Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design

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2021 Undergraduate Tuition
$16,234
3.43% growth from 2020
2021 Average Net Price
$20,440
After Financial Aid
2021 Acceptance Rate
81.3%
1,542 Applicants
2021 Enrolled Students
5,306
80.2% Full-Time
2021 Graduation Rate
73.3%
689 Graduates

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Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design is a Carnegie Classification grouping of higher education institutions. In 2021, the most popular Bachelor's Degree concentrations at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design were General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science (649 degrees awarded), Acting (375 degrees), and Facial Treatment Specialist (150 degrees).

In 2021, 2,474 degrees were awarded across all undergraduate and graduate programs at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design. 71% of these degrees were awarded to women, and 29% awarded men. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients was white (1,334 degrees), 2.91 times more than then the next closest race/ethnicity group, black or african american (458 degrees).

The median undergraduate tuition at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design is $16,234, which is $6,034 more than than the national median of $10,200. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $16,234, which is 100% of the cost for in-state students, and is $1,660 more than than the national median $14,574.

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The median in-state tuition for Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design is $16,234, which is $5,836 more than than the national median in-state tuition of $10,398. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $16,234, which is 100% of the cost for in-state students, and is $1,660 more than than the national median out-of-state tuition of $14,574.

After taking grants and loans into account, the average net price for students is $20,440.

Tuition Costs

$16,234
2021 Undergraduate Tuition

In 2021, the cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design was $16,234, which is 100% of the cost for in-state students, which was $16,234. The cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design is $1,660 more than than the overall (public and private) national median of $14,574, and the in-state tuition is $5,836 more than than the overall (public and private) national median $10,398.

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Average Net Price

$20,440
2021 Value
5.97%
1 Year Growth

In 2021 Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design had an average net price — the price paid after factoring in grants and loans — of $20,440. Between 2020 and 2021, the average net price of Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design grew by 5.97%.

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Average net price is calculated from full-time beginning undergraduate students who were awarded a grant or scholarship from federal, state or local governments, or the institution.

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Other Student Expenses

$8,626
Room and Board
$1,250
Books and Supplies

The average yearly cost of room and board at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design was of $8,626 in 2021. The cost of room and board decreased by 17.1% between 2020 and 2021.

During the same period, the average yearly cost of books and supplies was $1,250. The cost of books and supplies decreased by 3.85% during the same period.

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Financial Aid by Income Level

60.5%
Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Grants
68%
Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Loans

60.5% of undergraduate students at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design received financial aid through grants or loans in 2021. This represents a decline of 5.47% with respect to 2020, when 64% of undergraduate students received financial aid.

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Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design received 1,542 undergraduate applications in 2021, which represents a 4.9% annual growth. Out of those 1,542 applicants, 1,254 students were accepted for enrollment, representing a 81.3% acceptance rate.

There were 5,306 students enrolled at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design in 2021. 18.5% of first-time enrollees submitted SAT scores with their applications.

Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design has an overall enrollment yield of 37.5%, which represents the number of admitted students who ended up enrolling.

Acceptance Rate

81.3%
Acceptance Rate in 2021
1,254
Accepted Out of 1,542

In 2021, the undergraduate acceptance rate of Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design was 81.3% (1,254 admissions from 1,542 applications). This is higher than the acceptance rate of 2020, which was 77.3%. Between 2020 and 2021, the number of applicants grew by 4.9%, while admissions grew by 10.4%..

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SAT Scores

18.5%
Submission Percentage (2021)
7
Scores Submitted (2021)

18.5% of enrolled first-time students at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design in 2021 submitted SAT scores with their applications.

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Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design had a total enrollment of 5,306 students in 2021. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design is 4,253 students and the part-time enrollment is 1,053. This means that 80.2% of students enrolled at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design are enrolled full-time.

The enrolled student population at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design, both undergraduate and graduate, is 50.2% White, 26.6% Black or African American, 12% Hispanic or Latino, 2.81% Two or More Races, 1.24% Asian, 1.06% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.17% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders.

Students enrolled at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design in full-time Undergraduate programs are most commonly White Female (32.8%), followed by Black or African American Female (20.4%) and White Male (14.1%).

