Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 38.9-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 1 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data0 · 0.0%
- Failing1 · 100.0%
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.
Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
Action history · 2
- Jun 2025Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
- Apr 2020Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 100 students received $852K in Pell grants, alongside $634K 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 30 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) 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 NCAD
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
Race / ethnicity composition
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
- On campus1
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
NCAD vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions NCAD 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectNorthwest College of Art & Design | 58% | — | 139 | $16,418 | — |
| — | — | 85 | $41,595 | — | |
| 100% | — | 102 | $35,958 | — | |
| 80% | 100.0% | 94 | $44,010 | — | |
| — | — | 80 | $19,157 | Community College | |
| 28% | 87.7% | 261 | $43,590 | — | |
| Peer group median | 69% | 93.9% | 98 | $38,777 |
Institutions like NCAD
Explore the federal data for institutions in NCAD's comparison group.
- Washington
Seattle Film Institute
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment85Net price$41,595View data - California
Interior Designers Institute
Grad rate100%Admit rate—Enrollment102Net price$35,958View data - California
Design Institute of San Diego
Grad rate80%Admit rate100.0%Enrollment94Net price$44,010View data - Community CollegeCalifornia
ATA College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment80Net price$19,157View data - California
Los Angeles College of Music
Grad rate28%Admit rate87.7%Enrollment261Net price$43,590View data
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