Best College for Art?

Tyc777
Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:39:56 +0000

Hi,

My daughter just started her senior year in high school. She loves art (painting, digital art, drawing, etc.). We are trying to decide which schools to apply to and have found that the “lists” of best schools for art varies widely and is extremely inconsistent (e.g., SCAD shows in top 10 in some lists and not in the top 100 in other lists). Also, half the time the list is for an MFA rather than a BFA.

She hasn’t decided between attending a normal university with a good Fine Arts program or an art school/institute. As I mentioned earlier, she loves all art, but is slightly leaning towards majoring in illustration or painting. Does anyone have a resource or a list of what are considered the best schools for art?

I have a hard time assessing her art skill as I don’t have a creative bone in my body, but I’ve been told by others (including all of her art teachers, as well as feedback from many colleges from a portfolio review day that we attended) that she is talented in art. She is also pretty good academically, with a 1520 on her SAT, 4.0 GPA and 5’s on all of the AP tests that she has taken so far (Studio Art, Digital Imaging, US History, Environmental Science).

Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!