How VCUarts Stacks Up

  • 1928 VCUarts Founding Year

  • 3,227 Undergraduate & Graduate Students

  • 350 School of the Arts Faculty

  • 17 Average Students Per Studio Class

  • 20 Arts Buildings on the Richmond Campus

  • 160 Average Students Per Academic Department

  • 18 Bachelor's Degrees

  • 5 Master's Degrees

  • 2 Campuses: Richmond, Virginia & Doha, Qatar

  • 100 Visiting Artists on Campus Each Year

Our Campus

VCUarts is housed within 20 buildings on VCU’s urban Monroe Park Campus in the heart of Richmond, Virginia, including the acclaimed Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU. Our students enjoy close proximity to a variety of arts and cultural institutions within the city — many within walking or biking distance.

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National Rankings

VCUarts is among the top-ranked schools of arts and design in the country. That means you’ll graduate with credibility as an artist and a professional, with a degree that’s respected in the world of galleries, design and advertising firms, graduate schools, artistic directors and employers.

  • #2 Best Fine Arts Programs

    U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools, 2026

  • #1 in Visual & Performing Arts Among U.S. Public Research Universities

    National Science Foundation, 2024

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Our Campus in Qatar

Established in 1998, VCUarts Qatar is our international school for art and design in the Middle East. Our semester exchange program puts students at the heart of creativity and innovation in Doha’s “Education City,” where several international educational institutions reside.

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About Virginia Commonwealth University

VCU is unlike any university you’ve ever seen. Our community is more than 300,000 strong — each Ram a unique mix of style, story and attitude. Here, artists and engineers, doctors and designers are coming together to reimagine the human experience and tackle the problems of tomorrow.

  • 1838 VCU's Founding Year

  • 28,831 Total Student Enrollment

  • 138 Countries Represented by VCU Students

  • 235,395 VCU Alumni

  • 17 Schools and Colleges

  • 238 Academic Programs

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Get to Know Our Students

with Stats About the Class of 2028

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2,445 First-Year Applications

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680 Enrolled First-Year Students

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3.74 Average High School GPA

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21% are First-Generation Students

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Over 50% Received Four-Year Scholarships

Admissions information above based on data from fall 2024.