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Pacific Northwest College of Art

Portland, Oregon Private nonprofit 4-year Large city

Overview

Pacific Northwest College of Art is a private nonprofit four-year institution in Portland, Oregon. Its campus is in a large city. It enrolled 466 students in fall 2024, including 422 undergraduates and 44 graduate students.

Pacific Northwest College of Art offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 17 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Illustration, Digital Arts, and Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other. It awarded 106 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

69% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 9 to 1.

Key figures

466
Students enrolled
69%
First-year retention
106
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
17
Programs and majors
9:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusHybrid

Program levels

CertificateBachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 17

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Visual and Performing Arts 15
English Language and Literature 1
  • Writing BachelorMaster 6 graduates
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
69%
First-year retention, part-time students
0%
Student-to-faculty ratio
9:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
74
Master's degrees
32

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
466
Undergraduates, fall 2024
422
Graduate students, fall 2024
44
Full-time, fall 2024
98%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
534
Undergraduates, 2024-25
437
Graduate students, 2024-25
97
Full-time, 2024-25
97%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
79%
Men
21%
White
60%
Hispanic or Latino
15%
Black or African American
4%
Asian
3%
Two or more races
9%
International (U.S. nonresident)
3%
Race or ethnicity unknown
6%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
8%

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Semester
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Northwest Conference
President
Dr. Stephen Thorsett
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Dedicated veterans contact

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