Savannah College of Art and Design — All Rankings Are Wrong

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Basic Information

Type Private

Geographical Reach National

Location Savannah, GA

Population 400,000

Website http://www.scad.edu/

Weather

Comfortable Days 80 (9% 🥵) muggy

Sunshine Hours 2,826 (78%)

Days Without Precipitation 255 (68%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 13,904

Men / Women 30% / 70%

From State 17%

From Region 23%

Athletes 2.6%

Racial/Ethnic

White 51%

International 14%

Black 13%

Hispanic 8%

Asian 6%

Mixed 2%

Native American 1%

Men in the Entering Class

Men

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Savannah College of Art and Design	2,808	30% / 70%	17%	$54,955	36	89%
Manufacturing Engineering	18 —	44% / 56%	6%	$86,232	89	—
Human Computer Interaction	48 —	46% / 54%	38%	$114,145	99	100%
Equestrian/Equine Studies	4 —	0% / 100%	0%	$47,221	15	—
Apparel and Textile Marketing Management	— —	—	—	$58,836	47	92%
Business of Beauty and Fragrance	140 —	10% / 90%	19%	$60,025	51	—
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	30 +1	37% / 63%	7%	$31,426	2	85%
Radio and Television	2 —	0% / 100%	0%	$66,398	65	92%
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects	653 +2	40% / 60%	18%	$50,506	23	85%
Architectural History	3 —	0% / 100%	0%	$59,321	49	—
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology	72 —	46% / 54%	32%	$60,829	53	96%
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	13 —	0% / 100%	8%	$35,752	3	90%
Design and Visual Communications	19 —	21% / 79%	11%	$44,568	11	88%
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	300 +4	22% / 78%	20%	$66,398	65	92%
Fashion Design	165 +3	24% / 76%	27%	$44,568	11	88%
Fiber, Textile and Weaving Arts	— —	—	—	$35,752	3	90%
Film Production	273 +2	53% / 47%	17%	$45,286	12	91%
Historic Preservation and Conservation	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	$63,675	60	89%
Illustration	430 +2	23% / 77%	10%	$44,568	11	88%
Industrial Design	4 —	25% / 75%	0%	$70,503	73	—
Interior Design	— —	—	—	$44,568	11	88%
Painting	58 —	10% / 90%	22%	$35,752	3	90%
Photography	79 —	24% / 76%	10%	$45,286	12	91%
Playwriting and Screenwriting	44 —	39% / 61%	5%	$34,787	3	90%
Printmaking	— —	—	—	$35,752	3	—
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	— —	—	—	$38,913	5	98%
Sculpture	3 +1	0% / 100%	0%	$35,752	3	90%
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology	— —	—	—	$34,787	3	90%
Theater	82 —	27% / 73%	4%	$34,787	3	91%
Applied Engineering	65 +1	54% / 46%	29%	$80,173	84	—
Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD/CADD	153 —	12% / 88%	27%	$82,420	86	—
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician	19 —	11% / 89%	16%	$82,278	86	—
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	129 —	13% / 87%	9%	$77,742	82	—

Financial

Tuition & Fees $44,505

ROI Percentile 36th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 86%

4-Year Graduation Rate 52%

6-Year Graduation Rate 69%

Transfer-Out Rate 17%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated

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

Men Women

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic White International

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).

Academics

⇅	%	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Arts	78.3%	2,200	32% / 68%	16%	$49,182	19	89%
Professional	13.0%	366	20% / 80%	20%	$80,365	84	—
Business & Economics	5.0%	140	10% / 90%	19%	$60,025	51	—
Computer Science	1.7%	48	46% / 54%	38%	$114,145	99	100%
Humanities & Social Sciences	1.1%	32	34% / 66%	6%	$33,612	3	85%
Engineering	0.6%	18	44% / 56%	6%	$86,232	89	—
Agriculture & Food Science	0.1%	4	0% / 100%	0%	$47,221	15	—

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes

Acceptance Rate 83%

Yield (Unbound) 25%

Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

	In-State	Out-of-State	International
Regular Decision	83%	83%	83%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

Submitted Test Scores 28%

SAT Range 1030 – 1270

SAT Math Range 490 – 610

SAT RW Range 540 – 660

SAT Composite

25th 75th

SAT Math

25th 75th

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.