CIA vs VMCAD Academic Comparison

The next list compares two colleges briefly in important perspectives. You can compare two colleges with comprehensive information on the full comparison page.

CIA is a private (not-for-profit) and VMCAD is a private (for-profit) school and both are four-years schools.
CIA has more expensive tuition & fees ($47,880) than VMCAD ($22,500).
CIA has more students with 584 students while VMCAD has 47 students.
VMCAD has a lower number of students per faculty with 6 to 1 while CIA's ratio is 8 to 1.
CIA has more full-time faculties with 52 faculties while VMCAD has 1 full-time faculties.

The following table compares the two rival schools - Cleveland Institute of Art and The North Coast College.

CIA	vs.	VMCAD
Cleveland, Ohio	Location	Lakewood, Ohio
Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)	School Type	four-years, Private (for-profit)
Bachelor's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Bachelor's degree
School of art, music, and design	Carnegie Classification	Baccalaureate College - Diverse Fields
$47,880	2024 Tuition & Fees	$22,500
98%	% Receiving Financial Aid	89%
$23,167	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$7,695

55.97 %	Acceptance Rates	-
23.01 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	-
1,160	SAT Score	-
23	ACT Score	-
73 %	Graduation Rate	23 %
8 %	Transfer-out Rate	-
80 %	Retention Rate	-
584	Student Population	47
52	Number of Faculties	1
8 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	6 to 1
Distance Learning (Online Classes), Study Abroad	Special Learning Opportunities	Distance Learning (Online Classes), Weekend/Evening College
Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services

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