We can use as much of the art supplies, within reason, that the school has as long as we're students here.

PNCA is extremely expensive, but also very generous with scholarships. If you apply and can't afford to go, talk to their financial aid department because you can probably work something out. Sometimes I get depressed with how much it costs, but the academics are so strong it ultimately feels worth the money (I do wish I didn't have to pay for health insurance since I can't afford the deductible, but that's not their fault).

For a private school with highly qualified faculty, this is a pretty inexpensive institution.

You'll never spend so much on so little as you will at PNCA. Sure, the school has all the equipment you'll ever need, but I honestly felt like I actually backtracked on my road to becoming a good artist. I never painted *once* in class the entire year I attended PNCA. Not once. At least 80% of class time is dedicated to critiquing everyone's homework. Even if someone brings in a 10-minute drawing, you're going to spend 20 minutes talking about it. So basically, you're spending all that money to have someone critique you're homework for 20 minutes a week in each class. The rest of the time you'll spend critiquing everyone else's artwork, or talking about contemporary art world until you're blue in the face.

PNCA tries to keep their tuition costs under control. While generally speaking; nationally colleges raised their 2012 tuition on average by over 6% PNCA increased tuition by only 1.5% over last year.