Student Achievement Data
Bachelor of Applied Arts
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Job placement
100 percent of our students who graduated in the 2021-2022 school year are employed in design or design-related positions.
Acceptance into graduate programs
None of the graduates from the 2021-2022 school year applied to graduate school.
Student retention
94 percent of the students admitted to the program between 2020 and 2022 have been retained in the program as a major or minor.
Graduation rates
Of the students graduating in the 2022-2023 school year, those who started at CMU as a freshman graduated in an average of 4.3 years. Students who transferred to CMU graduated in an average of 3.4 years. Some students choose to take 12 credits a semester or less to work part or full-time to cover their educational expenses, impacting their ability to graduate within four years.