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Northwest College of Art & Design

Tacoma, WA · For-profit · Midsize city · NCAD

For-profit institution in Tacoma, WA · 150 undergraduates · 76% acceptance rate · $31,167 median earnings 10 years after entry.

Stats

College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.

Cost

Average net price
$20,1851,086th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
In-state tuition & fees
$18,1001,058th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Out-of-state tuition & fees
$18,100730th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Cost of attendance
$30,217947th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
Median graduate debt
$30,7501,818th lowest of 1,865 reporting

Outcomes

Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$31,1671,853rd highest of 1,954 reporting
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$27,5051,801st highest of 1,950 reporting
Graduation rate (4-year)
36.4%1,601st highest of 2,014 reporting
Full-time retention
78.3%760th highest of 1,837 reporting

Admissions

Acceptance rate
76.5%785th most selective of 1,596 reporting
Average SAT
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Median ACT
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Campus

Undergraduates
1501,916th largest of 2,144 reporting
Student-faculty ratio
29.0:12,104th smallest of 2,141 reporting
Pell Grant share
52.1%335th highest of 2,122 reporting

Nearest large-hub airport: 15 mi (SEA)

List appearances

This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.

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Best-paying fields of study

Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 1 of 1 reported programs.

FieldLevel1 yr2 yr
Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Artsbachelors$24,904$23,579

Campus facts

Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Northwest College of Art & Design’s 150 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.

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