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Pennsylvania College of Art and Design was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
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The acceptance rate at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design is a competitive 44%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
At Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 7 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design is 19%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Pennsylvania College of Art and Design this rate is 61%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design for first-time, full-time students is 49%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 242 undergraduates at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design with 237 being full-time and 5 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $20,901 | $18,081 | $27,179 | $30,428 | $35,580 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, approximately 74% of students took out student loans averaging $8,552 a year. That adds up to $34,208 over four years for those students.
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Get more details about the location of Pennsylvania College of Art and Design.
Contact details for Pennsylvania College of Art and Design are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 204 N Prince St, Lancaster, PA 17608-0059 |
| Phone: | 800-689-0379 |
| Website: | pcad.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/PCAD.EDU?ref=ts |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/pcad_edu |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Design & Applied Arts | 30 | $25,830 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 8 | NA |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 6 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 120 students took at least one online class at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design. This is the same number of students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 120 | 8 |
| 2021-2022 | 120 | 1 |
| 2020-2021 | 235 | 10 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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