Painting at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

Every painting school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the painting program at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts stacks up to those at other schools.

PAFA is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 188 students attend the school each year.

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

PAFA Painting Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Painting

PAFA Painting Rankings

The painting major at PAFA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Painting. 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.

Painting Student Demographics at PAFA

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

PAFA Painting Bachelor’s Program

55% Women

9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of painting bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical painting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at PAFA since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in painting at PAFA are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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 painting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Painting Grads May Go Into

A degree in painting 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
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	5,050	$80,740
Multimedia Artists and Animators	470	$68,580

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
O*NET Online
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