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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.

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
$40,8461,910th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
In-state tuition & fees
$47,1261,768th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Out-of-state tuition & fees
$47,1261,764th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Cost of attendance
$67,0401,781st cheapest of 1,969 reporting
Median graduate debt
$25,0001,238th lowest of 1,865 reporting

Outcomes

Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$34,8831,791st highest of 1,954 reporting
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$24,1011,867th highest of 1,950 reporting
Graduation rate (4-year)
45.7%1,322nd highest of 2,014 reporting
Full-time retention
62.9%1,512th highest of 1,837 reporting

Admissions

Acceptance rate
68.5%571st most selective of 1,596 reporting
Average SAT
—
Median ACT
—

Campus

Undergraduates
4121,725th largest of 2,144 reporting
Student-faculty ratio
9.0:1298th smallest of 2,141 reporting
Pell Grant share
44.1%543rd highest of 2,122 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.

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Applying

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.

FieldLevel1 yr2 yr
Fine and Studio ArtsVisual & Performing Artsbachelors$25,967$19,835
Film/Video and Photographic ArtsVisual & Performing Artsbachelors$24,615—
Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Artsbachelors$22,420$27,494
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesEnglish Language & Literaturebachelors——
Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralVisual & Performing Artsbachelors——

Campus facts

Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Pacific Northwest College of Art’s 412 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.

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