VMCAD vs CIA 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.

VMCAD is a private (for-profit) and CIA is a private (not-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 - The North Coast College and Cleveland Institute of Art.

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

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

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