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Northwest College of Art & DesignTacoma, WA · Private for-profit

Academics

Majors and faculty

The most popular major is Design and Visual Communications, General (100% of graduates). 34 students for every faculty member, more than at 99% of colleges. Spends $3,861 a year on instruction per student.

Most popular majors

26 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates

The top 1 program accounts for 100% of graduates; 1 programs in 1 field awarded at least one.

  1. Design and Visual Communications, General 50.0401100% 26
    Graduates in this field earn $35,885 4 years out

Bachelor's degrees awarded July through June, by federal program name (), which can differ from what the college calls a major. A double major counts once, under the ; its other field is a . Earnings are College Scorecard's median for graduates of the program's broader field (), 4 years after completion; see Top-earning majors below.

Top-earning majors here

By earnings 4 years after completion

  1. Design and Applied Arts$35,885 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $27,694

    4 years after completion$35,885
    National median: $51,490Below typical

    Median federal debt: $30,734 · 36 graduates, two most recent years combined

Bachelor's programs only, among graduates who received federal financial aid and were working (not enrolled in school) in the measurement year.

Students per faculty member vs. every college34 to 1
34 to 1
← Fewer students per facultymore students per faculty member than 99% of 1,892More students per faculty →

Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.

Spending and endowment

Fiscal 2023–24. Compared only against other for-profit colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable.

Instruction spending per student$3,861
$3,861
← Lessmore than 33% of 130More →

Sources:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent release;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)