Very high — students stay.
Graduation · 6 yr72%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$20k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$33k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out7%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 159
- Location
- Cleveland, OH
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career · High Nontraditional
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- CIM
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White43%
- International24%
- Asian17%
- Hispanic6%
- Two or more races4%
- Black3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
- Unknown1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$93k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 1
What you can study.