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Kansas City Art Institute

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Population 1,900,000
United States map with state borders, rivers, lakes, and Alaska and Hawaii insets
Kansas City, MO

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,750 (74%)
Days Without Precipitation 255 (62%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 817
Men / Women 21% / 79%
From State 47%
From Region 26%

Racial/Ethnic

White 61%
Hispanic 17%
Black 9%
Mixed 7%
Asian 4%
Native American 1%
International 0%

Men in the Entering Class

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Men: 36.2% 36.2% 2012 Men: 37.1% 37.1% 2013 Men: 27.0% 27.0% 2014 Men: 27.6% 27.6% 2015 Men: 25.3% 25.3% 2016 Men: 21.5% 21.5% 2017 Men: 28.1% 28.1% 2018 Men: 26.6% 26.6% 2019 Men: 23.0% 23.0% 2020 Men: 22.6% 22.6% 2021 Men: 21.7% 21.7% 2022 Men: 22.7% 22.7% 2023 Men: 19.3% 19.3% 2024 Men: 21.5% 21.5% 2025 Men: 24.1% 24.1%

Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 1.8% 1.8% 2017 Native: 1.8% 1.8% 2018 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2019 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 1.9% 1.9% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2025 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2011 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2013 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2014 Asian: 3.7% 3.7% 2015 Asian: 4.1% 4.1% 2016 Asian: 3.1% 3.1% 2017 Asian: 2.9% 2.9% 2018 Asian: 6.5% 6.5% 2019 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2020 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2021 Asian: 3.3% 3.3% 2022 Asian: 4.3% 4.3% 2023 Asian: 3.2% 3.2% 2024 Asian: 3.3% 3.3% 2025 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2011 Black: 5.6% 5.6% 2012 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Black: 10.6% 10.6% 2014 Black: 6.7% 6.7% 2015 Black: 7.5% 7.5% 2016 Black: 7.4% 7.4% 2017 Black: 0.6% 0.6% 2018 Black: 5.0% 5.0% 2019 Black: 8.2% 8.2% 2020 Black: 8.6% 8.6% 2021 Black: 11.4% 11.4% 2022 Black: 10.1% 10.1% 2023 Black: 9.1% 9.1% 2024 Black: 9.9% 9.9% 2025 Black: 10.2% 10.2% 2011 Hispanic: 6.6% 6.6% 2012 Hispanic: 2.9% 2.9% 2013 Hispanic: 7.8% 7.8% 2014 Hispanic: 9.7% 9.7% 2015 Hispanic: 5.5% 5.5% 2016 Hispanic: 4.3% 4.3% 2017 Hispanic: 5.8% 5.8% 2018 Hispanic: 7.9% 7.9% 2019 Hispanic: 12.6% 12.6% 2020 Hispanic: 12.4% 12.4% 2021 Hispanic: 10.3% 10.3% 2022 Hispanic: 17.9% 17.9% 2023 Hispanic: 11.8% 11.8% 2024 Hispanic: 13.6% 13.6% 2025 Hispanic: 22.7% 22.7% 2011 White: 66.8% 66.8% 2012 White: 82.9% 82.9% 2013 White: 55.3% 55.3% 2014 White: 53.0% 53.0% 2015 White: 63.7% 63.7% 2016 White: 63.8% 63.8% 2017 White: 57.3% 57.3% 2018 White: 60.4% 60.4% 2019 White: 63.9% 63.9% 2020 White: 64.0% 64.0% 2021 White: 61.4% 61.4% 2022 White: 54.6% 54.6% 2023 White: 68.4% 68.4% 2024 White: 59.5% 59.5% 2025 White: 56.9% 56.9% 2011 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2017 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2022 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2025 International: 0.9% 0.9%

Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates

0 250 500 750 1,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Total: 766 766 2012 Total: 810 810 2013 Total: 735 735 2014 Total: 643 643 2015 Total: 630 630 2016 Total: 625 625 2017 Total: 655 655 2018 Total: 660 660 2019 Total: 692 692 2020 Total: 710 710 2021 Total: 707 707 2022 Total: 727 727 2023 Total: 739 739 2024 Total: 783 783 2025 Total: 817 817 2011 Men: 294 294 2012 Men: 305 305 2013 Men: 267 267 2014 Men: 224 224 2015 Men: 208 208 2016 Men: 166 166 2017 Men: 185 185 2018 Men: 190 190 2019 Men: 189 189 2020 Men: 193 193 2021 Men: 196 196 2022 Men: 188 188 2023 Men: 166 166 2024 Men: 165 165 2025 Men: 174 174 2011 Women: 472 472 2012 Women: 505 505 2013 Women: 468 468 2014 Women: 419 419 2015 Women: 422 422 2016 Women: 459 459 2017 Women: 470 470 2018 Women: 470 470 2019 Women: 503 503 2020 Women: 517 517 2021 Women: 511 511 2022 Women: 539 539 2023 Women: 573 573 2024 Women: 618 618 2025 Women: 643 643

Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 1.3% 1.3% 2012 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2013 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2014 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2017 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2018 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2019 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2022 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2023 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2024 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2025 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2011 Asian: 2.6% 2.6% 2012 Asian: 2.0% 2.0% 2013 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2014 Asian: 2.5% 2.5% 2015 Asian: 3.0% 3.0% 2016 Asian: 2.6% 2.6% 2017 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2018 Asian: 4.1% 4.1% 2019 Asian: 4.5% 4.5% 2020 Asian: 4.4% 4.4% 2021 Asian: 5.0% 5.0% 2022 Asian: 5.0% 5.0% 2023 Asian: 4.5% 4.5% 2024 Asian: 3.7% 3.7% 2025 Asian: 3.5% 3.5% 2011 Black: 3.9% 3.9% 2012 Black: 3.3% 3.3% 2013 Black: 5.0% 5.0% 2014 Black: 5.8% 5.8% 2015 Black: 5.7% 5.7% 2016 Black: 6.4% 6.4% 2017 Black: 4.0% 4.0% 2018 Black: 6.1% 6.1% 2019 Black: 6.5% 6.5% 2020 Black: 6.5% 6.5% 2021 Black: 7.8% 7.8% 2022 Black: 7.7% 7.7% 2023 Black: 8.3% 8.3% 2024 Black: 7.9% 7.9% 2025 Black: 8.6% 8.6% 2011 Hispanic: 6.5% 6.5% 2012 Hispanic: 4.2% 4.2% 2013 Hispanic: 7.3% 7.3% 2014 Hispanic: 7.8% 7.8% 2015 Hispanic: 7.3% 7.3% 2016 Hispanic: 7.4% 7.4% 2017 Hispanic: 7.0% 7.0% 2018 Hispanic: 11.4% 11.4% 2019 Hispanic: 12.3% 12.3% 2020 Hispanic: 12.4% 12.4% 2021 Hispanic: 12.6% 12.6% 2022 Hispanic: 14.3% 14.3% 2023 Hispanic: 14.6% 14.6% 2024 Hispanic: 14.7% 14.7% 2025 Hispanic: 16.6% 16.6% 2011 White: 67.6% 67.6% 2012 White: 65.4% 65.4% 2013 White: 62.7% 62.7% 2014 White: 61.6% 61.6% 2015 White: 62.5% 62.5% 2016 White: 62.7% 62.7% 2017 White: 62.4% 62.4% 2018 White: 63.9% 63.9% 2019 White: 66.3% 66.3% 2020 White: 66.3% 66.3% 2021 White: 64.6% 64.6% 2022 White: 61.3% 61.3% 2023 White: 61.7% 61.7% 2024 White: 60.8% 60.8% 2025 White: 60.6% 60.6% 2011 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2013 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2014 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2017 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2018 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2019 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2020 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2021 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2022 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2023 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2024 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2025 International: 0.5% 0.5%

Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Kansas City Art Institute 161 20% 59% 4% 9% 16% 1% $38,596 0 -1.14 3 93%
Creative Writing 1 +3 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $37,131 1 -1.86 2 — — — — —
Animation 40 — 30% 55% 2% 5% 25% 2% $33,043 1 -1.53 2 88% — — — —
Art History — +7 — — — — — — $36,793 7 -1.17 2 94% — — — —
Ceramics 9 — 11% 67% 0% 11% 11% 0% $36,793 9 -1.07 2 94% — — — —
Fiber, Textile and Weaving Arts 10 — 10% 40% 0% 10% 30% 0% $36,793 1 -2.46 2 94% — — — —
Film Production 7 — 14% 43% 0% 14% 29% 0% $45,748 25 -0.48 6 95% — — — —
Graphic Design 12 — 17% 67% 0% 8% 8% 0% $43,487 6 -1.29 5 96% — — — —
Illustration 34 — 29% 59% 12% 9% 12% 0% $43,487 35 -0.36 5 96% — — — —
Industrial and Product Design 1 — 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $43,487 6 -1.29 5 96% — — — —
Painting 26 — 8% 73% 0% 0% 12% 4% $36,793 9 -1.07 2 94% — — — —
Photography 7 — 29% 29% 0% 43% 14% 0% $45,748 20 -0.67 6 95% — — — —
Printmaking 9 — 0% 67% 11% 11% 0% 0% $36,793 1 -1.81 2 94% — — — —
Sculpture 5 — 20% 80% 0% 0% 20% 0% $36,793 9 -1.07 2 94% — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $47,668
ROI Percentile 3th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 78%
4-Year Graduation Rate 49%
6-Year Graduation Rate 58%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 76.7% 76.7% 2012 Graduated: 59.0% 59.0% 2013 Graduated: 57.9% 57.9% 2014 Graduated: 52.9% 52.9% 2015 Graduated: 66.1% 66.1% 2016 Graduated: 58.3% 58.3% 2017 Graduated: 54.5% 54.5% 2018 Graduated: 61.3% 61.3% 2019 Graduated: 61.0% 61.0% 2020 Graduated: 57.5% 57.5% 2021 Graduated: 62.1% 62.1% 2022 Graduated: 56.8% 56.8% 2023 Graduated: 64.9% 64.9% 2024 Graduated: 58.0% 58.0%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 57.9% 2012 Men: 62.1% 2013 Men: 67.2% 2014 Men: 51.9% 2015 Men: 67.2% 2016 Men: 63.4% 2017 Men: 54.3% 2018 Men: 63.0% 2019 Men: 60.5% 2020 Men: 37.8% 2021 Men: 56.8% 2022 Men: 50.0% 2023 Men: 56.2% 2024 Men: 67.6% 2011 Women: 91.7% 2012 Women: 56.7% 2013 Women: 51.6% 2014 Women: 53.5% 2015 Women: 65.6% 2016 Women: 55.5% 2017 Women: 54.5% 2018 Women: 60.6% 2019 Women: 61.2% 2020 Women: 64.9% 2021 Women: 63.9% 2022 Women: 58.6% 2023 Women: 68.3% 2024 Women: 54.5%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Asian: 100.0% 2012 Asian: 66.7% 2013 Asian: 66.7% 2014 Asian: 100.0% 2015 Asian: 66.7% 2016 Asian: 60.0% 2018 Asian: 100.0% 2019 Asian: 0.0% 2020 Asian: 60.0% 2021 Asian: 50.0% 2022 Asian: 100.0% 2023 Asian: 60.0% 2024 Asian: 88.9% 2011 Black: 75.0% 2012 Black: 33.3% 2013 Black: 0.0% 2014 Black: 37.5% 2015 Black: 33.3% 2016 Black: 57.1% 2017 Black: 72.7% 2018 Black: 100.0% 2019 Black: 66.7% 2020 Black: 55.6% 2021 Black: 50.0% 2022 Black: 41.7% 2023 Black: 50.0% 2024 Black: 42.9% 2011 Hispanic: 33.3% 2012 Hispanic: 75.0% 2013 Hispanic: 66.7% 2014 Hispanic: 50.0% 2015 Hispanic: 77.8% 2016 Hispanic: 46.7% 2017 Hispanic: 69.2% 2018 Hispanic: 42.9% 2019 Hispanic: 63.6% 2020 Hispanic: 69.2% 2021 Hispanic: 63.6% 2022 Hispanic: 42.9% 2023 Hispanic: 50.0% 2024 Hispanic: 54.5% 2011 White: 80.6% 2012 White: 56.4% 2013 White: 57.8% 2014 White: 54.0% 2015 White: 66.9% 2016 White: 58.0% 2017 White: 56.6% 2018 White: 60.2% 2019 White: 59.0% 2020 White: 60.6% 2021 White: 61.3% 2022 White: 56.7% 2023 White: 71.2% 2024 White: 56.6%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Arts 99.4% 160 21% 59% 4% 9% 16% 1% $38,605 5 -1.14 3 93% —
Humanities 0.6% 1 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $37,131 0 -1.86 2 — —

