Bard Graduate Center
Eager to discover how object-based study can advance your curatorial and scholarly interests? The NYC institution’s MA and PhD programs in Material Culture, Design History, and Decorative Arts teach emerging arts professionals to ask new questions about the cultural history of the material world.
Columbia University
Columbia’s Visual Arts + Sound Art program immerses graduates in rigorous, studio-based training led by internationally recognized artists. Push the boundaries of your practice while connecting with New York City’s unparalleled network of resources.
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Ranked among the United States’s top graduate-only programs in art, architecture, and design, Cranbrook prepares students to enter the industry with confidence. Up to 10 full-tuition fellowships and over 50 merit scholarships are available.
Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts
The IDSVA PhD in Visual Arts: Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Art Theory is a research-based, low-residency PhD for artists and creative thinkers who want to push the boundaries of how we understand art, culture, and human experience.
Maine College of Art & Design
Built on a commitment to one-on-one mentoring, the MFA in Studio Art offers an interdisciplinary approach that inspires students to think across traditional academic boundaries, with both Full and Low Residency options.
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
From Studio Arts to Art Education to Design Innovation, MassArt’s range of graduate programs encourages students to explore new mediums and new approaches to making.
New York Studio School
Develop your work and personal aesthetic philosophy through NYSS’s unique MFA and Certificate programs, where you can join a community of dedicated artists to study drawing, painting, and sculpture.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
The historically influential SAIC encourages students to cross disciplines and explore concepts unbound to any one medium or academic department. Program offerings include MFA, MA, MArch, MDes, MS, and Low-Residency MFA degrees, plus a new MFA in Comics.
Sotheby’s Institute of Art
Turn your passion for art into a career with master’s programs in London, New York, and online. Students benefit from direct access to industry expertise as they gain the knowledge, skills, and networks to succeed in the global market.
SVA MA Curatorial Practice
At the New York-based, globally linked program, students have multiple opportunities to curate fully subsidized exhibitions, giving them the practical skills and techniques needed to work as a professional curator.Â
SVA MFA Art Practice
This online, critique-driven degree from the School of Visual Arts meets artists where they live and work while keeping them deeply engaged with New York’s contemporary art discourse.
University of Arkansas
The School of Art offers tuition-free graduate programs in Art Education, Art History, Graphic Design, and Studio Art. Students have access to further financial support through assistantships, fellowships, and grants.
University at Buffalo
All students in this interdisciplinary studio art program receive full-tuition scholarships and can gain professional experience as educators through subsidized teaching appointments.
University of California, Davis
Transform your practice at UC Davis’s generously funded Maria Manetti Shrem Art Studio MFA program, which offers students spacious private studios and exceptional opportunities for fellowships, awards, and summer stipends.
University of California, Los Angeles
The three-year program provides a rigorous environment for new modes of critical thinking and art making in the context of media and technology.
University of Connecticut
This fully funded three-year graduate program in Southern New England supports a broad range of art making, and culminates with a show at a Northeast gallery and a thesis exhibition at the university’s museum.
University of Louisville
Every MFA or MA student at the Hite Institute of Art + Design receives a generous scholarship as well as financial support for travel, research, and creative activities. The program is selective and maintains small cohorts.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The Intermedia and Digital Arts (IMDA) MFA program offers funding for tuition, healthcare, stipends, and summer research awards to interdisciplinary artists seeking to expand or reinvent their practice.
University of Texas at Austin
All 12–15 students in UT Austin’s two-year Studio Art MFA program receive the same financial package: full tuition coverage, an annual stipend, health insurance, and private studio space.
University of Michigan
The top-ranked, highly selective MFA program at the Stamps School of Art & Design supports its students as they pursue interdisciplinary and research-based artistic practices.
Washington University in St. Louis
Chaired by artist Tiffany Calvert, the MFA in Visual Art at WashU is a research-based program that offers cutting-edge facilities and a diversified approach to contemporary art.
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