Pacific Northwest College of Art
Portland, OR511 NW Broadway, Portland, OR 97209-3404
503-226-4391
Founded in 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) an independent college of art and design in Portland, Oregon, United States. PNCA is Oregon's oldest and only non-profit college of art and design, and one of the nation's oldest accredited independent colleges of art.
PNCA offers Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees in a variety of disciplines, as well as undergraduate and graduate certificates. PNCA also provides continuing education for working artists and educators through its low-residency MFA program, PNCA at Lewis & Clark College, and a variety of community art classes and workshops.
PNCA's campus is located in the Pearl District of downtown Portland. The college occupies the historic North Park Blocks, a city block of parks and tree-lined streets. PNCA also operates an art gallery, the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design, which is open to the public and features rotating exhibitions of contemporary art.
PNCA is accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.
Quick Facts
Enrollment: 569
Acceptance Rate: 95.97%
Type: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Main Website: https://pnca.edu/
Financial Aid: https://pnca.edu/admissions/tuition-financial-aid
Annual Costs
Total Cost In-State On-Campus: $60415
Total Cost Out-State On-Campus: $60415
Return on Investment Rating
The estimated cost for four years as an undergraduate at Pacific Northwest College of Art is $229955.43. This includes the average cost of attendance for four years plus the interest on the average loan over a ten year repayment minus the average of grants and scholarships per student.
We then contrast this figure with average early-career and mid-career average incomes of graduates of four year programs at Pacific Northwest College of Art. For graduates of Pacific Northwest College of Art, we saw an average early-career income of $50600.00 and mid-career income of $95200.00. We then ranked the school's value based on how many years of mid-career income it takes to repay the educational costs.