- The Inkwell
- New York
- School of Visual Arts
New York, NYCity: largeZIP 10010Founded 1947
- Sector
- Private for-profit
- Founded
- 1947
- Carnegie class
- Master's: larger programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1974
- Website
- sva.edu
New YorkPrivate for-profit
School of Visual Arts
School of Visual Arts is a private for-profit college in New York, New York, with 3,244 undergraduates. It admits 93% of applicants, graduates 78% within six years and costs $59,593 a year after aid.
78%graduate
Admission rate93%
Retention86%
4-year graduation56%
Pell Grant share19%
Federal loans28%
$59,593net price / year
93%admission rate
1320average SAT
78%graduate in 6 years
$52,320median earnings, 10 yrs
$27,000median debt
#1,149 of 1,704 for earnings#1,736 of 1,739 for lowest net price#222 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,278 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
- $84,868tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $53,400
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $53,400
- Average net price
- $59,593national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$50,311
$30,001–48,000$53,669
$48,001–75,000$56,494
$75,001–110,000$63,323
$110,001+$67,366
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 93%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1320
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 610–730
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 578–760
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college93%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college86%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college78%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college19%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 78%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 56%
- First-year retention
- 86%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 76%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $36,606
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $52,320middle 50%: $27,303–$84,584
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$84,584
Median, School of Visual Arts$52,320
Lower quarter$27,303
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
- 3,244
- Part-time
- 1.8%
- Women / men
- 74% / 26%
- Average age at entry
- 20.6
- First-generation students
- 26%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 19%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 15%
- Average faculty salary
- $4,435 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $17,394
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White15%
Hispanic12%
Black3.0%
Asian14%
Two or more races1.4%
U.S. nonresident49%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Unknown6.3%
5 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Visual & performing arts51%
Computer & information sciences33%
Communications technologies14%
Communication & journalism1.2%
Engineering technologies1.1%
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 197151. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1279835.