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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

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Philadelphia, PASee your chances →private nonprofitSpecial Focus Four-Year

Acceptance Rate

87.5%

Total Profiles

0

SAT Range

N/A

User Accept Rate

N/A

Tuition

$44,600

Undergrad Enrollment

99

Applicants

192

Yield Rate

10.7%

Student:Faculty

5:1

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What you pay

$42,454/ yr

Average net price after grants & scholarships — about $169,816 over four years.

What grads earn

$31,131/ yr

Median earnings 4 years after completion$31,906 adjusted to national cost of living (local prices 2% below average).

A graduate’s first-year earnings cover the four-year net cost in roughly 5.5 years of pay.

35% of students out-earn a typical high-school graduate (about $28,500) within 10 years.

Field of study

Earnings & debt by major

Opportunity Insights

Economic mobility

Access

22.5%

from the bottom income fifth

Success

10%

of them reach the top fifth

Mobility rate

2.2%

move bottom → top

The mobility rate is how many of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts’s students both start in the bottom income fifth and reach the top — a measure of who the school lifts, not just who it admits.

IPEDS

Net price by family income

Under $30k$39,928
$30–48k$42,301
$48–75k$42,893
$75–110k$44,893
Over $110k$46,702

Average net price paid by federally-aided students, by family income bracket.

Completion & debt

Finishing & paying back

Grad rate · 8 yr

47%

Completion · all

59%

Completion · Pell

47%

Repaying debt · 3 yr

55%

Median debt

$22,309

Classification

Four-year, very small, primarily nonresidential

Application Funnel

Applied
192
Admitted
16887.5%
Enrolled
1811% yield

Popular Majors (Bachelor's)

Illustration11 grads
Painting11 grads
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects4 grads
Sculpture2 grads
Printmaking2 grads

4yr Grad Rate

47%

6yr Grad Rate

47%

Retention Rate

0%

Median Earnings

$29,881