About
The New York Academy of Art is a private, graduate-only art school in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City. The academy offers a Master of Fine Arts degree and a post-baccalaureate Certificate of Fine Art degree, with a focus on technical training and critical discourse.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 2 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 1 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data1 · 50.0%
- Failing1 · 50.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
National Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
New York State Board of Regents, and the Commissioner of Education
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 4
- Mar 2022Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- May 2020Renewal of AccreditationNational Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation
- Mar 2019Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalNew York State Board of Regents, and the Commissioner of Education
- Aug 2014Change in Agency recognitionNational Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation · Art and Design (ART) - Degree-granting schools and departments and non-degree-granting programs
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, students received in Pell grants, alongside $2.5M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 76 borrowers who entered repayment, 1 (1.3%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at New York Academy of Art
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
New York Academy of Art vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions New York Academy of Art selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectNew York Academy of Art | — | — | 106 | — | — |
Academy of Art University | 34% | — | 5,498 | $39,778 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Cleveland Institute of Art | 58% | 61.3% | 545 | $41,480 | — |
Cranbrook Academy of Art | — | — | 113 | — | — |
Laguna College of Art and Design | 52% | 94.3% | 775 | $42,354 | — |
Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 69% | 76.3% | 1,989 | $23,764 | — |
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | 58% | — | 41 | $45,022 | — |
Pratt Institute-Main | 74% | 73.3% | 5,356 | $50,647 | — |
Rhode Island School of Design | 89% | 18.7% | 2,520 | $46,253 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
School of the Art Institute of Chicago | 67% | 77.5% | 3,394 | $49,822 | — |
School of Visual Arts | 76% | 92.6% | 3,812 | $58,628 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
The New School | 69% | 63.5% | 9,068 | $55,359 | R2 Research |
| Peer group median | 68% | 74.8% | 2,255 | $45,638 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (6)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
- opportunityPresident's ScholarsNew York Academy of Artinstitution_site$30,000
- opportunityLyme Academy ScholarshipNew York Academy of Artinstitution_site$10,000
- opportunityMarist College ScholarshipNew York Academy of Artinstitution_site$10,000
- opportunityLCU Student Housing Assistance Grant for WomenNew York Academy of Art and the Ladies Christian Unioninstitution_site$5,000
- opportunityNicolas V Sanchez ScholarshipNew York Academy of Artinstitution_site$5,000
- opportunityAcademy Merit ScholarshipNew York Academy of Artinstitution_site
Notable alumni of New York Academy of Art (28)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Talle Bamazi
- Andrea L. Berez-Kroeker
- Dina Brodsky
- Branly Cadet
- Aleah Chapin
- Will Cotton
- Sean Delonas
- Stephanie Deshpande
- Maria Farmer
- Irene Ferguson
- Alonsa Guevara
- John Steven Gurney
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