Rocky MountainsSuburbanFor-Profit4-yearVisual & Performing

Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design

Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

Lakewood, CO1,888 students
Acceptance Rate
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open admission
Median SAT
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Net Price After Aid
$27.5k
Sticker $23.7k
Graduation Rate
37%
6-year, full-time

Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design is a for-profit institution in Lakewood, CO and 1,888 students. The average net price after financial aid is $27,459 per year.

About Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design

A for-profit 4-year suburban university in Lakewood, CO.

Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design campus
Campus · Lakewood

Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design is a college in Lakewood, CO. It enrolls roughly 1,888 students.

Rocky MountainsSuburbanFor-Profit4-yearVisual & Performing
Acceptance Rate
—
Open Admission
Total Enrollment
1,888
Small
Retention
58%
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
37%
6-year, full-time

Your chances at this school

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Acceptance Rate
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Admitted Student GPA
2.77
Average across admitted students

Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

What strengthens an application here

  1. A GPA near 2.77 or higher
    This is the average across admitted students.
  2. Depth in one or two activities
    Sustained commitment, a leadership role, or a result in a few activities says more than a long list of memberships.

Your chances estimate is based on your academic profile and activities — it is a guide, not a guarantee of admission. Decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.

Admissions

What it actually takes to get into Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
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Tuition $23,720
Average net price after aid
$27,459
After grants and scholarships

Net price by family income

Average amount paid out of pocket — tuition, fees, and room & board minus all grant aid.

$0 – $30,000
$23,444
$30,001 – $48,000
$26,409
$48,001 – $75,000
$28,579
$75,001 – $110,000
N/A
$110,001 +
$32,376

Net price represents the average cost after grants and scholarships for students receiving federal financial aid.

Pell Grant Recipients
48%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
60%
Avg loan $9,500 / year
Avg Grant Aid
—
Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
12:1
Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Visual & Performing
70% of degrees awarded
Retention
58%
First-years returning
A breakdown of the top majors by share of degrees awarded ships once we finish backfilling per-school program data.

Student body

Who attends Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • White25%
  • Asian30%
  • Hispanic6%
  • Black5%
  • Two or more races33%
  • International1%

Gender

  • Female76%
  • Male24%
International
2%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
—
Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
1,888

Outcomes after graduation

What Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design graduates do next — and what they earn.

Median Earnings
$43.0k
10 years after enrollment
Employed at 2 yrs
—
Working or in grad school
Pursue Grad School
—
Within 5 years
Graduation Rate
37%
6-year, full-time

Is it worth it?

Earnings, debt, and price side by side — context for the cost-vs-payoff question, not a ranking.

Median earnings
$43.0k
10 yrs after entry
Typical debt
$9.5k
median, borrowers only
Avg. net price
$27.5k/yr
after aid
  • These numbers reflect who enrolls, not the value the school adds. A college's earnings can look high simply because it admits wealthier, higher-scoring students — not because of what happens there.
  • Earnings vary far more by major and career path than by school. A school-wide median blends engineers and artists into one number that may match no real student.
  • Federal earnings and debt figures cover only students who received federal aid, so they leave out full-pay students and can skew the picture.
  • Net price is an average across aided students and debt is the median for borrowers only — many students borrow nothing. Your actual cost depends on your own aid package.

What this means

$43k is below the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 37% graduation rate is below the national average.

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