- The Inkwell
- Oregon
- Pacific Northwest College of Art
Portland, ORCity: largeZIP 97209Founded 1909
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1909
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
OregonPrivate nonprofit
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Pacific Northwest College of Art is a private nonprofit college in Portland, Oregon, with 420 undergraduates. It admits 75% of applicants, graduates 30% within six years and costs $31,098 a year after aid.
30%graduate
Admission rate75%
Retention70%
4-year graduation17%
Pell Grant share46%
Federal loans49%
$31,098net price / year
75%admission rate
—average SAT
30%graduate in 6 years
—median earnings, 10 yrs
—median debt
#1,485 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,554 of 1,738 for graduation rate#697 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $73,336tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $51,940
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $51,940
- Average net price
- $31,098national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$26,817
$30,001–48,000$26,747
$48,001–75,000$25,865
$75,001–110,000$30,831
$110,001+$40,129
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 75%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college75%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college70%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college30%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college46%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 30%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 17%
- First-year retention
- 70%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 48%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- 3-year loan default rate
- —
Earnings ten years after entry
Median, Pacific Northwest College of Art—
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 420
- Part-time
- 2.4%
- Women / men
- 79% / 21%
- Average age at entry
- 22.0
- First-generation students
- 18%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 46%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 19%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,311 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $16,928
- Endowment, end of year
- $62,603,800
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White59%
Hispanic18%
Black4.8%
Asian2.6%
Two or more races9.3%
U.S. nonresident1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
Unknown4.8%
1 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Visual & performing arts100%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 209603. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7122577.