Cranbrook Academy of Art
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 6 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 5 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data5 · 83.3%
- Failing1 · 16.7%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
National Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation
National Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 5
- Apr 2022Renewal of AccreditationNational Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation
- Jan 2021Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- Aug 2020Renewal of AccreditationNational Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation
- Oct 2019Renewal of AccreditationNational Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation
- Aug 2014Change in Agency recognitionNational Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation · Art and Design (ART) - Degree-granting schools and departments and non-degree-granting programs
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, students received in Pell grants, alongside $2.2M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 47 borrowers who entered repayment, 1 (2.1%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Cranbrook Academy of Art
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Cranbrook Academy of Art vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Cranbrook Academy of Art selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectCranbrook Academy of Art | — | — | 113 | — | — |
Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science | — | — | 107 | — | — |
College for Creative Studies | 71% | 91.9% | 1,433 | $33,342 | — |
Art Academy of Cincinnati | 41% | 34.5% | 213 | $38,041 | — |
Cleveland Institute of Music | 72% | 47.3% | 293 | $32,623 | — |
Mid-America College of Funeral Service | — | — | 279 | $25,456 | — |
| Peer group median | 71% | 47.3% | 246 | $32,983 |
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