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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
$20,1851,088th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
In-state tuition & fees
$18,1001,063rd cheapest of 2,042 reporting
Out-of-state tuition & fees
$18,100735th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
Cost of attendance
$30,217949th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
Median graduate debt
$30,7501,832nd lowest of 1,880 reporting

Outcomes

Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$31,1671,866th highest of 1,969 reporting
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$27,5051,812th highest of 1,964 reporting
Graduation rate (4-year)
36.4%1,616th highest of 2,031 reporting
Full-time retention
78.3%766th highest of 1,853 reporting

Admissions

Acceptance rate
76.5%795th most selective of 1,608 reporting
Average SAT
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Median ACT
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Campus

Undergraduates
1501,928th largest of 2,162 reporting
Student-faculty ratio
29.0:12,122nd smallest of 2,159 reporting
Pell Grant share
52.1%338th highest of 2,140 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