Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Overview

Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at PAFA since the student to facuty ratio is 5 to 1.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at PAFA.
• For the 2019-2020 academic year, 39% of the faculty were full-time.
• On average, it takes about 4.1 years for students from PAFA to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at PAFA.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#20	Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards PAFA has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Illustration Graduates	College Factual
#2	Highest Paid Drawing Graduates	College Factual
#4	Highest Paid Sculpture Graduates	College Factual
#4	Highest Paid Printmaking Graduates	College Factual

Where Is Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts?

Contact details for PAFA are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	128 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102-1510
Phone:	215-972-7600
Website:	https://www.pafa.org
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/PAFAcademy
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/PAFAcademy

How Do I Get Into PAFA?

You can apply to PAFA online at: https://www.pafa.org/admissions/undergraduate/apply

Admission Requirements for PAFA

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into PAFA?

PAFA has the high acceptance rate of 88%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 20% of accepted students are men and 80% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 83%, and the acceptance rate for women is 89%.

Can I Afford Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts?

The overall average net price of PAFA is $41,759. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At PAFA, approximately 65% of students took out student loans averaging $9,213 a year. That adds up to $36,852 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at PAFA is 9.3%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 135 undergraduate students at PAFA, with 126 being full-time and 9 being part-time.

There are also 53 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 126 full-time undergraduates at PAFA, 25% are male and 75% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	5
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	71
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. At this time, 14 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 10 countries are represented at PAFA. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Iran.

Online Learning at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

In 2019-2020, 187 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at PAFA has changed over the last few years.

Online Affordability Rankings of PAFA

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts was $40,376 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how PAFA is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Fine & Studio Arts	#22	#22

Online Growth Rankings of PAFA

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts was 156.9%. This is the #326 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at PAFA regardless of major.### Online Growth Rankings of PAFA

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts was 156.9%. This is the #326 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at PAFA regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Fine & Studio Arts	5	29	1	27	62
Design & Applied Arts	0	10	0	0	10
TOTAL	5	39	1	27	72

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.