Art schools with good graphic design programs?

taxguy
Tue, 19 Jul 2005 08:21:40 +0000

Onsilverwings,We looked at BU. If I remember, BU was not NASAD (National Association of Schools of Art and Design) accredited. Also, if I recollect, they had some transition problems with the dean leaving. It took them a while to find a replacement.

MAP, be careful about WUSTL. While it is a fine program, most kids go there to be able to double major in something. Few, if any, go there for only art. Moreover, They do NOT admit based on portfolio! You first have to be admitted to the school solely based on GPA and SATS. Only then do they take the portfolio into account for admission to the school of art. Frankly, I think that is rather short sighted of them.

I also looked at NYU and didn’t see any strong undergraduate program in design; however, maybe I missed it.

As to the Museum School of Fine Arts, we did consider that too. I even spoke to the Dean of the Design Program. First, he admitted that his program, while good, isn’t as good as that of RISD or Pratt or some other stand alone art schools. Their claim to fame is that you get a Tufts degree and can take courses at Tufts and can live in Tufts dorms. However, this is misleading. To live in Tuft’s dorms, you must be an admitted student to Tufts. Likewise taking courses at Tufts isn’t as easy as I thought. In addition, Tufts isn’t right next to the Museum school as RISD is next to Brown. You have to take a bus quite a distance to each school. There were also some other things that I wasn’t happy about as well but can’t recollect at the moment.