School of Visual Arts Teaching Programs

School of Visual Arts is a private for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The city atmosphere of New York makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

Where Is School of Visual Arts?

Contact details for SVA are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	209 E 23Rd St, New York, NY 10010
Phone:	212-592-2000
Website:	www.sva.edu

How Do I Get Into SVA?

You can apply to SVA online at: https://sva.edu/admissions/how-to-apply

Admission Requirements for SVA

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	3
College Prep Program	3
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into SVA?

Since SVA has an acceptance rate of 87%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 22% of accepted students are men and 78% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 84%, and the acceptance rate for women is 88%.

Average Test Scores

About 7% of students accepted to SVA submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 600 and 700. Math scores were between 610 and 720.

SVA received ACT scores from 1% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 27 and 32.

Can I Afford School of Visual Arts?

The overall average net price of SVA is $65,302. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At SVA, approximately 26% of students took out student loans averaging $13,610 a year. That adds up to $54,440 over four years for those students.

School of Visual Arts Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,529 undergraduate students at SVA, with 3,455 being full-time and 74 being part-time.

There are also 582 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,455 full-time undergraduates at SVA, 27% are male and 73% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of School of Visual Arts students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	532
Black or African American	108
Hispanic or Latino	313
White	577
International Students	1,864
Other Races/Ethnicities	61

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at School of Visual Arts. At this time, 33 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 76 countries are represented at SVA. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Taiwan.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.