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Pacific Northwest College of Art

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 2,200,000
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Portland, OR

Weather

Comfortable Days 135 (97% 😎)
Sunshine Hours 2,342 (18%)
Days Without Precipitation 211 (8% ☔)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 417
Men / Women 21% / 79%

Racial/Ethnic

White 60%
Hispanic 17%
Mixed 9%
Black 5%
Asian 3%
Native American 1%
International 1%

Men in the Entering Class

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Men: 30.7% 30.7% 2012 Men: 23.4% 23.4% 2013 Men: 26.7% 26.7% 2014 Men: 19.2% 19.2% 2015 Men: 21.4% 21.4% 2016 Men: 24.1% 24.1% 2017 Men: 23.5% 23.5% 2018 Men: 29.1% 29.1% 2019 Men: 26.9% 26.9% 2020 Men: 29.6% 29.6% 2021 Men: 20.5% 20.5% 2022 Men: 18.7% 18.7% 2023 Men: 21.1% 21.1% 2024 Men: 20.3% 20.3% 2025 Men: 16.5% 16.5%

Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 1.3% 1.3% 2012 Native: 1.3% 1.3% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 1.4% 1.4% 2015 Native: 1.4% 1.4% 2016 Native: 2.5% 2.5% 2017 Native: 7.4% 7.4% 2018 Native: 2.4% 2.4% 2019 Native: 1.9% 1.9% 2020 Native: 1.7% 1.7% 2021 Native: 2.3% 2.3% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2011 Asian: 6.7% 6.7% 2012 Asian: 3.9% 3.9% 2013 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2014 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Asian: 5.7% 5.7% 2016 Asian: 10.1% 10.1% 2017 Asian: 8.6% 8.6% 2018 Asian: 3.1% 3.1% 2019 Asian: 7.4% 7.4% 2020 Asian: 7.0% 7.0% 2021 Asian: 5.7% 5.7% 2022 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2024 Asian: 7.6% 7.6% 2025 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2011 Black: 2.7% 2.7% 2012 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2013 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Black: 1.4% 1.4% 2015 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Black: 5.1% 5.1% 2017 Black: 3.7% 3.7% 2018 Black: 3.1% 3.1% 2019 Black: 5.6% 5.6% 2020 Black: 5.2% 5.2% 2021 Black: 3.4% 3.4% 2022 Black: 5.3% 5.3% 2023 Black: 3.2% 3.2% 2024 Black: 5.1% 5.1% 2025 Black: 2.9% 2.9% 2011 Hispanic: 5.3% 5.3% 2012 Hispanic: 3.9% 3.9% 2013 Hispanic: 5.0% 5.0% 2014 Hispanic: 8.2% 8.2% 2015 Hispanic: 5.7% 5.7% 2016 Hispanic: 6.3% 6.3% 2017 Hispanic: 12.3% 12.3% 2018 Hispanic: 11.8% 11.8% 2019 Hispanic: 13.9% 13.9% 2020 Hispanic: 13.9% 13.9% 2021 Hispanic: 6.8% 6.8% 2022 Hispanic: 2.7% 2.7% 2023 Hispanic: 12.6% 12.6% 2024 Hispanic: 16.9% 16.9% 2025 Hispanic: 25.2% 25.2% 2011 White: 69.3% 69.3% 2012 White: 74.0% 74.0% 2013 White: 70.0% 70.0% 2014 White: 67.1% 67.1% 2015 White: 71.4% 71.4% 2016 White: 62.0% 62.0% 2017 White: 61.7% 61.7% 2018 White: 57.5% 57.5% 2019 White: 63.9% 63.9% 2020 White: 61.7% 61.7% 2021 White: 46.6% 46.6% 2022 White: 69.3% 69.3% 2023 White: 62.1% 62.1% 2024 White: 59.3% 59.3% 2025 White: 60.2% 60.2% 2011 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 International: 6.7% 6.7% 2014 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 International: 2.9% 2.9% 2016 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2017 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 International: 2.4% 2.4% 2019 International: 1.9% 1.9% 2020 International: 1.7% 1.7% 2021 International: 3.4% 3.4% 2022 International: 6.7% 6.7% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2025 International: 0.0% 0.0%

Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates

0 250 500 750 1,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Total: 477 477 2012 Total: 392 392 2013 Total: 356 356 2014 Total: 367 367 2015 Total: 369 369 2016 Total: 358 358 2017 Total: 370 370 2018 Total: 417 417 2019 Total: 479 479 2020 Total: 510 510 2021 Total: 423 423 2022 Total: 390 390 2023 Total: 383 383 2024 Total: 410 410 2025 Total: 417 417 2011 Men: 166 166 2012 Men: 132 132 2013 Men: 121 121 2014 Men: 112 112 2015 Men: 111 111 2016 Men: 108 108 2017 Men: 122 122 2018 Men: 135 135 2019 Men: 159 159 2020 Men: 172 172 2021 Men: 124 124 2022 Men: 108 108 2023 Men: 87 87 2024 Men: 87 87 2025 Men: 88 88 2011 Women: 311 311 2012 Women: 260 260 2013 Women: 235 235 2014 Women: 255 255 2015 Women: 258 258 2016 Women: 250 250 2017 Women: 248 248 2018 Women: 282 282 2019 Women: 320 320 2020 Women: 338 338 2021 Women: 299 299 2022 Women: 282 282 2023 Women: 296 296 2024 Women: 323 323 2025 Women: 329 329

Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 2.5% 2.5% 2012 Native: 2.3% 2.3% 2013 Native: 2.0% 2.0% 2014 Native: 1.6% 1.6% 2015 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2016 Native: 1.4% 1.4% 2017 Native: 3.2% 3.2% 2018 Native: 2.4% 2.4% 2019 Native: 2.1% 2.1% 2020 Native: 2.9% 2.9% 2021 Native: 2.6% 2.6% 2022 Native: 1.8% 1.8% 2023 Native: 1.3% 1.3% 2024 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2025 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2011 Asian: 3.4% 3.4% 2012 Asian: 5.1% 5.1% 2013 Asian: 3.4% 3.4% 2014 Asian: 3.0% 3.0% 2015 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2016 Asian: 3.6% 3.6% 2017 Asian: 4.6% 4.6% 2018 Asian: 4.3% 4.3% 2019 Asian: 5.2% 5.2% 2020 Asian: 5.1% 5.1% 2021 Asian: 4.3% 4.3% 2022 Asian: 3.6% 3.6% 2023 Asian: 2.9% 2.9% 2024 Asian: 3.7% 3.7% 2025 Asian: 2.6% 2.6% 2011 Black: 1.3% 1.3% 2012 Black: 1.5% 1.5% 2013 Black: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 Black: 0.5% 0.5% 2015 Black: 1.1% 1.1% 2016 Black: 2.0% 2.0% 2017 Black: 1.6% 1.6% 2018 Black: 1.9% 1.9% 2019 Black: 3.8% 3.8% 2020 Black: 3.5% 3.5% 2021 Black: 3.5% 3.5% 2022 Black: 5.1% 5.1% 2023 Black: 4.2% 4.2% 2024 Black: 4.6% 4.6% 2025 Black: 4.8% 4.8% 2011 Hispanic: 4.4% 4.4% 2012 Hispanic: 4.8% 4.8% 2013 Hispanic: 5.6% 5.6% 2014 Hispanic: 6.3% 6.3% 2015 Hispanic: 6.2% 6.2% 2016 Hispanic: 5.6% 5.6% 2017 Hispanic: 7.8% 7.8% 2018 Hispanic: 7.9% 7.9% 2019 Hispanic: 7.7% 7.7% 2020 Hispanic: 7.5% 7.5% 2021 Hispanic: 8.0% 8.0% 2022 Hispanic: 7.4% 7.4% 2023 Hispanic: 9.9% 9.9% 2024 Hispanic: 12.4% 12.4% 2025 Hispanic: 17.0% 17.0% 2011 White: 76.3% 76.3% 2012 White: 75.3% 75.3% 2013 White: 74.7% 74.7% 2014 White: 70.0% 70.0% 2015 White: 67.8% 67.8% 2016 White: 62.6% 62.6% 2017 White: 50.5% 50.5% 2018 White: 54.0% 54.0% 2019 White: 60.5% 60.5% 2020 White: 59.2% 59.2% 2021 White: 56.5% 56.5% 2022 White: 60.5% 60.5% 2023 White: 61.4% 61.4% 2024 White: 60.5% 60.5% 2025 White: 59.7% 59.7% 2011 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2012 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2013 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2014 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2015 International: 1.9% 1.9% 2016 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2017 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2018 International: 2.6% 2.6% 2019 International: 3.3% 3.3% 2020 International: 3.3% 3.3% 2021 International: 3.5% 3.5% 2022 International: 4.1% 4.1% 2023 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2024 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2025 International: 1.2% 1.2%

Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Pacific Northwest College of Art 74 23% 61% 1% 5% 12% 5% $28,823 0 -1.87 1 83%
Digital Arts 20 — 25% 80% 0% 0% 10% 5% $19,152 0 -2.47 1 84% — — — —
Graphic Design 7 — 29% 57% 0% 14% 14% 0% $34,411 1 -2.00 2 82% — — — —
Illustration 27 — 19% 56% 0% 7% 19% 11% $34,411 5 -1.33 2 82% — — — —
Intermedia/Multimedia 4 — 25% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% $29,065 1 -1.90 1 83% — — — —
Painting 3 — 0% 67% 0% 0% 33% 0% $29,065 1 -1.90 1 83% — — — —
Photography 2 — 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% $28,365 0 -1.85 1 — — — — —
Printmaking 3 — 67% 33% 0% 0% 0% 0% $29,065 0 -2.41 1 83% — — — —
Sculpture 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $29,065 1 -1.90 1 83% — — — —
Studio Art 7 — 14% 57% 14% 14% 0% 0% $29,065 1 -1.90 1 83% — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $52,436
ROI Percentile 1th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 70%
4-Year Graduation Rate 18%
6-Year Graduation Rate 29%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 41.7% 41.7% 2012 Graduated: 22.2% 22.2% 2013 Graduated: 35.6% 35.6% 2014 Graduated: 29.3% 29.3% 2015 Graduated: 27.6% 27.6% 2016 Graduated: 31.5% 31.5% 2017 Graduated: 30.7% 30.7% 2018 Graduated: 42.9% 42.9% 2019 Graduated: 43.3% 43.3% 2020 Graduated: 42.5% 42.5% 2021 Graduated: 35.7% 35.7% 2022 Graduated: 40.5% 40.5% 2023 Graduated: 45.7% 45.7% 2024 Graduated: 29.1% 29.1%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 44.4% 2012 Men: 33.3% 2013 Men: 39.3% 2014 Men: 42.3% 2015 Men: 21.4% 2016 Men: 33.3% 2017 Men: 30.4% 2018 Men: 55.6% 2019 Men: 31.2% 2020 Men: 50.0% 2021 Men: 33.3% 2022 Men: 21.1% 2023 Men: 42.1% 2024 Men: 29.7% 2011 Women: 40.0% 2012 Women: 18.5% 2013 Women: 33.9% 2014 Women: 24.2% 2015 Women: 29.9% 2016 Women: 31.0% 2017 Women: 30.8% 2018 Women: 39.0% 2019 Women: 47.7% 2020 Women: 40.7% 2021 Women: 36.4% 2022 Women: 46.7% 2023 Women: 46.8% 2024 Women: 28.9%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Asian: 0.0% 2012 Asian: 25.0% 2013 Asian: 40.0% 2015 Asian: 33.3% 2016 Asian: 50.0% 2017 Asian: 0.0% 2018 Asian: 33.3% 2019 Asian: 100.0% 2021 Asian: 50.0% 2022 Asian: 62.5% 2023 Asian: 85.7% 2024 Asian: 0.0% 2011 Hispanic: 100.0% 2012 Hispanic: 66.7% 2013 Hispanic: 0.0% 2014 Hispanic: 25.0% 2015 Hispanic: 0.0% 2016 Hispanic: 33.3% 2017 Hispanic: 50.0% 2018 Hispanic: 66.7% 2019 Hispanic: 33.3% 2020 Hispanic: 33.3% 2021 Hispanic: 25.0% 2022 Hispanic: 20.0% 2023 Hispanic: 10.0% 2024 Hispanic: 13.3% 2011 White: 40.9% 2012 White: 8.3% 2013 White: 36.8% 2014 White: 31.6% 2015 White: 25.0% 2016 White: 31.9% 2017 White: 35.1% 2018 White: 41.1% 2019 White: 42.9% 2020 White: 36.7% 2021 White: 34.0% 2022 White: 40.8% 2023 White: 52.0% 2024 White: 30.1% 2013 International: 0.0% 2014 International: 0.0% 2018 International: 100.0% 2019 International: 50.0% 2021 International: 100.0% 2022 International: 100.0% 2024 International: 66.7%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Arts 100.0% 74 23% 61% 1% 5% 12% 5% $28,823 0 -1.87 1 83% —

