by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
The University of the Arts was awarded 2 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is drama & theater arts.
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UArts was not ranked in College Factual's 2025 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
The acceptance rate at The University of the Arts is 80%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that UArts is a good fit for you.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at UArts it is much better at 7 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
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 The University of the Arts is 25%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 80% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like The University of the Arts enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at UArts for first-time, full-time students is 50%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at The University of the Arts.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,380 undergraduates at UArts with 1,342 being full-time and 38 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $40,718 | $40,897 | $41,688 | $43,536 | $45,646 |
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 UArts, 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 UArts, approximately 93% of students took out student loans averaging $12,846 a year. That adds up to $51,384 over four years for those students.
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See which majors at The University of the Arts make the most money.
Get more details about the location of The University of the Arts.
Contact details for UArts are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 320 South Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102-4901 |
| Phone: | 800-616-2787 |
| Website: | https://www.uarts.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Drama & Theater Arts | 90 | $12,085 |
| Dance | 78 | $14,033 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 59 | $21,765 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 42 | NA |
| Arts & Media Management | 40 | NA |
| Music | 34 | $20,543 |
| Graphic Communications | 25 | NA |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 22 | $17,674 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 17 | NA |
| Museum Studies | 12 | 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, 906 students took at least one online class at The University of the Arts. This is a decrease from the 1,368 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 906 | 47 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,368 | 43 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,530 | 1,530 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at The University of the Arts.
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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