VCUarts offers some of the nation’s most highly regarded graduate programs
VCUarts is once again ranked the #1 public university school of arts and design in the country by U.S. News & World Report.
MFA degrees are offered in:
Interior Environments
Design/Visual Communications
Kinetic Imaging
Ceramics
Fiber
Furniture Design
Glass
Jewelry/Metal
Painting
Photography and Film
Printmaking
Sculpture
Theatre Pedagogy
Theatre Design/Tech
MAE degrees are offered in:
Art Education
MM degrees are offered in:
Music
MA degrees are offered in:
Art Historical Studies
Architectural Studies
Museum Studies
PhD degrees are offered in:
Art Historical Studies
Curatorial
Specialty rankings from that report honored the following eight VCUarts graduate programs:
- Sculpture, #1 overall
- Fiber Arts #4 overall (Dept. of Craft/Material Studies) (#1 public university ranking)
- Graphic Design, #5 overall (#1 public university ranking)
- Glass #5 overall (Craft/Material Studies) (#1 public university ranking)
- Painting, #7 overall (#2 public university ranking)
- Ceramics #9 overall (Craft/Material Studies) (#7 public university ranking)
- Metals/Jewelry #10 overall (#5 public university ranking)
- Printmaking #10 overall (our Dept. of Painting & Printmaking) (#9 public university ranking)
- Photography #13 overall (our department of Photography and Film) (#4 public university ranking)
- Multimedia/Visual Communications #14 overall (#3 public university ranking)
In short, VCUarts has the highest ranking ever achieved by a public university school of arts and design and is the only public university to consistently rise in the rankings.
VCUarts Department of Interior Design is ranked #10 nationally by DesignIntelligence 2011 America’s Best Architecture and Design Schools.
Application Requirements
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Questions regarding the VCUarts graduate program may be directed to:
Jack Risley
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
(804) 828-2787
jhrisley@vcu.edu