Academy of Art University
Cost & Tuition
Student Debt
Median total debt: $11,000
Students with federal loans: 50.5%
Students with Pell grants: 41.8%
Career Outcomes
All graduates median earnings:
After 1 year: $29,577
After 5 years: $48,625
Majors(22 programs)
- Computer Software and Media Applications.(210 graduates)
- Design and Applied Arts.(123 graduates)
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians.(117 graduates)
- Graphic Communications.(112 graduates)
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts.(100 graduates)
- Apparel and Textiles.(77 graduates)
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.(41 graduates)
- Fine and Studio Arts.(35 graduates)
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.(34 graduates)
- Visual and Performing Arts, General.(34 graduates)
- Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations.(29 graduates)
- Music.(23 graduates)
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians.(12 graduates)
- Journalism.(4 graduates)
- Educational/Instructional Media Design.(4 graduates)
- Computer Programming.(2 graduates)
- Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Business Services.(2 graduates)
- Landscape Architecture.(1 graduates)
- Architecture.
- Communication and Media Studies.
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.
Institution Details
Undergraduate Enrollment: 4,131 students
Retention Rate: 67.3%
Graduation Rate: 40.5%
Student Demographics
White (25.8%)
Hispanic (20.0%)
Black (11.7%)
Asian (6.5%)
Two or More (6.0%)
International (14.7%)
Gender Distribution
Men (42.2%)
Women (57.8%)