Full-Time vs Part-Time Enrollment

80.2%
Full-Time Enrollment

The total enrollment at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design in 2021, both undergraduate and graduate, is 5,306 students. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design is 4,253 and the part-time enrollment is 1,053. This means that 80.2% of students enrolled at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design are enrolled full-time compared with 69.7% at similar Special Focus Institutions.

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Retention Rate over Time

75%
2021 Retention Rate

Retention rate measures the number of first-time students who began their studies the previous fall and returned to school the following fall. The retention rate for full-time undergraduates at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design was 75%. Compared with the full-time retention rate at similar Special Focus Institutions (69%), Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design had a retention rate higher than its peers.

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Enrollment by Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity (2021)
  1. White
    2,662 enrolled students
  2. Black or African American
    1,409 enrolled students
  3. Hispanic or Latino
    635 enrolled students

The enrolled student population at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design is 50.2% White, 26.6% Black or African American, 12% Hispanic or Latino, 2.81% Two or More Races, 1.24% Asian, 1.06% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.17% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders. This includes both full-time and part-time students as well as graduate and undergraduates. By comparison, enrollment for all Special Focus Institutions is 43.6% White, 18.4% Hispanic or Latino, and 14% Black or African American.

Any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis is categorized as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the share of those students are shown in the chart below. Additionally, 162 students (3.05%) did not report their race.

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In 2021, 1,038 more women than men received degrees from Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design is white (1,334 degrees awarded). There were 2.91 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, black or african american (458 degrees).

The most common Associates Degree concentration at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design is General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science (559 degrees awarded), followed by Acting (360 degrees) and Funeral Direction (93 degrees).

In 2021,  the most specialized majors across all degree types at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design, meaning they have significantly more degrees awarded in that concentration than the national average across all institutions, are Personal & Culinary Services (1,485 degrees awarded), Visual & Performing Arts (687 degrees), and Transportation (68 degrees).

Common Jobs by Major

Most Common Job

The most common jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design are Registered nurses (1,349,176 people), Medical & health services managers (151,941 people), Other managers (144,910 people), Elementary & middle school teachers (133,940 people), and Pharmacists (133,216 people).

The most specialized majors at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design in 2021 are Personal & Culinary Services (1,485 degrees awarded), Visual & Performing Arts (687 degrees), Transportation (68 degrees), Communication Technologies (15 degrees), and Health (193 degrees) (as of 2021).

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Highest Paying Jobs by Major

Highest Paying Job

The highest paying jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design are Physicians, Chief executives & legislators, Surgeons, Personal financial advisors, and Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers

The most specialized majors at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design are Personal & Culinary Services (1,485 degrees awarded), Visual & Performing Arts (687 degrees), Transportation (68 degrees), Communication Technologies (15 degrees), and Health (193 degrees) (as of 2021).

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Common Industries by Major

The most common industries for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design are General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (1,491,317 people), Elementary & secondary schools (384,427 people), Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (246,991 people), Outpatient care centers (232,703 people), and Offices of physicians (204,736 people).

The most specialized majors at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design are Personal & Culinary Services (1,485 degrees awarded), Visual & Performing Arts (687 degrees), Transportation (68 degrees), Communication Technologies (15 degrees), and Health (193 degrees) (as of 2021).

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Majors Awarded

IPEDS uses the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) standard, so the categories may not match the exact concentrations offered by Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design.
Most Common (2021)
  1. 559 degrees awarded
  2. 360 degrees awarded
  3. 93 degrees awarded

In 2021, the most common associates degree concentration at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design was General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science with 559 degrees awarded.

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Sex Breakdown for Common Majors

718
Degrees Awarded to Men
in 2021
1,756
Degrees Awarded to Women
in 2021

In 2021, 718 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design, which is 0.409 times less than the number of degrees awarded to females (1,756).

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Most Common Male Majors

In 2021, 209 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design in General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science, which is 0.475 times less than the 440 female recipients with that same degree.

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Most Common Female Majors

In 2021, 440 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design in General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science, which is 2.11 times more than the 209 male recipients with that same degree.