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 60%
Yield (non-ED) 35%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 60% 60% 60%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Acceptance & Yield

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 67.0% 67.0% 2013 Acceptance: 64.3% 64.3% 2014 Acceptance: 60.0% 60.0% 2015 Acceptance: 58.0% 58.0% 2016 Acceptance: 65.0% 65.0% 2017 Acceptance: 67.2% 67.2% 2018 Acceptance: 69.2% 69.2% 2019 Acceptance: 56.6% 56.6% 2020 Acceptance: 59.1% 59.1% 2021 Acceptance: 60.0% 60.0% 2022 Acceptance: 58.5% 58.5% 2023 Acceptance: 60.3% 60.3% 2024 Acceptance: 54.8% 54.8% 2011 Yield: 45.0% 45.0% 2013 Yield: 27.1% 27.1% 2014 Yield: 34.9% 34.9% 2015 Yield: 36.0% 36.0% 2016 Yield: 32.2% 32.2% 2017 Yield: 36.2% 36.2% 2018 Yield: 30.5% 30.5% 2019 Yield: 31.9% 31.9% 2020 Yield: 31.1% 31.1% 2021 Yield: 38.3% 38.3% 2022 Yield: 32.3% 32.3% 2023 Yield: 36.3% 36.3% 2024 Yield: 35.1% 35.1%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 651 651 2013 Applicants: 619 619 2014 Applicants: 612 612 2015 Applicants: 698 698 2016 Applicants: 778 778 2017 Applicants: 704 704 2018 Applicants: 659 659 2019 Applicants: 1,015 1,015 2020 Applicants: 1,005 1,005 2021 Applicants: 897 897 2022 Applicants: 990 990 2023 Applicants: 1,097 1,097 2024 Applicants: 1,125 1,125 2011 Admitted: 436 436 2013 Admitted: 398 398 2014 Admitted: 367 367 2015 Admitted: 405 405 2016 Admitted: 506 506 2017 Admitted: 473 473 2018 Admitted: 456 456 2019 Admitted: 574 574 2020 Admitted: 594 594 2021 Admitted: 538 538 2022 Admitted: 579 579 2023 Admitted: 662 662 2024 Admitted: 616 616 2011 Enrolled: 196 196 2013 Enrolled: 108 108 2014 Enrolled: 128 128 2015 Enrolled: 146 146 2016 Enrolled: 163 163 2017 Enrolled: 171 171 2018 Enrolled: 139 139 2019 Enrolled: 183 183 2020 Enrolled: 185 185 2021 Enrolled: 206 206 2022 Enrolled: 187 187 2023 Enrolled: 240 240 2024 Enrolled: 216 216

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

SAT Composite

900 1000 1100 1200 1300 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 940 940 2013 25th: 930 930 2014 25th: 980 980 2015 25th: 990 990 2016 25th: 940 940 2017 25th: 1020 1020 2011 75th: 1210 1210 2013 75th: 1130 1130 2014 75th: 1200 1200 2015 75th: 1180 1180 2016 75th: 1230 1230 2017 75th: 1280 1280

SAT Math

400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 440 440 2013 25th: 450 450 2014 25th: 460 460 2015 25th: 480 480 2016 25th: 440 440 2017 25th: 470 470 2011 75th: 570 570 2013 75th: 530 530 2014 75th: 570 570 2015 75th: 570 570 2016 75th: 590 590 2017 75th: 620 620

SAT Reading & Writing

400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 500 500 2013 25th: 480 480 2014 25th: 520 520 2015 25th: 510 510 2016 25th: 500 500 2017 25th: 550 550 2011 75th: 640 640 2013 75th: 600 600 2014 75th: 630 630 2015 75th: 610 610 2016 75th: 640 640 2017 75th: 660 660

Submitting a Test Score

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0% 2013 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0% 2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Submitted: 98.0% 98.0% 2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.