Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools

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2021 Undergraduate Tuition

$33,600

4.35% growth from 2020

2021 Average Net Price

$33,430

After Financial Aid

2021 Acceptance Rate

60%

92,924 Applicants

2021 Enrolled Students

91,691

83.1% Full-Time

2021 Graduation Rate

63.7%

8,681 Graduates

About

Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools is a Carnegie Classification grouping of higher education institutions. In 2021, the most popular Bachelor's Degree concentrations at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools were Illustration (1,728 degrees awarded), Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, & Special Effects (1,523 degrees), and General Fine Studio Arts (1,173 degrees).

In 2021, 22,611 degrees were awarded across all undergraduate and graduate programs at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools. 64% of these degrees were awarded to women, and 36% awarded men. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients was white (8,468 degrees), 3.45 times more than then the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (2,455 degrees).

The median undergraduate tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools is $33,600, which is $23,400 more than than the national median of $10,200. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $33,600, which is 100% of the cost for in-state students, and is $19,026 more than than the national median $14,574.

Special Focus Institutions

Costs

The median in-state tuition for Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools is $33,600, which is $23,202 more than than the national median in-state tuition of $10,398. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $33,600, which is 100% of the cost for in-state students, and is $19,026 more than than the national median out-of-state tuition of $14,574.

After taking grants and loans into account, the average net price for students is $33,430.

Tuition Costs

$33,600

2021 Undergraduate Tuition

In 2021, the cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools was $33,600, which is 100% of the cost for in-state students, which was $33,600. The cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools is $19,026 more than than the overall (public and private) national median of $14,574, and the in-state tuition is $23,202 more than than the overall (public and private) national median $10,398.

This chart compares the tuition costs of Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools (in red) with those of other similar universities.

Average Net Price

$33,430

2021 Value

5.68%

1 Year Growth

In 2021 Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools had an average net price — the price paid after factoring in grants and loans — of $33,430. Between 2020 and 2021, the average net price of Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools grew by 5.68%.

This chart compares the average net price of Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools (in red) with that of other similar universities.

Average net price is calculated from full-time beginning undergraduate students who were awarded a grant or scholarship from federal, state or local governments, or the institution.

Other Student Expenses

$13,500

Room and Board

$1,500

Books and Supplies

The average yearly cost of room and board at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools was of $13,500 in 2021. The cost of room and board increased by 0.267% between 2020 and 2021.

During the same period, the average yearly cost of books and supplies was $1,500. The cost of books and supplies did not change during the same period.

This chart compares the average student costs at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools (in red) with that of similar universities.

Financial Aid by Income Level

84%

Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Grants

49%

Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Loans

84% of undergraduate students at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools received financial aid through grants or loans in 2021. This represents a growth of 1.2% with respect to 2020, when 83% of undergraduate students received financial aid.

This chart compares the average award discount at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools (in red) with that of other similar universities.

The average award discount is the ratio between the average grant or scholarship value, and the cost, which is the sum of out-of-state tuition, room, board, book, supplies, and other expenses.

Admissions

Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools received 92,924 undergraduate applications in 2021, which represents a 1.34% annual growth. Out of those 92,924 applicants, 55,738 students were accepted for enrollment, representing a 60% acceptance rate.

There were 91,691 students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools in 2021. 17.8% of first-time enrollees submitted SAT scores with their applications.

Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools has an overall enrollment yield of 24.4%, which represents the number of admitted students who ended up enrolling.

Acceptance Rate

60%

Acceptance Rate in 2021

55,738

Accepted Out of 92,924

In 2021, the undergraduate acceptance rate of Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools was 60% (55,738 admissions from 92,924 applications). This is lower than the acceptance rate of 2020, which was 61.8%. Between 2020 and 2021, the number of applicants grew by 1.34%, while admissions declined by −1.63%..

This chart compares the acceptance rate of Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools (in red) with that of other similar universities, and the chart below shows the acceptance rate by gender.

SAT Scores

17.8%

Submission Percentage (2021)

692

Scores Submitted (2021)

17.8% of enrolled first-time students at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools in 2021 submitted SAT scores with their applications.

This chart shows the SAT scores for the 25th and 75th percentile of applicants broken out into each section of the test that their are evaluated on.

Enrollment

Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools had a total enrollment of 91,691 students in 2021. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools is 76,209 students and the part-time enrollment is 15,482. This means that 83.1% of students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools are enrolled full-time.

The enrolled student population at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools, both undergraduate and graduate, is 38% White, 11.8% Hispanic or Latino, 8.41% Black or African American, 8.07% Asian, 3.29% Two or More Races, 0.394% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.186% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders.

