The Art Center Design College-Albuquerque

Location and Contact Information

5000 Marble NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
USA
Main Tel: (505) 254-7575
Web Site

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

The Art Center Design College Albuquerque is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Commonly abbreviated as TACDC, the main campus of the college is located at Tucson, Arizona. Established in 1983, TACDC offers students bachelor’s degree programs. Prospective students can choose their desired program from a number of courses in the field of art and design. The college offers courses such as illustration, interior design, graphic design, animation and photography.

TACDC Albuquerque has an active student life with a number of student associations. Students can join clubs such as the Animation Club (AC2), the Advertising Club (AD Club) and the Interior Design Club (IIDA). The student and career services department at TACDC Albuquerque offer students academic and career counseling as well as job placement assistance. Deserving students can take advantage of institutional scholarship programs such as the Board of Trustees Scholarship and the Need Based Scholarship.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

  • Many students concentrating in design, media, fine arts, and photography and commercial art.
  • High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.
  • High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
  • Numerous part-time students.

School characteristics:

  • The school is private, for-profit.
  • Academic calender: Trimester.
  • Carnegie classification: Associates Colleges.

Features of note:

  • There are one or more libraries on-campus.
  • Weekend study is an option.
  • Part-time classes are available.
  • ROTC.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

ItemCost
State Tuition and fees$ 25,145
Books and supplies$ 3,500

Financial Aid

The Art Center Design College-Albuquerque participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 76% of students received financial aid of some sort.

Grants% of
Students
Average
Amount
Any Grant65%$4,219
Institutional Grant29%$1,740
Federal Grant47%$4,714
Pell Grant29%$3,393
Other Federal Grant35%$3,458
State or Local Grant  

Loans% of
Students
Average
Amount
Student Loan65%$7,223
Federal Loan65%$4,937
Other Loan18%$8,379

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Similar Schools

Based on proprietary BrainTrack computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to The Art Center Design College-Albuquerque:

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 SchoolLocationEnrollment
1The Art Center Design College-TucsonTucson, AZ355
2Watkins College of Art & DesignNashville, TN387
3Design Institute of San DiegoSan Diego, CA253
4Patricia Stevens CollegeSaint Louis, MO182
5Delaware College of Art and DesignWilmington, DE220
6The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising-San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA950
7Mt Sierra CollegeMonrovia, CA460
8College for Creative StudiesDetroit, MI1,369
9Harcum CollegeBryn Mawr, PA949

Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

DegreeTotal
Earned
Different
Programs
Bachelor336
Associate62
1-2 year certificate 1

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Full-Time Faculty  Total
Without tenure; tenure not available  5

Students

Student enrollment was 294 in 2009-2010 (340 full-time equivalent).

About 48% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 52% of the class.

Students under 25 years old represent 44% of the student body. About 10% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 45% are full-time and 55% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

ApplicantsAdmitted
Men94%
Women87%
All90%

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

International Study

The school recommends that international applicants take the TOEFL exam.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (0 awarded)

  • Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

DESIGN (27 awarded)

  • Design and Visual Communications
  • Interior Design

FINE ARTS (4 awarded)

  • Fine Arts and Art Studies

MEDIA (6 awarded)

  • Animation, Interactive Tech, Video Graphics and Special Effects

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (2 awarded)

  • Commercial and Advertising Art
  • Photography