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Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)

Savannah

Georgia

The Savannah College of Art and Design is a private, non-profit university, offering more than 40 programs of study across 11 schools. The University for Creative Careers, as it is known, has more programs and specializations than any other art and design university in the US.
The university now operates two locations in Georgia, a degree-granting location in Hong Kong, a degree-granting online education program, and a study abroad location in Lacoste, France with rotating course offerings.
Schools at the University are: School of Animation and Motion, School of Building Arts, The De Sole School of Business Innovation, School of Creative Technology, School of Design, School of Fashion, School of Film and Acting, School of Fine Arts, School of Foundation Studies, School of Liberal Arts and School of Visual Communication.
Undergraduate students can complete either a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA). Graduate students have the options of a Master of Architecture, Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts (MFA) and Master of Urban Design.
The most highly enrolled majors in Fall 2017 were animation, fashion, film and television, illustration and interior design.
The acceptance rate at Savannah College of Art and Design is 81%.

Columbia University School of the Arts

New York

The School of Arts at Ivy League Columbia University is a thriving, diverse community of talented artists from around the world and a faculty comprised of acclaimed and internationally renowned artists, film and theatre directors, writers of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, playwrights, producers, critics, and scholars.

Columbia University School of the Arts awards the Master of Fine Arts degree in Film, Theatre, Visual Arts, and Writing and the Master of Arts degree in Film and Media Studies; it also offers an interdisciplinary program in Sound Art.
The School is regarded as an innovative graduate professional school with a tradition of risk-taking, grounded in a deeply intellectual Ivy League university and energized by an enviable location in New York City—one of the great cultural capitals of the world.
The acceptance rate at Columbia University is 6%.

UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture

Los Angeles

California

The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture (UCLA Arts) is one of 12 prestigious professional schools at the University. It offers programs in four degree-granting departments: Architecture and Urban Design, Art, Design | Media Arts, and World Arts and Cultures/Dance.
Students at UCLA Arts have unparalleled opportunities to learn from and interact with distinguished faculty who rank among the most accomplished artists, designers, architects, performers, ethnographers, and scholars of this generation.
Innovative and rigorous programs combine studio-based practice with critical studies and liberal arts scholarship—all within the context of a leading research university.
UCLA’s eight research centers foster connections between the arts and other disciplines, bringing together creativity and research to address issues such as global health, climate change, and other critical challenges of the 21st century.
The school also has two public arts institutions, the Hammer Museum and Fowler Museum at UCLA. UCLA has an acceptance rate of 11%.

Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts

Richmond

Virginia

Founded in 1928, Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts is an acclaimed, public, non-profit, accredited four-year art and design school housed within a major research university.
VCUarts is made up of 16 buildings on the urban VCU campus in Richmond, Virginia. Students enjoy close proximity to many arts and cultural institutions within the city.
VCUarts has been a top-ranked public university visual arts and design graduate program in the country by U.S. News & World Report since 2003.
The 16 departments and areas of study offered in Richmond include, among others, Art History, Craft/Material Studies, Dance and Choreography, Graphic Design, Music, Painting and Printmaking, Photography and Film, Sculpture + Extended Media, and Theatre.
VCUarts is especially renowned for its sculpture programs, and its foundry and metal fabrication shop are state-of-the-art.
Virginia Commonwealth University has an admissions rate of 93%.

Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)

Baltimore

Maryland

Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is a private art and design university in Baltimore, Maryland that was founded in 1826. It is the oldest continuously degree-granting college of art in the US.
MICA provides undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a variety of artistic fields, including design, education, and fine arts.
It is recognized for its multidisciplinary educational philosophy, and the priority placed on community involvement, and dedication to diversity and inclusiveness.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, which gives students access to highly regarded art exhibitions and collections, is also on campus.
The acceptance rate for Maryland Institute College of Art is 86%.

California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)

Valencia

California

CalArts is a private art college in Valencia, California, that was established in 1961 by Walt Disney by merging the Chouinard Art Institute and the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music. It became the first higher education institution that combined visual and performing arts.
Offering a range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs through six schools—Art, Critical Studies, Dance, Film/Video, Music, and Theater—CalArts has championed creative excellence, critical reflection, and the development of new forms and expressions.
Admission to CalArts is competitive and considered mainly on the basis of demonstrated artistic merit, as assessed by the faculty of the individual programs.
Based in Valencia, north of Los Angeles, CalArts further extends its commitment to the arts through the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) in downtown L.A. and the nationally emulated Community Arts Partnership (CAP) youth arts program.
The acceptance rate for California Institute of the Arts is 27%.