Students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools in full-time Undergraduate programs are most commonly White Female (26.2%), followed by White Male (13.4%) and Hispanic or Latino Female (7.95%). Students enrolled in full-time Graduate programs are most commonly White Female (18.9%), followed by White Male (11.3%) and Asian Female (4.65%).

Full-Time vs Part-Time Enrollment

83.1%

Full-Time Enrollment

The total enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools in 2021, both undergraduate and graduate, is 91,691 students. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools is 76,209 and the part-time enrollment is 15,482. This means that 83.1% of students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools are enrolled full-time compared with 69.7% at similar Special Focus Institutions.

This chart shows the full-time vs part-time enrollment status at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools (in red) compares to similar universities.

Retention Rate over Time

76%

2021 Retention Rate

Retention rate measures the number of first-time students who began their studies the previous fall and returned to school the following fall. The retention rate for full-time undergraduates at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools was 76%. Compared with the full-time retention rate at similar Special Focus Institutions (69%), Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools had a retention rate higher than its peers.

This chart shows the retention rate over time at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools (highlighted in red) compares to similar universities.

Enrollment by Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity (2021)

White
34,870 enrolled students
Hispanic or Latino
10,858 enrolled students
Black or African American
7,712 enrolled students

The enrolled student population at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools is 38% White, 11.8% Hispanic or Latino, 8.41% Black or African American, 8.07% Asian, 3.29% Two or More Races, 0.394% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.186% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders. This includes both full-time and part-time students as well as graduate and undergraduates. By comparison, enrollment for all Special Focus Institutions is 43.6% White, 18.4% Hispanic or Latino, and 14% Black or African American.

Any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis is categorized as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the share of those students are shown in the chart below. Additionally, 5,624 students (6.13%) did not report their race.

Graduates

In 2021, 6,323 more women than men received degrees from Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools is white (8,468 degrees awarded). There were 3.45 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (2455 degrees).

The most common Bachelor's Degree concentration at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools is Illustration (1,511 degrees awarded), followed by Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, & Special Effects (1,244 degrees) and General Fine Studio Arts (809 degrees).

In 2021, the most specialized majors across all degree types at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools, meaning they have significantly more degrees awarded in that concentration than the national average across all institutions, are Communication Technologies (1,748 degrees awarded), Visual & Performing Arts (14,630 degrees), and Architecture and Related Services (1,026 degrees).

Common Jobs by Major

Other managers

Most Common Job

The most common jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools are Other managers (133,201 people), Elementary & middle school teachers (125,798 people), Architects, except landscape and naval (105,472 people), Graphic designers (96,588 people), and Other designers (83,408 people).

The most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools in 2021 are Communication Technologies (1,748 degrees awarded), Visual & Performing Arts (14,630 degrees), Architecture and Related Services (1,026 degrees), Engineering Technologies (596 degrees), and Human Sciences (375 degrees) (as of 2021).

Highest Paying Jobs by Major

Cardiovascular technologists and technicians

Highest Paying Job

The highest paying jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools are Cardiovascular technologists and technicians, Surgeons, Magnetic resonance imaging technologists, Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents, and Aircraft pilots & flight engineers

The most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools are Communication Technologies (1,748 degrees awarded), Visual & Performing Arts (14,630 degrees), Architecture and Related Services (1,026 degrees), Engineering Technologies (596 degrees), and Human Sciences (375 degrees) (as of 2021).

Common Industries by Major

Elementary & secondary schools

Most Common Industry

The most common industries for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools are Elementary & secondary schools (263,955 people), Architectural, engineering & related services (181,172 people), Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (157,649 people), Computer Systems Design (122,635 people), and Construction (104,560 people).

Majors Awarded

IPEDS uses the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) standard, so the categories may not match the exact concentrations offered by Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools.

Most Common (2021)

Illustration
1,511 degrees awarded
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, & Special Effects
1,244 degrees awarded
General Fine Studio Arts
809 degrees awarded

In 2021, the most common bachelors degree concentration at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools was Illustration with 1,511 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of degree-majors recipients from bachelors degree programs at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools according to their major.

Sex Breakdown for Common Majors

8,144

Degrees Awarded to Men

in 2021

14,467

Degrees Awarded to Women

in 2021

In 2021, 8,144 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools, which is 0.563 times less than the number of degrees awarded to females (14,467).

This chart displays the sex disparity between the top 5 majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools by degrees awarded.

