School of Visual Arts Overview

Located in New York, New York, School of Visual Arts is a private for-profit institution. The location of SVA is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is School of Visual Arts Known For?

• Students at SVA may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 8 to 1.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at SVA.
• In a recent academic period23% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from SVA makes roughly $46,459 a year. This is 14% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• On average, it takes about 4.2 years for students from SVA to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is School of Visual Arts?

Contact details for SVA are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	209 E 23Rd St, New York, NY 10010
Phone:	212-592-2000
Website:	www.sva.edu

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How Do I Get Into SVA?

You can apply to SVA online at: https://sva.edu/admissions/how-to-apply

Admission Requirements for SVA

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	3
College Prep Program	3
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into SVA?

With an acceptance rate of 87%, SVA is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 22% of accepted students are men and 78% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 84%, and the acceptance rate for women is 88%.

Average Test Scores

About 7% of students accepted to SVA submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 600 and 700. Math scores were between 610 and 720.

SVA received ACT scores from 1% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 27 and 32.

Can I Afford School of Visual Arts?

The overall average net price of SVA is $65,302. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At SVA, approximately 26% of students took out student loans averaging $13,163 a year. That adds up to $52,652 over four years for those students.

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School of Visual Arts Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,192 undergraduate students at SVA, with 3,107 being full-time and 85 being part-time.

There are also 500 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,107 full-time undergraduates at SVA, 27% are male and 73% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of School of Visual Arts students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	465
Black or African American	115
Hispanic or Latino	303
White	561
International Students	1,613
Other Races/Ethnicities	50

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at School of Visual Arts. At this time, 33 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 76 countries are represented at SVA. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Taiwan.

School of Visual Arts Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Computer Software & Applications	333	77	410
Design & Applied Arts	250	21	271
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	152	65	217
Fine & Studio Arts	65	49	114
Graphic Communications	76	0	76
Human Computer Interaction	0	36	36
Public Relations & Advertising	0	34	34
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	20	20
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	17	0	17
Systems Theory	0	13	13
Museum Studies	0	10	10
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	5	5
TOTAL	893	330	1,223

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.