Profiles of Studio Art Programs & Schools

Programs to consider:

South Carolina

Studio art is any type of visual art made in a studio. This includes everything from paintings, sculptures, and photographs to installations, experimental art, glass blown pieces, and more. While many studio art programs focus on drawing, painting, ceramics, fiber, glass, printmaking, and photography, some also offer graphic design and interior design studio.

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Rhode Island

A typical studio art program combines the study and practice of painting, printmaking, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, and digital media. The major allows students to develop advanced technical skills, aesthetic judgment, and historical understanding. This means, talented studio art graduates will enter the career world with the skills needed to become an art director, art administrator, animator, illustrator, set designer, assistant curator, gallery owner, photojournalist, web designer, mural artist, courtroom sketch artists, cover artist, cartoonist, display painter, art consultant, and more.

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Fairmont State University

Degrees Offered: B. A. Studio Art with Cross-Media Track, B. S. Contemporary Fine Arts Technology, Graphics Engineering Technology

Tuition Information:  Undergraduate residents $5,326, nonresidents $11,230 for the 2012 – 2013 school year.

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Pacific Lutheran University

Degrees Offered: B. F. A. Studio Arts with Concentration in Graphic Design

Tuition Information:  Undergraduate $32,800 for the 2012 – 2013 school year.

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Virginia Tech

Degrees Offered: B. F. A. Studio Arts with Concentration in Digital Art, B. F. A. Visual Communication Design; M. F. A. Creative Technologies

Tuition Information:  Undergraduate residents $9,187, nonresidents $23,575; graduate residents $14,238, nonresidents $27,900 for the 2012 – 2013 school year.  Tuition does not include resident fees of $1,736 or nonresident fees of $2,340 per year.

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University of Virginia

Degrees Offered: B.  A. Studio Art with Concentration in New Media

Tuition Information: Undergraduate residents $9,622, nonresidents $34,952 for the 2012 – 2013 school year.  Tuition does not include resident fees of $2,392 or nonresident fees of $3,074 per year.

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Mary Baldwin College

Degrees Offered: B. A. Studio Art with Emphasis in Graphic Design

Tuition Information: Undergraduate $28,020 for the 2012 – 2013 school year.

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Liberty University

Degrees Offered: B. S. Studio and Digital Arts: Graphic Design

Tuition Information: Undergraduate $18,562 for the 2012 – 2013 school year.  Tuition does not include fees of $1,406 per year.

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The University of Texas-Pan American

Degrees Offered: B. F. A. Studio Art with Specialization in Graphic Design

Tuition Information:  Undergraduate residents $3,969, nonresidents $12,681 for the 2011 – 2012 school year.  Tuition does not include fees of $1,065 per year.

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University of North Texas


Degrees Offered: B. F. A. Communication Design, Studio Art with Concentration in New Media Art; M. F. A. Design with Concentration in Innovation Studies, New Media Art

Tuition Information:  Undergraduate residents $6,187, nonresidents $14,611; graduate residents $6,990, nonresidents $15,414 for the 2012 – 2013 school year.  Tuition does not include undergraduate fees of $2,170 or nonresident fees of $1,796 per year.

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