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Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design was awarded 3 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is interior design.
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RMCAD was not ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
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Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at RMCAD it is much better at 10 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design is 23%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design this rate is 60%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 21% for first-time, full-time students at RMCAD, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,631 undergraduates at RMCAD with 961 being full-time and 670 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $16,904 | $17,616 | $18,002 | $22,396 | $24,274 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of RMCAD, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 RMCAD, approximately 71% of students took out student loans averaging $10,419 a year. That adds up to $41,676 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at RMCAD is 10.4%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for RMCAD are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1600 Pierce St, Lakewood, CO 80214 |
| Phone: | 303-753-6046 |
| Website: | www.rmcad.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rocky-Mountain-College-of-Art-Design-RMCAD/332804308434 |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/RMCAD |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Design & Applied Arts | 117 | $27,370 |
| Computer Software & Applications | 46 | $40,227 |
| Graphic Communications | 31 | $29,457 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 12 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 1 | NA |
| Instructional Media Design | 0 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 1,848 students took at least one online class at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. This is an increase from the 1,643 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,848 | 1,259 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,643 | 1,008 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,454 | 851 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,054 | 512 |
| 2016-2017 | 869 | 431 |
Learn more about online learning at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design.
Footnotes
*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.
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