by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Savannah College of Art and Design was awarded 38 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is drama & theater arts.
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SCAD was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
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Savannah College of Art and Design has an acceptance rate of 82%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 22% of students accepted to SCAD submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 660. Math scores were between 510 and 620.
Learn more about Savannah College of Art and Design admissions.
The student to faculty ratio at Savannah College of Art and Design is 20 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Savannah College of Art and Design is 86%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Savannah College of Art and Design has a freshmen retention rate of 81%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At SCAD the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 58%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Savannah College of Art and Design.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 11,679 undergraduates at SCAD with 9,126 being full-time and 2,553 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $41,571 | $41,425 | $44,986 | $45,827 | $47,394 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of SCAD, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 SCAD, approximately 43% of students took out student loans averaging $13,317 a year. That adds up to $53,268 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at SCAD is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for SCAD are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 342 Bull St, Savannah, GA 31402-3146 |
| Phone: | 912-525-5000 |
| Website: | www.scad.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Design & Applied Arts | 887 | $23,400 |
| Graphic Communications | 669 | $23,451 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 443 | $23,976 |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 421 | $40,139 |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 233 | $20,532 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 161 | $20,643 |
| General Engineering | 112 | NA |
| Textile & Apparel Studies | 99 | $31,574 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 85 | NA |
| Architectural Sciences & Technology | 83 | $48,181 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 4,652 students took at least one online class at Savannah College of Art and Design. This is an increase from the 3,444 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 4,652 | 1,819 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,444 | 1,258 |
| 2020-2021 | 3,643 | 1,417 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,618 | 1,040 |
Learn more about online learning at Savannah College of Art and Design.
Footnotes
*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.
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