Interesting facts about Pratt!

- US News ranked Pratt' graduate Interior Design program first in the country, Industrial design was ranked fourth, Graphic Design was ranked ninth, and Fine Arts 15th nationally.
DisignIntelligence's 2008 survey of professionals ranked Pratt' Interior Design program second nationally and industrial design program third in the country.

- Pratt students come from 70 countries. The student body is composed of 4660 students. 43% are men and 57% women.

- On October 17, 1887, twelve young people climbed the stairs of the new "Main" building and began to fulfill the dream of Charles Pratt as the first students at Pratt Institute.

- Pratt has an international reputation as a first-rate school.

- In 2007, Pratt received more applications than any other art school in the country with 4,400 applications for 585 freshman spots.

- Retention rate (whether students enrolled, continue and complete their courses) at Pratt is 88%, one of the highest nationally for private schools. Recent surveys have indicated that Pratt students are extremely satisfied with the quality of their education.

- There are more than 60 student activities at Pratt.

- Pratt consists of 2 campuses: The historic Brooklyn campus (main campus) and the conveniently located Manhattan campus. Direct competition (SVA, Parson's, NYU) are located in Manhattan only). The "Brooklyn" factor differentiates Pratt.

- Illustrious Alumni Body, that reinforces the Pratt Brand.

- Pratt has two gallery spaces, one in Brooklyn, one in the city.

- Pratt Institute Library is an historical landmark built in 1896 with interiors by the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company.

- Pratt has one of the largest undergraduate and graduate architecture and art & design schools in the United States. Pratt Institute's School of Architecture is currently the largest school of architecture in the country. Pratt has the oldest continuously accredited library science school in the United States of America. It also has an extensive Study Abroad program, a fact that could reinforce the global Pratt brand.

-Pratt's Brooklyn campus is home to a number of cats that are known as the Pratt Cats. They actually compete in cat competitions.

- The school's colors are black and cadmium yellow. The school’s logo utilizes an extra bold version of the Futura typeface.

- The oldest continually functioning elevator in all of Brooklyn, installed in 1910, was located at Pratt's Main Building, until it was upgraded in October 2004.

- The Pratt Sculpture Park, founded in 1999, is the largest contemporary sculpture park in New York City and includes more than 40 pieces.