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.
University of North Carolina School of the Arts was awarded 11 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is drama & theater arts.
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UNCSA 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 University of North Carolina School of the Arts is a competitive 32%, 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.
About 13% of students accepted to UNCSA submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 590 and 690. Math scores were between 525 and 660.
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The student to faculty ratio at UNCSA is an impressive 6 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
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 University of North Carolina School of the Arts is 74%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
University of North Carolina School of the Arts has a freshmen retention rate of 93%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at UNCSA for first-time, full-time students is 71%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 920 undergraduates at UNCSA with 890 being full-time and 30 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,660 | $6,159 | $11,772 | $19,486 | $22,977 |
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 UNCSA, 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 UNCSA, approximately 49% of students took out student loans averaging $8,683 a year. That adds up to $34,732 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for UNCSA are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1533 South Main St., Winston Salem, NC 27127-2738 |
| Phone: | 336-770-3399 |
| Website: | www.uncsa.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Drama & Theater Arts | 101 | $21,229 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 89 | $24,053 |
| Music | 48 | NA |
| Dance | 38 | $14,201 |
| General Visual & Performing Arts | 0 | 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, 193 students took at least one online class at University of North Carolina School of the Arts. This is a decrease from the 218 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 193 | 0 |
| 2021-2022 | 218 | 1 |
| 2020-2021 | 892 | 9 |
| 2018-2019 | 124 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at University of North Carolina School 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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