The information presented below is required by the Student Right-to-Know Act as amended by the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA). Institutions are required to disclose their graduation rate information for first-time freshmen who graduate within six years of starting their studies. The current rate for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago is 70 percent. This information does not include transfer, exchange, or special certificate students for whom the graduation rate is higher.
| Graduation Rate Entering Fall 2013 / Graduating by Aug 2019 |
70% | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Males | 66% | |
| Female | 71% | |
| Ethnicity | ||
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 67% | |
| Asian | 67% | |
| Black or African American | 67% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 50% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 100% | |
| White | 67% | |
| Two or more races | 33% | |
| Race/ethnicity unknown | 60% | |
| Nonresident alien | 83% | |
| Financial Aid | ||
| Pell Grant Recipients | 56% | |
| Federal Stafford Loan Recipients | 64% | |
| Students who did not receive a Pell Grant or Loan | 76% | |
The first-year retention rate of first-time, full-time bachelor’s degree-seeking students entering the institution during the fall 2018 period as reported to IPEDS is 82 percent.
