Moore College
of Art and Design
Private College in Philadelphia, PA. Six-year graduation rate 57%. Median 10-year earnings $37,839.
Students who entered Moore College of Art and Design reach a median of $37,839 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 57% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $26,000, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.69 — elevated (above 0.60)
Admissions
Moore College of Art and Design admits 56% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly two in five applicants are turned away. 1,541 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Only 17% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. Score ranges below describe the middle half of score submitters among enrolled first-years; students who applied test-optional are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 620–710 | 116 (81%) |
| SAT Math | 560–670 | |
| ACT Composite | 26–32 | 26 (18%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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57% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention is strong at 81%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 23% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. A 9:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 390 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $43,626 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. The income table below is the number that matters — $34,834 at $0–30k versus $47,504 at $110k+. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $25,876 on average. 85% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 108 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $34,834 |
| $30–48k | $42,789 |
| $48–75k | $34,168 |
| $75–110k | $46,865 |
| $110k+ | $47,504 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 331 of these 390 students, totalling $2,320,586 — an average of $7,011 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Philadelphia County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)