Cleveland Institute of Art - Admission Criteria

• Academic ranking criteria for this college is listed below. Academic criteria are ranked in order of importance from 1 (Most important) through 5 (Least important) or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  1	Secondary School Record
  N	Class Rank
  3	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  4	Essay

• The following non-academic criteria are indicated as E (Emphasized), I (Important), C Considered, or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  I	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  E	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank for 1994

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 2.7.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	12%
  Second fifth	35%
  Third fifth	25%
  Fourth fifth	20%
  Bottom fifth	8%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• The majority of accepted applicants took the ACT test.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 79%, SAT math scores over 500 62%, ACT scores over 18 83%, SAT verbal scores over 600 30%, SAT math scores over 600 19%, ACT scores over 24 33%, SAT verbal scores over 700 0%, SAT math scores over 700 0%, ACT scores over 30 1%

• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  24-29	n/a	n/a	7%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	60%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	32%
  Unknown	n/a	n/a	1%