Most Common Male Majors

In 2021, 641 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools in Cinematography & Film Production, which is 1.25 times more than the 512 female recipients with that same degree.

Most Common Female Majors

In 2021, 1304 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools in Illustration, which is 3.08 times more than the 424 male recipients with that same degree.

Time to Complete

51%

100% Completion Time

61%

150% Completion Time

In 2021, 51% of students graduating from Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools completed their program within 100% "normal time" (i.e. 4 years for a 4-year degree). Comparatively, 61% completed their degrees within 150% of the normal time, and 61.5% within 200%.

The following chart shows these completion rates over time compared to the average for the Special Focus Institutions Carnegie Classification group.

Graduation rate is defined as the percentage of full-time, first-time students who received a degree or award within a specific percentage of "normal time" to completion for their program.

Graduation Rate by Race and Sex

Showing demographic groups with ≥ 5 graduating students.

Asian Female

Highest Graduation Rate (76%)

The student demographic with the highest graduation rate in 2021 at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools is Female and Asian (76% graduation rate). Across all Special Focus Institutions, Asian Female students have the highest graduation rate (72.9%).

The department of education defines graduation rate as the percentage of full-time, first-time students who received a degree or award within 150% of "normal time" to completion.

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) categorizes any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the graduation rate of those students is shown in the chart below. Additionally, 12.5% of graduates (1083 students) did not report their race.

Race & Ethnicity by Share

Most Common Student Race or Ethnicity (2021)

White
8,468 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino
2,455 degrees awarded
Asian
1,655 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools is white (8,468 degrees awarded). There were 3.45 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (2455 degrees).

5.76% of degree recipients (1,302 students) did not report their race.

Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Sex Demographic (2021)

White Female
5,414 degrees awarded
White Male
3,054 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino Female
1,481 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity and sex grouping at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools is white female (5,414 degrees awarded). There were 1.77 times more white female recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, white male (3054 degrees).

Operations

Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools has an endowment valued at nearly $34M, as of the end of the 2021 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of 1.07B (3.14k%) compared to the 4.56% average return (574k on 12.6M) across all Special Focus Institutions.

In 2021, Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools had a total salary expenditure of 18.1M. Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools employs 1,476 Professors, 1,214 No academic ranks and 768 Associate professors. Most academics at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools are Male Professor (859), Male No academic rank (704), and Female Professor (617).

The most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools are: Management, with 2,614 employees, Office and Administrative Support, with 1,663 employees, and Community, Social Service, Legal, Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media with 1,422 employees.

Endowment

$34M

2021 Endowment

23.1%

growth from 2020

Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools has an endowment valued at about $34M, as of the end of the 2021 fiscal year. The endowment of Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools grew 23.1% from the previous year. The value of their endowment was $21.4M higher than than the median endowment of Special Focus Institutions according to the Carnegie Classification grouping.

This line chart shows how the endowment at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools (in red) compares to that of some similar universities.

The small bar chart below shows the endowment quintiles for all universities in the Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools Carnegie Classification grouping.

Government Grants and Contracts

Grants & Contracts

$126M - Federal
$7.42M - State
$3.54M - Local

As of 2021, Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools received $126M in grants and contracts from the federal government, $7.42M from state grants and contracts, and $3.54M from local grants and contracts.

Salary Expenditure

$7.39M

2021 Salaries

10%

decline from 2020

In 2021, Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools paid a median of $7.39M in salaries, which represents 40.9% of their overall expenditure ($18.1M) and a 10% decline from the previous year.

The median for similar Special Focus Institutions is 3.06M (42.8% of overall expenditures).

Instructional Salaries

$357M

Instructional Salaries

4,525

Number of Employees

In 2021, Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools paid a total of $357M to 4,525 employees working as instructors, which represents 25.1% of all salaries paid.

This is compared to a median of $871k (28.4%) for similar Special Focus Institutions.

Occupations by Share

Professor

Most Common Instructor

1,476 Employees

Management

Most Common Non-Instructional Employee

2,614 Employees

In 2021, the most common positions for instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools were Professor with 1,476 employees, No academic rank with 1,214 employees, and Associate professor with 768 employees.

In 2021, the most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools were Management with 2,614 employees, Office and Administrative Support with 1,663 employees, and Community, Social Service, Legal, Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media with 1,422 employees.

Instructors by Academic Rank and Sex

Most Common Demographic (2021)

Male Professor
Male No academic rank
Female Professor

In 2021, the most common demographic for instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools was Male Professor with 859 employees, Male No academic rank with 704 employees, and Female Professor with 617 employees.

This chart shows the sex split between each academic rank present at Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools.