Pennsylvania College of Art and Design
Basic Information
Type
Private
Geographical Reach
Regional
Population
500,000
Weather
Comfortable Days
110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours
2,293 (15%)
Days Without Precipitation
235 (27%)
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
390
Men / Women
29% / 71%
Racial/Ethnic
White
63%
Black
15%
Asian
5%
Mixed
5%
Hispanic
4%
Native American
2%
International
0%
Men in the Entering Class
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2011 Men: 23.1% 23.1%
2012 Men: 21.0% 21.0%
2013 Men: 33.3% 33.3%
2014 Men: 27.1% 27.1%
2015 Men: 33.8% 33.8%
2016 Men: 25.3% 25.3%
2017 Men: 31.0% 31.0%
2018 Men: 29.6% 29.6%
2019 Men: 23.4% 23.4%
2020 Men: 25.8% 25.8%
2021 Men: 27.6% 27.6%
2022 Men: 18.2% 18.2%
2023 Men: 22.4% 22.4%
2024 Men: 28.3% 28.3%
2025 Men: 29.1% 29.1%
Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.
Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 Native: 2.0% 2.0%
2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 Native: 2.7% 2.7%
2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 Native: 3.7% 3.7%
2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 Native: 3.0% 3.0%
2025 Native: 1.6% 1.6%
2011 Asian: 3.1% 3.1%
2012 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 Asian: 5.1% 5.1%
2015 Asian: 7.0% 7.0%
2016 Asian: 2.7% 2.7%
2017 Asian: 2.8% 2.8%
2018 Asian: 3.7% 3.7%
2019 Asian: 3.1% 3.1%
2020 Asian: 3.0% 3.0%
2021 Asian: 3.9% 3.9%
2022 Asian: 9.1% 9.1%
2023 Asian: 4.5% 4.5%
2024 Asian: 5.1% 5.1%
2025 Asian: 2.4% 2.4%
2011 Black: 4.6% 4.6%
2012 Black: 8.1% 8.1%
2013 Black: 9.8% 9.8%
2014 Black: 3.4% 3.4%
2015 Black: 11.3% 11.3%
2016 Black: 9.3% 9.3%
2017 Black: 2.8% 2.8%
2018 Black: 3.7% 3.7%
2019 Black: 10.9% 10.9%
2020 Black: 12.1% 12.1%
2021 Black: 15.8% 15.8%
2022 Black: 22.7% 22.7%
2023 Black: 11.9% 11.9%
2024 Black: 11.1% 11.1%
2025 Black: 19.7% 19.7%
2011 Hispanic: 4.6% 4.6%
2012 Hispanic: 8.1% 8.1%
2013 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 Hispanic: 3.4% 3.4%
2015 Hispanic: 5.6% 5.6%
2016 Hispanic: 5.3% 5.3%
2017 Hispanic: 4.2% 4.2%
2018 Hispanic: 3.7% 3.7%
2019 Hispanic: 4.7% 4.7%
2020 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5%
2021 Hispanic: 7.9% 7.9%
2022 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2023 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 Hispanic: 2.0% 2.0%
2025 Hispanic: 7.1% 7.1%
2011 White: 69.2% 69.2%
2012 White: 77.4% 77.4%
2013 White: 68.6% 68.6%
2014 White: 79.7% 79.7%
2015 White: 60.6% 60.6%
2016 White: 68.0% 68.0%
2017 White: 80.3% 80.3%
2018 White: 72.2% 72.2%
2019 White: 76.6% 76.6%
2020 White: 75.8% 75.8%
2021 White: 63.2% 63.2%
2022 White: 47.7% 47.7%
2023 White: 74.6% 74.6%
2024 White: 63.6% 63.6%
2025 White: 63.0% 63.0%
2011 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2012 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2017 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2020 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2021 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2023 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2025 International: 0.0% 0.0%
Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.