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 75%
Yield (non-ED) 28%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 75% 75% 75%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Acceptance & Yield

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 52.3% 52.3% 2012 Acceptance: 57.8% 57.8% 2013 Acceptance: 64.7% 64.7% 2014 Acceptance: 82.4% 82.4% 2015 Acceptance: 80.7% 80.7% 2016 Acceptance: 93.9% 93.9% 2017 Acceptance: 94.7% 94.7% 2018 Acceptance: 93.1% 93.1% 2019 Acceptance: 88.7% 88.7% 2020 Acceptance: 96.0% 96.0% 2021 Acceptance: 97.5% 97.5% 2022 Acceptance: 94.5% 94.5% 2023 Acceptance: 68.5% 68.5% 2024 Acceptance: 74.8% 74.8% 2011 Yield: 37.1% 37.1% 2012 Yield: 31.6% 31.6% 2013 Yield: 30.2% 30.2% 2014 Yield: 37.8% 37.8% 2015 Yield: 29.4% 29.4% 2016 Yield: 27.6% 27.6% 2017 Yield: 20.7% 20.7% 2018 Yield: 12.3% 12.3% 2019 Yield: 12.3% 12.3% 2020 Yield: 14.9% 14.9% 2021 Yield: 18.0% 18.0% 2022 Yield: 20.2% 20.2% 2023 Yield: 26.4% 26.4% 2024 Yield: 28.1% 28.1%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 392 392 2012 Applicants: 427 427 2013 Applicants: 312 312 2014 Applicants: 238 238 2015 Applicants: 295 295 2016 Applicants: 312 312 2017 Applicants: 418 418 2018 Applicants: 1,144 1,144 2019 Applicants: 999 999 2020 Applicants: 621 621 2021 Applicants: 364 364 2022 Applicants: 471 471 2023 Applicants: 658 658 2024 Applicants: 485 485 2011 Admitted: 205 205 2012 Admitted: 247 247 2013 Admitted: 202 202 2014 Admitted: 196 196 2015 Admitted: 238 238 2016 Admitted: 293 293 2017 Admitted: 396 396 2018 Admitted: 1,065 1,065 2019 Admitted: 886 886 2020 Admitted: 596 596 2021 Admitted: 355 355 2022 Admitted: 445 445 2023 Admitted: 451 451 2024 Admitted: 363 363 2011 Enrolled: 76 76 2012 Enrolled: 78 78 2013 Enrolled: 61 61 2014 Enrolled: 74 74 2015 Enrolled: 70 70 2016 Enrolled: 81 81 2017 Enrolled: 82 82 2018 Enrolled: 131 131 2019 Enrolled: 109 109 2020 Enrolled: 89 89 2021 Enrolled: 64 64 2022 Enrolled: 90 90 2023 Enrolled: 119 119 2024 Enrolled: 102 102

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional