<p>Hello, I’m looking for a top art & design college for my daughter. She wants to study at Cooper Union, NY and SVA, NY but these are too ex*****ve. So now she has settled for Savannah College of A & D. Still a bit pricy for me. We are living in Vietnam and would be grateful for any advice. Criteria - reputation of college, value for money. Tks!</p>
<p>How much does it really cost to attend The Cooper Union? </p>
<p>Tuition is listed at $33,000 per year. Every student receives a full tuition scholarship and is not responsible for tuition-related costs.</p>
<p>Cooper Union students are responsible for living and miscellaneous expenses. These include mandatory student fees (totaling $1,600 per year), room and board (about $14,000 per year), books and supplies (about $1,000-1,800 per year), and general living expenses (about $2,000-3,000 per year), totaling approximately $19,000 per year. In addition, international students are assessed a $1,750/year filing fee. All students must prove medical insurance coverage or participate in our medical insurance plan for a health services fee of $1,629/year.</p>
<p>you might want to also look at RISD (rhode island school of design)</p>
<p>University of Mass at Dartmouth</p>
<p>Are you a NY State resident? Have you looked at Alfred?</p>
<p>If you will have to pay full ticket price for art schools. I advice you pick the best ones in any major city, because usually art and design companies in major cities, have it be chicago, new york, los angeles etc come to recruit at their local major schools.</p>
<p>For example in Los Angeles, the big ones are Cal Arts and Art Center and Otis.</p>
<p>Additionally, I find it that art and design schools in Europe are much more cheaper in tuition, even as an International then may be for the full price ticket of any art school in the states.</p>
<p>I might even go to say that your daughter should look into major research universities that have strong art and design programs, ie Carnegie Mellon, WUSTL, UCLA etc</p>
<p>Thank you all for your suggestions. UMass at Dartmouth looks very promising as it offers Illustration. My daughter has put in an application.</p>
<p>How about Rhode Island School Of Design? that’s a really good design/art school in my opinion</p>
<p>RISD is like the Juilliard or Harvard of the fine arts world…</p>
<p>As an art student myself who has taken AP Studio art, RISD is like… hehe, don’t even think about it. 
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<p>Try Maryland Institute College of Art, Arts Institute of Boston, etc…</p>
<p>This might help you start, though it is a list for graduate schools of fine arts. </p>
<p>[Search</a> - Fine Arts - Best Graduate Schools - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/art/search]Search”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/art/search)</p>
<p>RISD looks really good but can’t afford it. Tuition fees at RISD are at a whopping USD 34,000. I’m looking into Northern Michigan and South Carolina now.</p>
<p>Cooper Union was my daughter’s top choice. But the strange thing is, they have this condition that all applications have to be made in US. We’re in Vietnam… and closing date was in Dec.</p>
<p>Nope, we’re not NY residents. We’re from Singapore. Alfred is too expensive.</p>
<p>U Mass Dartmouth might disappoint your daughter because of its location. It’s at least an hour’s drive from Boston, with no public transportation that I’m aware of (I used to live in the area, but things may have changed), between two smallish and fairly undistinguished cities, Fall River and New Bedford. A far cry from living in NYC or Savannah. Back in the day, it was filled with daily commuting students from the surrounding area, though that, too, could have changed, but I suspect it’s still mainly filled with locals. Make sure she takes a very close look at the school.</p>
<p>Well, if its an 1 hrs drive from Boston, there is probably a lot of things to do on campus. If you like a community that is somewhat isolated, more tightknight, closer to one another, then Umass Dartmouth wouldn’t be too bad.</p>