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.

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

statement of educational goals and outcomes (BFA program)
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design offers a professional education in the visual arts. Graduates of the college will be able to:
- Enter a profession in the visual arts.
- Research, analyze, interpret, and judge information.
- Demonstrate a basic knowledge of the liberal arts.