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Time to Complete

66%
100% Completion Time
72%
150% Completion Time

In 2021, 66% of students graduating from Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design completed their program within 100% "normal time" (i.e. 4 years for a 4-year degree). Comparatively, 72% completed their degrees within 150% of the normal time, and 76% within 200%.

The following chart shows these completion rates over time compared to the average for the Special Focus Institutions Carnegie Classification group.

Graduation rate is defined as the percentage of full-time, first-time students who received a degree or award within a specific percentage of "normal time" to completion for their program.

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Graduation Rate by Race and Sex

Showing demographic groups with ≥ 5 graduating students.
Asian Female
Highest Graduation Rate (100%)

The student demographic with the highest graduation rate in 2021 at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design is Female and Asian (100% graduation rate). Across all Special Focus Institutions, Asian Female students have the highest graduation rate (72.9%).

The department of education defines graduation rate as the percentage of full-time, first-time students who received a degree or award within 150% of "normal time" to completion.

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) categorizes any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the graduation rate of those students is shown in the chart below. Additionally, 1.45% of graduates (10 students) did not report their race.

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Race & Ethnicity by Share

Most Common Student Race or Ethnicity (2021)
  1. White
    1,334 degrees awarded
  2. Black or African American
    458 degrees awarded
  3. Hispanic or Latino
    305 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design is white (1,334 degrees awarded). There were 2.91 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, black or african american (458 degrees).

5.94% of degree recipients (147 students) did not report their race.

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Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Sex Demographic (2021)
  1. White Female
    925 degrees awarded
  2. White Male
    409 degrees awarded
  3. Black or African American Female
    317 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity and sex grouping at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design is white female (925 degrees awarded). There were 2.26 times more white female recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, white male (409 degrees).

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Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design has an endowment valued at nearly $2.12M, as of the end of the 2021 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of 4.35M (206%) compared to the 4.56% average return (574k on 12.6M) across all Special Focus Institutions.

In 2021, Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design had a total salary expenditure of 3.02M. Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design employs 88 Instructors, 20 No academic ranks and 13 Professors. Most academics at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design are Female Instructor (51), Male Instructor (37), and Female No academic rank (11).

The most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design are: Management, with 74 employees, Office and Administrative Support, with 63 employees, and Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services with 61 employees.

Endowment

$2.12M
2021 Endowment
2.47%
decline from 2020

Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design has an endowment valued at about $2.12M, as of the end of the 2021 fiscal year. The endowment of Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design declined 2.47% from the previous year. The value of their endowment was $10.5M lower than than the median endowment of Special Focus Institutions according to the Carnegie Classification grouping.

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The small bar chart below shows the endowment quintiles for all universities in the Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design Carnegie Classification grouping.

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Government Grants and Contracts

Grants & Contracts
  1. $3.27M - Federal
  2. $1.12M - State
  3. $3.29k - Local

As of 2021, Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design received $3.27M in grants and contracts from the federal government, $1.12M from state grants and contracts, and $3.29k from local grants and contracts.

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Salary Expenditure

$1.11M
2021 Salaries
3.1%
growth from 2020

In 2021, Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design paid a median of $1.11M in salaries, which represents 36.8% of their overall expenditure ($3.02M) and a 3.1% growth from the previous year.

The median for similar Special Focus Institutions is 3.06M (42.8% of overall expenditures).

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Instructional Salaries

$6.26M
Instructional Salaries
121
Number of Employees

In 2021, Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design paid a total of $6.26M to 121 employees working as instructors, which represents 16.4% of all salaries paid.

This is compared to a median of $871k (28.4%) for similar Special Focus Institutions.

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Occupations by Share

Instructor
Most Common Instructor
88 Employees
Management
Most Common Non-Instructional Employee
74 Employees

In 2021, the most common positions for instructional staff at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design were Instructor with 88 employees, No academic rank with 20 employees, and Professor with 13 employees.

In 2021, the most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design were Management with 74 employees, Office and Administrative Support with 63 employees, and Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services with 61 employees.

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Instructors by Academic Rank and Sex

Most Common Demographic (2021)
  1. Female Instructor
  2. Male Instructor
  3. Female No academic rank

In 2021, the most common demographic for instructional staff at Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design was Female Instructor with 51 employees, Male Instructor with 37 employees, and Female No academic rank with 11 employees.

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