Parsons School of Design (New School)

New York

Parsons School of Design is one of five schools and colleges at the nationally ranked New School in New York City.
The School enjoys a prime location in the heart of Greenwich Village, and students can choose from many Bachelor of Fine Arts programs including fashion design, illustration, photography, interior design, design and technology, and integrated design.
Notable alumni include former president and creative director of J.Crew, Jenna Lyons, and Grammy Award-winning actor Bradley Cooper.
The acceptance rate for the New School is 66%.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge

Massachusetts

The arts at MIT are rooted in experimentation and imaginative problem solving. The Institute offers highly regarded degree programs in architectural design; art, culture, and technology; comparative media studies; history, theory, and criticism of architecture and art; music; theater arts; and writing. Undergraduate minors are also offered in several of these fields.
Many MIT faculty have received awards in recognition of their work in the arts, including the Pulitzer Prize, Grammy Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, and MacArthur Fellowship. MIT students are also strong contributors to the vibrant arts culture that permeates campus life.
The MIT List Visual Arts Center is the Institute’s contemporary art museum. Its core mission is to exhibit, collect, and commission visual arts for MIT. The List presents six to eight exhibitions annually in conjunction with a broad range of education programs free to both the MIT community and the general public. It also maintains and adds to MIT’s permanent collection of more than 3,500 artworks that includes over 60 public sculptures and hundreds of paintings, prints, photographs, and drawings located throughout campus.
MIT has an acceptance rate of 4%.

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh

Pennsylvania

Combining a renowned studio program with the interdisciplinary resources of a cutting-edge research university, the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University prides itself on being one of the most progressive environments for student learning.
The School of Art provides undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fine arts, design, and interdisciplinary practice.The curriculum includes contextual practice, critical theory and emerging technologies alongside traditional programs in painting, drawing and sculpture.
Students have access to a range of cutting-edge facilities, including multipurpose classrooms, media-specific studios and workshops, student and faculty studios, presentation rooms and exhibition spaces, offering students 24-hour access to both traditional and state-of-the-art tools. The School of Art occupies over 50,000 square feet of fabrication facilities.
Students have many opportunities to exhibit work both on campus and with the city's grassroots arts organizations. Both the undergraduate and graduate programs have galleries that students program and manage, and thesis exhibitions are held at the university's Miller Institute for Contemporary Art.
Carnegie Mellon University has an acceptance rate of 14%.

Pratt Institute

New York

Established in 1887, The Pratt Institute is based in New York, a city which offers students all kinds of great internship opportunities and connections to the art world.
The school's main campus is in Brooklyn, but it also has a building in Manhattan as well as a campus in Utica, New York. Students get free access to the Frick Collection, the MOMA, the Whitney Museum, and more.
Based on the principle of "Poetic Pragmatism," academic programs at the school emphasize balancing practical skills with an artistic vision in hopes of improving the world.
Pratt Institute is well known for some of its graduate programs, including fine arts, architecture, interior design, industrial design and graphic design. The school also offers graduate degree programs through its School of Information.
Notable artists who have attended the Pratt Institute include William Van Alen, the architect of the Chrysler Building and celebrated actor Robert Redford.
The Pratt Institute has an admissions rate of 62%.

Yale University School of Art

New Haven

Connecticut

The School of Art at Ivy League Yale University was founded in 1860s, and was the first art school connected with an institution of higher learning in the United States.
Yale School of Art grants Masters of Fine Arts degrees to students completing a two-year course in graphic design, painting/printmaking, photography, or sculpture.
It also offers an undergraduate art degree (bachelor’s degree) for students in Yale College.
The School's galleries in Green Hall and EIK at 32 Edgewood Avenue provide a year-round forum for the exhibition of work by students, faculty, and special guests in the four graduate departments of the School and the undergraduate program.
The acceptance rate for Yale University is 5%.

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)

Providence

Rhode Island

The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) is a private, four-year school located in the state’s capital, Providence. It is one of the oldest and most esteemed art schools in the nation, RISD offers nearly 20 bachelor’s and master’s programs, with fine arts being the most popular major. The school is home to one of the top-ranked master’s programs in fine arts, which can include a range of specializations, such as photography, sculpture, metals/jewelry, graphic design, glassware, and more.
The campus has an extensive art museum with rotating exhibits and a nature lab with animals, plants, and specimens for students to study and reference in their art.
Notable RISD alumni include Seth MacFarlane, who created the animated series Family Guy.