Cornish College of the Arts
Seattle, WA1000 Lenora Street, Seattle, WA 98121
206-726-5016
Cornish College of the Arts is a private college in Seattle, Washington, USA, founded in 1914. It is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design and the Northwest Association of Schools and of Colleges and Universities. The college offers Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in Art, Dance, Design, Film, Music, and Theater, as well as a Bachelor of Music Education degree, a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing, and a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies. In addition, Cornish offers Master of Fine Arts degrees in Creative Writing and Visual Art, and a Master of Music degree.
Cornish College of the Arts was founded in 1914 by Nellie Cornish, a piano teacher and civic leader. The college began as a school of music and expanded over the years to include the other arts. In the 1920s, the college began offering college-level courses and began granting degrees. In the 1930s, the college moved to its current location in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. The college continued to grow in the 1940s and 1950s, adding new programs and facilities.
Today, Cornish College of the Arts is a vibrant community of artists and students from around the world. The college offers a rigorous curriculum that prepares students for careers in the arts. Cornish graduates have gone on to become leaders in their fields, including Academy Award-winning filmmakers, Grammy-winning musicians, and Pulitzer Prize-winning writers.
Quick Facts
Enrollment: 482
Acceptance Rate: 78.88%
Type: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Main Website: https://www.cornish.edu/
Financial Aid: https://www.cornish.edu/tuition-financial-aid/
Annual Costs
Total Cost In-State On-Campus: $52034
Total Cost Out-State On-Campus: $52034
Return on Investment Rating
The estimated cost for four years as an undergraduate at Cornish College of the Arts is $204814.19. This includes the average cost of attendance for four years plus the interest on the average loan over a ten year repayment minus the average of grants and scholarships per student.
We then contrast this figure with average early-career and mid-career average incomes of graduates of four year programs at Cornish College of the Arts. For graduates of Cornish College of the Arts, we saw an average early-career income of $53800.00 and mid-career income of $92300.00. We then ranked the school's value based on how many years of mid-career income it takes to repay the educational costs.