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Student Achievement

This central location of student achievement information was designed to meet federal reporting and disclosure requirements of the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) enacted on August 14, 2008.

Postgraduate Activities

Of the 2023-24 graduating class, 28.5% responded to the First Destination survey. While alumni tend to continue their independent creative practice, 34% were employed by external employers at six months after graduation. Those alumni earned on average $42,000 per year for undergraduates and $150,000 per year for graduate students. Nearly 10% decided to continue their education and training.

Student Persistence: Comparative Retention and Graduation Rates

77% MCAD
66% National
*The retention rate is the percentage of Fall 2021 first-time, full-time freshmen who returned Fall 2022.

66% MCAD
64% National
**The graduation rate is the percentage of Fall 2015 first-time, full-time freshmen who graduated after six-years (through 8/31/2021).

Source: The National Student Clearinghouse for the national average retention rate from 2020 and the national average graduation rate for Fall 2015 first-time, full-time undergraduates.

Additional Six-Year Graduation Rate Information Specific to MCAD

By Gender

  • Male 67%
  • Female 66%

By Race/Ethnicity

  • Asian 43%
  • Black 75%
  • Hispanic 67%
  • International 50%
  • Two or more races 63%
  • Unknown 71%
  • White 67%

For Pell Grant Recipients 72%

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Land Acknowledgement

The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) acknowledges it is located on traditional, ancestral, and contemporary lands of Indigenous people. This is the ancestral homeland of the Dakota and Ojibwe people, who were forcibly exiled from the land because of aggressive and persistent settler colonialism. We recognize that this place has a complex and layered history. As a community dedicated to creativity, MCAD is committed to ongoing efforts to support and advocate for American Indian Nations and peoples.


Nondiscrimination Policy

MCAD admits students of any race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, or marital status to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, or marital status in the administration of its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.