Pacific Northwest College of Art

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Pacific Northwest College of Art

Pacific Northwest College of Art operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Portland, Oregon (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 420 students of which 429 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Pacific Northwest College of Art is categorized as “-2” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 74.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $35,785, with published in-state tuition of $49,006 and a Pell grant recipient share of 40.5%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $25,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 35.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 69.5%. Graduates earn a median of $34,883 ten years after enrolling, compared with $24,101 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 32900.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 32.6% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.