College · Private nonprofit · Minneapolis, MN · City
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Minneapolis, MN
Admit rate48%
6-yr median pay$35k
Net price / yr$30k
Undergrad size705
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $30k/yr for a shot at a $35k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 48% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter. Admitted students average SAT 1161.
If you get in
705 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 $60k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $30k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$240k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$120k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$120k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback3.4x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $45.5k
- Room & board
- $13.4k
- Books & supplies
- $3,800
How students pay for it.
Pell grants42%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans75%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention78%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr51%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$35k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$41k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out28%
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
- 705
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career · High Nontraditional
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- MCAD
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White64%
- Hispanic12%
- Two or more races7%
- Asian6%
- Black6%
- Unknown2%
- International2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students21%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$52k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 7
What you can study.