The Pennsylvania College of Art & Design (PCA&D) is a private, non-profit art and design college in

Lancaster, Pennsylvania Lancaster, ( ; pdc, Lengeschder) is a city in and the county seat of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is one of the oldest inland cities in the United States. With a population at the 2020 census of 58,039, it ranks 11th in population amon ...

. The college offers

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(BFA) degrees and certificates, a continuing education program with professional certificates, and a wide variety of credit and non-credit studio and computer courses. PCA&D is accredited by the

National Association of Schools of Art and Design The National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), founded in 1944, is an accrediting organization of colleges, schools and universities in the United States. The organization establishes standards for graduate and undergraduate degrees ...

(NASAD) and the

Middle States Commission on Higher Education The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (abbreviated as MSCHE and legally incorporated as the Mid-Atlantic Region Commission on Higher Education) is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit membership organization that performs peer evalua ...

(MSCHE). PCA&D was founded in 1982 as the Pennsylvania School of the Arts in Marietta, Pennsylvania, by faculty and staff from the recently closed York Academy of Arts. The college received NASAD accreditation in 1984. In 1987, PCA&D moved to its current location in downtown Lancaster. In 2008, the college received MSCHE accreditation. PCA&D is a member of the

Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design The Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) is a non-profit consortium of 36 art and design schools in the United States and Canada. All AICAD member institutions have a curriculum with full liberal arts and sciences require ...

and the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania.

Degree Programs

PCA&D offers six degree programs in Animation & Game Art, Fine Art, Graphic Design, Illustration, Live Experience Design, Photography & Video.

References

External links

Official website
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