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Pennsylvania College of Art and Design

204 N. Prince Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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At PCA&D, we create influence. 97% of students in the class of 2012 who responded to a placement survey were employed or pursuing an advanced instruction inside a year of graduation. PCA&D's curriculum focuses on developing critical skills of adaptive thinking, disciplined making and influential advice across its BFA programs. Minor college with a big reach, PCA&D is the heart of a vibrant Eastern-corridor city.

Thank you to our rigorous curriculum, small class sizes, a professional faculty of artists and designers, in-grade projects with existent-globe clients, and professional practices classes, our graduates are potent thinkers, strong makers and strong communicators. Additionally, PCA&D's required internship is a vital link between a student'due south curricular preparation and the real world.

Students at PCA&D may accept advantage of AICAD's mobility programme. Student memberships in professional person organizations such as Society of Photographic Education, the Lodge of Illustrators, American Institute of Graphic Arts (Central PA), and the Centre for Emerging Visual Artists (Philadelphia) increase opportunities for networking, portfolio reviews, and conferences.

Our Main Gallery features work by nationally-recognized artists, serves as a pedagogy tool for BFA students, and is a venue for public events twelvemonth-round.

Lancaster Metropolis is a thriving arts destination that offers 200+ venues for visual and performing arts, shopping, ethnic and fine dining, music, bookstores and brewpubs. Students share apartments inside a five-block radius of campus and the county is dwelling to nine colleges and universities with over 17,000 students.

DEGREES OFFERED: BFA

ACCREDITATION: MSCHE, NASAD

LEGEND

Certificate
Assembly Degree
Bachelor's Degree

Postbaccalaureate Certificate
Low-Residency Masters
Masters Caste

Fully Online
Partially Online
Optional Online

FOUNDATION Plan

The first year, or foundation year, programme is the basis for all students at Pennsylvania College of Fine art & Design. Courses are structured to teach you lot the fundamentals of fine art making. Skills, techniques, historical context, and critical thinking back up all work in the arts at every stage in an artist's career. Foundation classes teach you how to recognize and produce your best ideas and how to communicate about art in ways that are personal and professional.

This programme is Residential.

ACCEPTANCE Rate: 47%

Credence Rate = The percent of students admitted out of applications received in a given yr.

ENROLLMENT: Autumn 2020

UNDERGRADUATE FTE¹ = 240

UNDERGRADUATE

Total-Fourth dimension	238
Function-TIME	five

Note 1: "Full-Time Equivalent" is the mutual mode to measure the relative size of colleges. This adjusts for differences in the pct of part-time students (or faculty). For example: one full-fourth dimension educatee = 1 FTE; iii half-time students = 1.5 FTE, etc.

UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS Process

APPLICATION:	Required
ONLINE Awarding:	North/A
APPLICATION FEES:	None
HOME Examination:	N/A
INTERVIEW:	Recommended
ESSAY:	Required
Sabbatum / Deed:	Recommended
PORTFOLIO:	Required
LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION:	N/A
IELTS:	N/A
TOEFL:	North/A

TRANSCRIPTS

Loftier Schoolhouse:	Required
COLLEGE:	Required, if transferring

FACULTY: 2020-2021

FACULTY FTE¹ = 35

Full-Time	14
Office-TIME	45

Student/FACULTY RATIO: Fall 2020
156.2566 TO 1
FTE STUDENTS PER FTE FACULTY^one

Retention

FRESHMAN RETENTION

FALL 2018 FRESHMEN RETURNING IN FALL 2019	82%

FALL 2019 FRESHMEN RETURNING IN FALL 2020	76%

GRADUATION

Vi-YEAR GRADUATION Charge per unit

FALL 2013 FRESHMEN GRADUATING Within Vi YEARS	47%

Fall 2014 FRESHMEN GRADUATING WITHIN Half dozen YEARS	51%

UNDERGRADUATE ETHNICITY

Autumn 2020

12% AFRICAN AMERICAN
3% ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER
5% HISPANIC
69% WHITE/Not-HISPANIC
0% NATIVE AMERICAN
7% MULTIRACIAL
2% OTHER/UNKNOWN
0% INTERNATIONAL

UNDERGRADUATE GENDER DISTRIBUTION

FALL 2020

70% FEMALE
30% Male

NEW STUDENT GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION²

Fall 2020

78% IN-STATE
0% OTHER STATES
22% Rest OF U.S.

OTHER PROGRAMS

Continuing Education
Pre-College
Professional Certificate Programs
Youth Programs

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES

Required Internships
Career Services
AICAD Substitution Plan
Network to Success
Professional person Membership Opportunities: The Center for Emerging Visual Artists (Philadelphia), AIGA Fundamental Pennsylvania, Order of Illustrators, and the Society of Photographic Education

NOTE one: "Total-Time Equivalent" is the common fashion to measure the relative size of colleges. This adjusts for differences in the percentage of part-time students (or faculty). For example: one full-time student = 1 FTE; iii half-time students = 1.v FTE, etc. Note 2: Geographic distribution is reported for first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Note 3: Includes all institutional scholarships and grants, but does not include College Work Study or third party awards.