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Minneapolis College of Art and Design is a private not-for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

7 Undergraduate Degrees
$35,238 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
55% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Minneapolis College of Art and Design?

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Contact details for MCAD are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2501 Stevens Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone: 612-874-3737
Website: MCAD.EDU
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MCAD.MN
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcad

How Do I Get Into MCAD?

You can apply to MCAD online at: https://mcad.edu/application/portal

Admission Requirements for MCAD

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program recommended
Recommendations required
SAT or ACT Scores recommended
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into MCAD?

55% Acceptance Rate
72% Of Accepted Are Women
With an acceptance rate of 55%, MCAD does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 28% of accepted students are men and 72% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 54%, and the acceptance rate for women is 55%.

Can I Afford Minneapolis College of Art and Design?

$35,238 Net Price
97% Take Out Loans
1.3% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of MCAD is $35,238. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At MCAD, approximately 97% of students took out student loans averaging $6,862 a year. That adds up to $27,448 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at MCAD is 1.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Minneapolis College of Art and Design Undergraduate Student Diversity

644 Full-Time Undergraduates
70% Women
32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 670 undergraduate students at MCAD, with 644 being full-time and 26 being part-time.

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There are also 90 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 644 full-time undergraduates at MCAD, 30% are male and 70% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Minneapolis College of Art and Design students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 61
Black or African American 47
Hispanic or Latino 64
White 412
International Students 14
Other Races/Ethnicities 46

Geographic Diversity

Minnesota students aren't the only ones who study at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. At this time, 27 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 17 countries are represented at MCAD. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Italy, and United Kingdom.

Online Learning at Minneapolis College of Art and Design

68 Took All Classes Online
176 Took At Least One Class Online
17.1% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 176 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at MCAD has changed over the last few years.

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Online Growth Rankings of MCAD

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Minneapolis College of Art and Design was 17.1%. This is the #1,008 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at MCAD regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Minneapolis College of Art and Design Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s TOTAL
Entrepreneurship 7 7
TOTAL 7 7

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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