The University of the Arts Teaching Programs

The University of the Arts is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The location of UArts is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is The University of the Arts?

Contact details for UArts are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	320 South Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102-4901
Phone:	800-616-2787
Website:	www.uarts.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/uarts
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/uarts

How Do I Get Into UArts?

You can apply to UArts online at: https://www.uarts.edu/apply-now

Admission Requirements for UArts

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UArts?

UArts has an acceptance rate of 76%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 26% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 79%, and the acceptance rate for women is 75%.

Can I Afford The University of the Arts?

The overall average net price of UArts is $44,739. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UArts, approximately 92% of students took out student loans averaging $14,170 a year. That adds up to $56,680 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UArts is 7.4%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

The University of the Arts Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,380 undergraduate students at UArts, with 1,342 being full-time and 38 being part-time.

There are also 150 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,342 full-time undergraduates at UArts, 34% are male and 66% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of The University of the Arts students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	44
Black or African American	290
Hispanic or Latino	188
White	674
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	130

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at The University of the Arts. At this time, 31 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 25 countries are represented at UArts. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at The University of the Arts

In 2019-2020, 1,530 students took at least one online class at the school.

The University of the Arts Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	TOTAL
Curriculum & Instruction	0
Other Education	0
Art Education	0
Music Education	0
TOTAL	0

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
• Image Credit: By Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.