Paying for Private Art School? Insight?

sbgal2011
Sat, 24 Mar 2018 21:57:05 +0000

We are Virginia residents so I’m very familiar with the schools you mentioned. My son, who is a high school senior, will be going to VCUArts for graphic design. We feel fortunate that he was admitted given the lower cost of in-state tuition.

I have an older son who attends GMU as a business major. However, during our college tours for him, we always visited the Art departments for the younger one. As much as we loved Virginia Tech, we were not at all impressed with their Art department. It’s clearly not a priority for them. At GMU, they have a very solid Graphic Design program, with many opportunities in the NOVA/DC area. It’s definitely worth a look. We never toured JMU so I can’t tell you anything about them.

I don’t think getting into huge debt is worth it no matter what. Definitely check out GMU and JMU (since I have no feedback to offer on that school). But of course, VCU should be priority one.

Good luck!