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School of Visual Arts is a for-profit regional university located in New York, New York. School of Visual Arts is moderately inclusive in their admissions.
Return on educational investment at School of Visual Arts is in the bottom 10% of all ranked schools. The median student earns $50,066 10 years after enrolling, 83rd in New York, and in the top 50% nationally. When adjusted for earning differences by major, School of Visual Arts bachelor students earn 12% less than the national average.
School of Visual Arts’s median net annual cost of $48,384 and average years to graduate of 4.3 are reported only at the school level. We assume these same costs and graduation time for all programs.
The top 3 programs at School of Visual Arts sorted by number of graduates - Computer software, Design & Applied Arts, FIlm, Video & Photography - are shown below.
Annual net cost
$48,384
Average years to graduate
4.3
EarningPlus compares the three-year post graduate earnings to the median earnings of the same graduating class, with the same graduate degree. These 2 metrics, debt-to-earnings and EarningsPlus, are combined into an economic score. The lower the economic score the better.
The most popular 5 graduate programs at School of Visual Arts - FIlm, Video & Photography, Fine & Studio Arts, Design & Applied Arts, Advertising & PR, Therapeutic professions - are shown below.
The average full-time graduate completes their degree in 4.3 years. 73% of all students graduate within 8 years including part-time students. The graduation rate at School of Visual Arts is 6% higher than the state average, and 15% above the average for all regional universities in the country.
At School of Visual Arts, Pell Grant recipients represent 17% of the measured graduating class, 18% lower than the national average of 35%. The average Pell Grant recipient at School of Visual Arts graduates within 4.3 years.
School of Visual Arts is in the bottom 25% of schools for graduating Pell recipients.
We calculate this performance by adjusting the graduation rate of Pell students by their percentage of the student body. This adjustment is made to prevent schools with large numbers of Pell students from underperforming in comparison to schools with few Pell students but high graduation rates.
School of Visual Arts’s economic mobility score of 2.93 is calculated by adjusting the 7.98 economic score of lower-income students by the 17% pell grant recipients within the student body. School of Visual Arts’s EMS of 2.93 ranks in the bottom 5% nationally.false
Economic Mobility
To calculate economic mobility of low-income (household earnings below $30,000) students, we adjust each institution’s economic score by their percentage of Pell Grant students. The logic of this Pell-adjusted calculation is derived from Third Way’s Economic Mobility Index (EMI).
Bottom 5%
The average Title IV recipient at School of Visual Arts pays $48,384 a year, $24,484 less than the $72,868 advertised. See below the cost breakdown for students who receive Title IV grants, broken down by income level.
Average net price
The average net price shown by income level for all students that receive Title IV aid. Calculated by deducting the average grant and scholarship aid from tuition, fees, books, and room and board. Limited to first-time, full-time students. Public institution figures are calculated using in-state tuition figures.
Median net price $48,384
Much of the gap between net price and sticker price is filled by institutional and government grants. At School of Visual Arts, 63% of students receive some grants and scholarships, compared to the national average of 87% for all colleges and universities. The average amount of federal, state, and institutional grants that students receive is shown on the right.
This leaves a total of $48,384 on average to be covered by the student – be it through loans or out of pocket. In total, 26% of students take out loans, federal or private, at an average amount of $13,610. This is 28% less than the national average.
Federal grants
$5,267
Pell grants
$5,182
State grants
$3,233
Institutional grants
$13,778
School of Visual Arts's moderately inclusive admissions are indicated by their 71% acceptance rate. In 2021, the school had 4,208 applicants, of which 3,000 were admitted and 771 enrolled. School of Visual Arts has a rolling admissions policy, which means applications are reviewed as they arrive until all spaces are filled.
Full time
100%
83%
Female
66%
59%
First time
66%
59%
In-state
21%
68%
1st generation
26%
35%
White
19%
52%
Black
4%
14%
Hispanic
10%
15%
Asian
15%
5%
American Indian
N/A
1.6%
Pacific Islander
N/A
0.3%
Other
52%
12%