unitid 209603 · Portland, OR · private nonprofit 4-year · city (large)
Pacific Northwest College of Art
- enrollment 2023
- 517
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
75%
51st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
420
29th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
41%
undergrads on Pell grants
65th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
29%
finish within 150% time
12th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$70,376
85th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$35,785
after aid, aided students
90th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$34,883
after entry, Title IV students
10th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$25,000
58th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $28,219 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
family income mix not reported
- Median family income
- $47,348
- First-generation students
- 18%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $49,006
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.4× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design and Applied Arts. | 42 | $36,201 | $26,899 |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | 32 | $42,856 | — |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | 21 | $30,577 | $27,000 |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General. | 15 | — | — |
| Design and Applied Arts. | 10 | $43,887 | — |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. | 7 | — | — |
| Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis. | 6 | — | — |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 2 | — | — |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. | 0 | — | — |
| Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry. | 0 | — | — |
| Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry. | 0 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.