School of Visual Arts

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for School of Visual Arts

School of Visual Arts operates as a private for-profit institution located in New York, New York (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 3,244 students of which 3,557 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. School of Visual Arts is categorized as “18” 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 92.6%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,320 and an ACT midpoint of 26. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $57,914, with published in-state tuition of $51,400 and a Pell grant recipient share of 15.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 75.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 85.5%. Graduates earn a median of $46,459 ten years after enrolling, compared with $31,855 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 129500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 57.2% 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.