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.
• The student loan default rate at SVA is 1%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at SVA.
• For the <nil> academic year, 21% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from SVA with a bachelor's degree make about $49,515 a year. That's 21% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• 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

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	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Neither required nor recommended
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into SVA?

With an acceptance rate of 71%, SVA may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 24% of accepted students are men and 76% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 66%, and the acceptance rate for women is 73%.

Average Test Scores

About 14% 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 560 and 700. Math scores were between 580 and 663.

SVA received ACT scores from 3% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 22 and 30.

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 $13,610 a year. That adds up to $54,440 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SVA is 1.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

School of Visual Arts Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,529 undergraduate students at SVA, with 3,455 being full-time and 74 being part-time.

There are also 582 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,455 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	532
Black or African American	108
Hispanic or Latino	313
White	577
International Students	1,864
Other Races/Ethnicities	61

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.

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.