Kansas City Art Institute

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

The Kansas City Art Institute was started in 1885 as a Sketch Club formed by art enthusiasts, and later came to be known as Kansas City Art Association and School of Design. Now known as Kansas City Art Institute, abbreviated as KCAI, it has a campus area of 15 acres located in Kansas City, Missouri. It is a private, four-year college specializing in fine arts and design.

KCAI offers the students with bachelor’s courses in areas such as animation, sculpture, fiber, studio art in creative writing, photography, graphic design and print making. The college also offers the students with exchange programs.

KCAI has a recreation center for the students as well as student’s resource center facilities. The college offers financial aid in the form of institutional scholarships like KCAI merit award, and KCAI competitive scholarships.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in fine arts, media, photography and commercial art, and design.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• High faculty salary.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Schools of art, music, and design.

Features of note:

• Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 665 in 2009-2010 (663 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 91% of the student body. About 1% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

Kansas City Art Institute provides on-campus housing for 178 of its 663 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (2 awarded)

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

DESIGN (17 awarded)

• Design and Visual Communications
• Graphic Design
• Illustration

FINE ARTS (58 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Ceramic Arts and Ceramics
• Fiber, Textile and Weaving Arts
• Fine/Studio Arts
• Painting
• Sculpture

LIBERAL ARTS (11 awarded)

• Creative Writing
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

MEDIA (19 awarded)

• Animation, Interactive Tech, Video Graphics and Special Effects
• Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (25 awarded)

• Film/Video and Photographic Arts
• Photography
• Printmaking