Pacific Northwest College of Art
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How strong are the academics at Pacific Northwest College of Art?

Let's cover class sizes, graduation rates, and outcomes.

11:1
Student to faculty ratio
13
Average class size
33%
4-year grad rate

Class Sizes

Class sizes likely stayed the same for you through high school. You'll find that college is much different. Some of the largest universities have classes that can seat hundreds of students in giant lecture halls. Conversely, as they progress and their focus narrows, higher-level courses can sometimes have just a handful of students.

PNCA has an average student-to-faculty ratio of 11:1. The typical school is 14:1. While this ratio is important, what’s more important is how big a typical class is.

Class Sizes
2-9
49
10-19
82
20-29
25

Outcomes

It’s critical to understand a school’s outcomes to understand if your four (or more) years at the school will be worth it. Here are some key statistics about the outcomes of students who enroll at Pacific Northwest College of Art:

63%
First-year retention rate
33%
4-year grad rate
47%
6-year grad rate

Majors

Many students choose a school largely based on the what they want to study. The are Pacific Northwest College of Art's most popular majors, ranked by how many people graduated with the concentration in the most recent year:

Illustration
Digital Arts
Graphic Design
Intermedia/Multimedia
Fine/Studio Arts, General
-1.8
5.16
12.12
19.08
26.04
33

The Full List

Major Graduates
English Language And Literature/Letters
  • Writing, General 0
Visual And Performing Arts
  • Illustration 33
  • Digital Arts 15
  • Graphic Design 9
  • Intermedia/Multimedia 7
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General 4
  • Sculpture 4
  • Printmaking 4
  • Photography 2
  • Painting 2
  • Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry 0
  • Design and Visual Communications, General 0

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