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Design & Applied Arts at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Design & Applied Arts at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

What traits are you looking for in a design school? To help you decide if Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's design program.

PAFA is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 188.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Design & Applied Arts section at the bottom of this page.

PAFA Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Design

PAFA Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The design major at PAFA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Design & Applied Arts. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Design Student Demographics at PAFA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the design majors at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

PAFA Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of design bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its design bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with a bachelor's in design.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 2
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Design & Applied Arts

If you plan to be a design major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Illustration 10

Careers That Design Grads May Go Into

A degree in design can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Graphic Designers 8,710 $53,050
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 5,050 $80,740
Photographers 1,740 $34,790
Interior Designers 1,510 $57,730

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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