Northwest College of Art & Design (NCAD) is a private

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that focuses on the visual arts. The college offer the

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degree. Student enrollment is usually "under 125" in a given academic year. The college is accredited by the

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History

The school was established in 1982. Initially it was in Lemolo in

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. In 1991 the institution, then the Northwest College of Art, began leasing the former Mains Manor in

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, and in 2000 Craig Freeman, the founder of the school, bought the property. The Squamish tribe had purchased the former college building for $5.03 million on November 28, 2017, and made it into the current Chief Kitsap Building. The college, at that time, moved to Tacoma, having purchased a building there.

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