Pacific Northwest College of Art
Portland, OR · Private · Large city · PNCA
Private institution in Portland, OR · 412 undergraduates · 69% acceptance rate · $34,883 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 14%Student-faculty ratio
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
- $40,8461,924th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $47,1261,785th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $47,1261,781st cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $67,0401,796th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $25,0001,246th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $34,8831,803rd highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $24,1011,880th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 45.7%1,334th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 62.9%1,521st highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 68.5%577th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 4121,730th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9.0:1304th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 44.1%551st highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 134 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.
Applying
- EANov 15
- RDFeb 1
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- Free
- Personal essay
- Required
- Writing supplement
- No
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Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 5 of 5 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fine and Studio ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $25,967 | $19,835 |
| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $24,615 | — |
| Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $22,420 | $27,494 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesEnglish Language & Literature | bachelors | — | — |
| Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Key links
- Official websitewillamette.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 209603)
- Compare colleges in ORRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in OregonEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Showdown: Pacific Northwest College of Art vs Warner Pacific UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Build an admissions plan8th–12th grade actions for this college — sports, activities, timeline
- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
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- Sticker price is a trapPublished tuition is a starting rumor. Net price is closer to what families actually pay.
- What acceptance rate actually measuresSelectivity is a competition statistic — not a quality score, and not your personal odds.
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