Pratt Institute Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 87% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 52% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 45% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 23% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• architecture
• communications design
• fine arts

Policies

Probation Policy

The minimum GPA required for all students to remain off probation during their entire college tenure is:

• Freshmen: 2.00
• Sophomore: 2.00
• Junior: 2.00
• Senior: 2.00

Academic Calendar

Academic Calendar System:

• 4-4-1 System (two semesters and one-month April/May interterm)

Summer Sessions:

• 2 summer session(s) that consist of 6 weeks.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in September and January.

• 4% continue within one year.

• Graduate Business Programs: 6%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 19%

• AT&T, Disney, FILA, Gwathmey Siegel Architects, Doubleday & Co., Westinghouse.

• Adele Simpson and Betsey Johnson, fashion designers; Peter Max and Gertrude Schweitzer, artists; Robert Redford, film actor and director; Naomi Leff, interior designer; George Segal, sculptor; Tomie DePaola, illustrator; Robert Wilson, artist; Michael Santori, automobile designer.