Enrolled Undergraduates
0
125
250
375
500
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2011 Total: 238 238
2012 Total: 223 223
2013 Total: 208 208
2014 Total: 193 193
2015 Total: 211 211
2016 Total: 223 223
2017 Total: 250 250
2018 Total: 242 242
2019 Total: 232 232
2020 Total: 234 234
2021 Total: 246 246
2022 Total: 223 223
2023 Total: 230 230
2024 Total: 304 304
2025 Total: 390 390
2011 Men: 84 84
2012 Men: 73 73
2013 Men: 65 65
2014 Men: 53 53
2015 Men: 70 70
2016 Men: 74 74
2017 Men: 79 79
2018 Men: 76 76
2019 Men: 66 66
2020 Men: 68 68
2021 Men: 73 73
2022 Men: 63 63
2023 Men: 66 66
2024 Men: 83 83
2025 Men: 115 115
2011 Women: 154 154
2012 Women: 150 150
2013 Women: 143 143
2014 Women: 140 140
2015 Women: 141 141
2016 Women: 149 149
2017 Women: 171 171
2018 Women: 166 166
2019 Women: 166 166
2020 Women: 166 166
2021 Women: 173 173
2022 Women: 160 160
2023 Women: 164 164
2024 Women: 221 221
2025 Women: 275 275
Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.
Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 Native: 0.5% 0.5%
2014 Native: 0.5% 0.5%
2015 Native: 0.5% 0.5%
2016 Native: 1.3% 1.3%
2017 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2018 Native: 1.2% 1.2%
2019 Native: 1.3% 1.3%
2020 Native: 1.3% 1.3%
2021 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2022 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2023 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2024 Native: 1.3% 1.3%
2025 Native: 2.1% 2.1%
2011 Asian: 2.5% 2.5%
2012 Asian: 2.2% 2.2%
2013 Asian: 1.0% 1.0%
2014 Asian: 2.6% 2.6%
2015 Asian: 3.8% 3.8%
2016 Asian: 4.5% 4.5%
2017 Asian: 4.4% 4.4%
2018 Asian: 4.5% 4.5%
2019 Asian: 3.9% 3.9%
2020 Asian: 3.8% 3.8%
2021 Asian: 3.3% 3.3%
2022 Asian: 5.4% 5.4%
2023 Asian: 6.1% 6.1%
2024 Asian: 5.9% 5.9%
2025 Asian: 5.1% 5.1%
2011 Black: 3.8% 3.8%
2012 Black: 5.4% 5.4%
2013 Black: 6.2% 6.2%
2014 Black: 4.1% 4.1%
2015 Black: 6.6% 6.6%
2016 Black: 7.6% 7.6%
2017 Black: 6.0% 6.0%
2018 Black: 6.2% 6.2%
2019 Black: 7.3% 7.3%
2020 Black: 7.7% 7.7%
2021 Black: 11.8% 11.8%
2022 Black: 14.8% 14.8%
2023 Black: 11.7% 11.7%
2024 Black: 13.2% 13.2%
2025 Black: 15.1% 15.1%
2011 Hispanic: 4.6% 4.6%
2012 Hispanic: 6.3% 6.3%
2013 Hispanic: 5.3% 5.3%
2014 Hispanic: 4.7% 4.7%
2015 Hispanic: 4.3% 4.3%
2016 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5%
2017 Hispanic: 4.0% 4.0%
2018 Hispanic: 3.3% 3.3%
2019 Hispanic: 3.0% 3.0%
2020 Hispanic: 3.4% 3.4%
2021 Hispanic: 5.7% 5.7%
2022 Hispanic: 1.8% 1.8%
2023 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9%
2024 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0%
2025 Hispanic: 3.6% 3.6%
2011 White: 80.3% 80.3%
2012 White: 76.7% 76.7%
2013 White: 74.5% 74.5%
2014 White: 76.2% 76.2%
2015 White: 73.5% 73.5%
2016 White: 69.1% 69.1%
2017 White: 73.6% 73.6%
2018 White: 73.6% 73.6%
2019 White: 75.9% 75.9%
2020 White: 75.2% 75.2%
2021 White: 69.9% 69.9%
2022 White: 66.4% 66.4%
2023 White: 73.0% 73.0%
2024 White: 65.5% 65.5%
2025 White: 63.3% 63.3%
2011 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2012 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 International: 0.5% 0.5%
2015 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2017 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2020 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2021 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2023 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2025 International: 0.0% 0.0%
Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.
IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.
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Pennsylvania College of Art and Design
40
38%
57%
10%
12%
8%
0%
$26,947
0
-2.18
2
90%
Design
2 —
50%
50%
0%
0%
0%
0%
$26,498
0
-2.61
2
90%
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—
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Fine Arts
8 —
0%
88%
0%
12%
0%
0%
$28,292
1
-1.99
2
—
—
—
—
—
Game and Interactive Media Design
7 —
43%
29%
29%
14%
14%
0%
$26,498
0
-1.97
2
90%
—
—
—
—
Graphic Design
7 —
71%
86%
0%
0%
14%
0%
$26,498
0
-2.61
2
90%
—
—
—
—
Illustration
13 —
38%
54%
8%
23%
0%
0%
$26,498
1
-2.18
2
90%
—
—
—
—
Photography
3 —
33%
0%
33%
0%
33%
0%
$27,701
0
-1.89
2
—
—
—
—
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Financial
Tuition & Fees
$34,344
ROI Percentile
2th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
85%
4-Year Graduation Rate
67%
6-Year Graduation Rate
68%
Transfer-Out Rate
0%
Six-Year Graduation Rate
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Graduated: 52.0% 52.0%
2012 Graduated: 57.4% 57.4%
2013 Graduated: 54.2% 54.2%
2014 Graduated: 40.9% 40.9%
2015 Graduated: 41.4% 41.4%
2016 Graduated: 45.9% 45.9%
2017 Graduated: 43.1% 43.1%
2018 Graduated: 58.7% 58.7%
2019 Graduated: 44.0% 44.0%
2020 Graduated: 50.8% 50.8%
2021 Graduated: 57.7% 57.7%
2022 Graduated: 60.0% 60.0%
2023 Graduated: 63.8% 63.8%
2024 Graduated: 68.5% 68.5%
Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Men: 46.4% 2012 Men: 68.0% 2013 Men: 42.1% 2014 Men: 44.1% 2015 Men: 46.4% 2016 Men: 48.0% 2017 Men: 35.7% 2018 Men: 53.8% 2019 Men: 52.9% 2020 Men: 50.0% 2021 Men: 54.2% 2022 Men: 36.8% 2023 Men: 75.0% 2024 Men: 68.8% 2011 Women: 55.3% 2012 Women: 50.0% 2013 Women: 60.0% 2014 Women: 39.0% 2015 Women: 39.0% 2016 Women: 45.0% 2017 Women: 45.1% 2018 Women: 60.0% 2019 Women: 39.4% 2020 Women: 51.2% 2021 Women: 59.6% 2022 Women: 67.9% 2023 Women: 57.8% 2024 Women: 68.4%
IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Asian: 100.0% 2012 Asian: 0.0% 2013 Asian: 0.0% 2014 Asian: 50.0% 2015 Asian: 33.3% 2016 Asian: 0.0% 2017 Asian: 50.0% 2020 Asian: 33.3% 2021 Asian: 60.0% 2022 Asian: 100.0% 2023 Asian: 100.0% 2024 Asian: 50.0% 2011 Black: 0.0% 2012 Black: 66.7% 2013 Black: 0.0% 2014 Black: 50.0% 2015 Black: 60.0% 2016 Black: 50.0% 2017 Black: 33.3% 2018 Black: 80.0% 2019 Black: 40.0% 2020 Black: 0.0% 2021 Black: 50.0% 2022 Black: 33.3% 2023 Black: 100.0% 2024 Black: 50.0% 2011 Hispanic: 0.0% 2012 Hispanic: 100.0% 2013 Hispanic: 0.0% 2014 Hispanic: 20.0% 2015 Hispanic: 40.0% 2016 Hispanic: 100.0% 2017 Hispanic: 33.3% 2018 Hispanic: 20.0% 2020 Hispanic: 0.0% 2021 Hispanic: 100.0% 2022 Hispanic: 33.3% 2023 Hispanic: 50.0% 2024 Hispanic: 50.0% 2011 White: 51.5% 2012 White: 56.4% 2013 White: 60.9% 2014 White: 44.9% 2015 White: 39.4% 2016 White: 51.5% 2017 White: 44.4% 2018 White: 59.2% 2019 White: 44.1% 2020 White: 57.4% 2021 White: 51.2% 2022 White: 67.9% 2023 White: 60.0% 2024 White: 71.8%
Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.
IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Earnings by Major Category
Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).
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Arts
100.0%
40
38%
58%
10%
12%
8%
0%
$26,947
0
-2.18
2
90%
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Admissions
Uses Common App
Yes
Acceptance Rate
46%
Yield (non-ED)
32%
Acceptance Rates
In-State
Out-of-State
International
Regular Decision
46%
46%
46%
This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.
Acceptance & Yield
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Acceptance: 39.2% 39.2%
2012 Acceptance: 40.3% 40.3%
2013 Acceptance: 36.1% 36.1%
2014 Acceptance: 42.3% 42.3%
2015 Acceptance: 40.3% 40.3%
2016 Acceptance: 44.5% 44.5%
2017 Acceptance: 50.0% 50.0%
2018 Acceptance: 43.5% 43.5%
2019 Acceptance: 43.3% 43.3%
2020 Acceptance: 47.1% 47.1%
2021 Acceptance: 51.3% 51.3%
2022 Acceptance: 44.3% 44.3%
2023 Acceptance: 45.9% 45.9%
2024 Acceptance: 99.2% 99.2%
2011 Yield: 46.4% 46.4%
2012 Yield: 41.7% 41.7%
2013 Yield: 45.0% 45.0%
2014 Yield: 39.9% 39.9%
2015 Yield: 42.3% 42.3%
2016 Yield: 40.1% 40.1%
2017 Yield: 41.9% 41.9%
2018 Yield: 41.2% 41.2%
2019 Yield: 45.1% 45.1%
2020 Yield: 40.4% 40.4%
2021 Yield: 42.7% 42.7%
2022 Yield: 26.5% 26.5%
2023 Yield: 30.5% 30.5%
2024 Yield: 32.5% 32.5%
Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled
0
250
500
750
1,000
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Applicants: 357 357
2012 Applicants: 375 375
2013 Applicants: 332 332
2014 Applicants: 350 350
2015 Applicants: 404 404
2016 Applicants: 420 420
2017 Applicants: 344 344
2018 Applicants: 301 301
2019 Applicants: 353 353
2020 Applicants: 378 378
2021 Applicants: 187 187
2022 Applicants: 562 562
2023 Applicants: 677 677
2024 Applicants: 397 397
2011 Admitted: 140 140
2012 Admitted: 151 151
2013 Admitted: 120 120
2014 Admitted: 148 148
2015 Admitted: 163 163
2016 Admitted: 187 187
2017 Admitted: 172 172
2018 Admitted: 131 131
2019 Admitted: 153 153
2020 Admitted: 178 178
2021 Admitted: 96 96
2022 Admitted: 249 249
2023 Admitted: 311 311
2024 Admitted: 394 394
2011 Enrolled: 65 65
2012 Enrolled: 63 63
2013 Enrolled: 54 54
2014 Enrolled: 59 59
2015 Enrolled: 69 69
2016 Enrolled: 75 75
2017 Enrolled: 72 72
2018 Enrolled: 54 54
2019 Enrolled: 69 69
2020 Enrolled: 72 72
2021 Enrolled: 41 41
2022 Enrolled: 66 66
2023 Enrolled: 95 95
2024 Enrolled: 128 128
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Published SAT Distribution
Submission-Adjusted SAT Distribution
Estimate based on the latest published p25 and p75, adjusted to a 100% test-submission reference. Highlighted bars show the adjusted middle 50%.
