Mission:

PCA&D is a professional art college offering a BFA degree, certificates, credentials, and course work so students of all ages can pursue art as their life's work.

Values:

• Art has value.
• Encourage observation experimentation, and evaluation.
• Expect and foster individual initiative and creativity.
• Educate, inspire and transform.

About Us:

Founded in 1982, Pennsylvania College of Art & Design (PCA&D) is a private, non-profit art college offering BFA degree programs, professional certificates, and credit/non-credit studio courses. Located in Lancaster, PA.

Pennsylvania College of Art & Design (PCA&D) is a professional art college, offering four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) programs in: 

• Digital Media

• Fine Art

• Graphic Design

• Illustration

• Photography

The college also offers Certificate Programs in:

• Digital Design Series: Web 

• Digital Design Series: Print

• Social Media & Marketing

• Digital Photography

PCA&D is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art & Design (NASAD) and the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The College is also a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD).

We also provide a wide variety of credit/non-credit studio and computer courses for youth, high school students and adults. 

Our art and design school is located in Lancaster, PA; just an hour and a half outside of Philadelphia. 

Pennsylvania College of Art & Design's small intimate environment means our students receive more individualized instruction from the faculty, who are all professional, working artists and designers. Our studios and classrooms are comfortable and designed to meet our students' needs. The curriculum is challenging and its quality and reputation are evident in that the majority of our students succeed in finding art-related jobs or pursue advanced education immediately following graduation.