PURSUE YOUR ARTISTIC VISION

100% of our accepted students receive merit scholarships. The average undergraduate merit scholarship as of 2020-21 was over $19,000, and the average graduate merit scholarship was over $17,000.

AREAS OF STUDY FOR BFA AND PAFA-PENN BFA

Undergraduate Programs

Bachelor Of Fine Arts

The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) is a four-year degree program that pairs a creatively focused liberal arts education with demanding studio art training in one of our six areas of study. Students graduate with the foundational skills, intellectual context and creativity needed for a lifelong pursuit of making art.

PAFA-PENN BFA

Since 1929, PAFA and the University of Pennsylvania have offered a unique Bachelor of Fine Arts program which combines PAFA’s rigorous fine arts training and liberal arts through Penn,culminating with earning a BFA degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

For more information or to apply, visit PAFA.EDU/ACADEMICS

Certificate Programs

Two one-year Certificate Programs, Fine Arts Foundations and Studio, offer immersive art-making experience. Whether students are looking to develop their artistic voice, or build experience in the studio or prepare for future art careers, these programs will elevate their creative and technical artistic skills.