Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City Art Institute admitted 55% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $31,165 a year. Within six years, 51% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 55%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $63,262 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $31,165 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $27,174 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $45,674 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 51%
- Students who return for a second year
- 78%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $40,314 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 812
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 48%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 10 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Visual and performing arts
- 75%
- Communications technologies
- 25%
- English language and literature
- 1%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- University of Puerto Rico-Humacao PR · 55% admitted
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA · 55% admitted
- Anderson University SC · 55% admitted
- Florida International University FL · 55% admitted
- Illinois Institute of Technology IL · 55% admitted
- San Francisco Conservatory of Music CA · 55% admitted
More colleges in Missouri
- University of Missouri-Columbia MO · 79% admitted
- Missouri State University-Springfield MO · 91% admitted
- Washington University in St Louis MO · 12% admitted
- Saint Louis University MO · 75% admitted
- University of Missouri-Kansas City MO · 72% admitted
- Southeast Missouri State University MO · 74% admitted
- Maryville University of Saint Louis MO · 95% admitted
- University of Central Missouri MO · 64% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.