College · Private nonprofit · Philadelphia, PA · City
Moore College of Art and Design
Philadelphia, PA
Women-only
Admit rate56%
6-yr median pay$31k
Net price / yr$43k
Undergrad size535
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $43k/yr for a shot at a $31k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 56% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1282.
If you get in
535 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $71k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $43k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$285k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$172k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$113k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback5.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $52.8k
- Room & board
- $19.5k
- Books & supplies
- $2,978
How students pay for it.
Pell grants43%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans85%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$26k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr57%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$31k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$38k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out22%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 535
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career · High Nontraditional
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- Moore College
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White48%
- Unknown17%
- Black16%
- Two or more races9%
- Hispanic6%
- Asian3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students31%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time2%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$56k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 6
What you can study.