The University of the Arts Overview

The University of the Arts is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is The University of the Arts Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at UArts since the student to facuty ratio is 8 to 1.
• The student loan default rate at UArts 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.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at UArts.
• For the <nil> academic year, 24% of the faculty were full-time.
• It takes the average UArts student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is The University of the Arts?

Contact details for UArts are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	320 South Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102-4901
Phone:	800-616-2787
Website:	www.uarts.edu

How Do I Get Into UArts?

You can apply to UArts online at: https://www.uarts.edu/apply-now

Admission Requirements for UArts

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into UArts?

With an acceptance rate of 85%, UArts is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 28% of accepted students are men and 72% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 89%, and the acceptance rate for women is 84%.

Can I Afford The University of the Arts?

The overall average net price of UArts is $44,739. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UArts, approximately 94% of students took out student loans averaging $11,210 a year. That adds up to $44,840 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UArts is 1.0%. 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.

The University of the Arts Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,397 undergraduate students at UArts, with 1,380 being full-time and 17 being part-time.

There are also 160 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,380 full-time undergraduates at UArts, 35% are male and 65% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of The University of the Arts students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	49
Black or African American	280
Hispanic or Latino	197
White	701
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	132

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at The University of the Arts. At this time, 31 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 25 countries are represented at UArts. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at The University of the Arts

In 2020-2021, 1,368 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 89th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

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.