Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, GA · Private · Midsize city · SCAD
Private institution in Savannah, GA · 14,423 undergraduates · 84% acceptance rate · $45,954 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 8%Undergraduates
- Top 19%Full-time retention
- Top 20%Graduation rate (4-year)
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
- $45,4501,939th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $40,5951,656th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $40,5951,630th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $59,6701,679th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $25,1481,361st lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $45,9541,297th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $34,1101,579th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 70.5%407th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 86.8%352nd highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 83.7%1,017th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1178464th highest of 1,022 reporting
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 14,423173rd largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 20.0:11,861st smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 18.5%1,781st highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 217 mi (CLT)
On 1 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Applying
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- $100
- Personal essay
- Optional / not required
- Writing supplement
- No
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Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 16 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural Sciences and TechnologyArchitecture | bachelors | $48,667 | $39,369 |
| Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationCommunications | bachelors | $41,984 | $44,817 |
| Apparel and TextilesFamily & Consumer Sciences | bachelors | $33,364 | $33,993 |
| Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $27,316 | $26,434 |
| Manufacturing EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $26,739 | — |
| Fine and Studio ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $25,452 | $26,977 |
| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $24,383 | $25,580 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesEnglish Language & Literature | bachelors | $23,456 | — |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $23,373 | $25,551 |
| Graphic CommunicationsCommunications Technology | bachelors | $21,270 | $22,778 |
| Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCommunications Technology | bachelors | $19,749 | $21,964 |
| Agricultural and Domestic Animal ServicesAgriculture | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Athletics — 10 sports
NAIA Division II · NAIA
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $7,118,767 (M $3,676,275 · W $2,896,358 · Coed $546,134)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Savannah College of Art and Design’s 14,423 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In GA
- University of North GeorgiaDahlonega, GA · 15,542 undergrads
- Georgia Gwinnett CollegeLawrenceville, GA · 11,156 undergrads
- Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA · 18,260 undergrads
- Georgia Southern UniversityStatesboro, GA · 21,029 undergrads
- University of West GeorgiaCarrollton, GA · 7,485 undergrads
- Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA · 7,275 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Binghamton UniversityVestal, NY · 14,401 undergrads
- Montana State UniversityBozeman, MT · 14,472 undergrads
- University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, HI · 14,306 undergrads
- DePaul UniversityChicago, IL · 14,283 undergrads
- Rowan UniversityGlassboro, NJ · 14,647 undergrads
- University of LouisvilleLouisville, KY · 14,187 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitescad.edu
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- Showdown: Savannah College of Art and Design vs University of North GeorgiaHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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