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
Click here to review application requirements for each department
Questions regarding the VCUarts graduate program may be directed to:
Jack Risley
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
(804) 828-2787
jhrisley@vcu.edu
