<p>how is it? tell me more....</p>
<p>It’s the best in the world.</p>
<p>That’s what my interviewer said. We had been discussing art history for a good bit of the interview and then I said I wanted to major in linguistics. “What about art history?” = words that cracked my certainty.</p>
<p>Art history is the shift!</p>
<p>i think its one of the better art history programs…</p>
<p>I’m not sure about the quality of Yale’s art history program as compared to others (although I think its fairly safe to say that any Yale program guarantees a certain level of quality and prestige!), but I can add that when I toured Yale, my tour guide was a junior art history major from the Jonathan Edwards campus. She said that she had to to Yale as a Classics major and had dedicated most of her high school career to pursuing Classics-related interests, but when she got to Yale and took and art history course as an elective, she fell in love with the subject, professors, and program.</p>
<p>I hope that helps! Her change of heart and passion, I think, should stand testament to the program’s credibility.</p>
<p>Top 5 on multiple lists:
[Ranking</a> of Art History Graduate Programs — PhDs.org Graduate School Guide](<a href=“http://graduate-school.phds.org/rankings/art-history/rank?w2=-4&w3=4&w1=5&w7=5&w17=5&w8=5&w18=-2&w24=-2&w25=2&w26=2]Ranking”>http://graduate-school.phds.org/rankings/art-history/rank?w2=-4&w3=4&w1=5&w7=5&w17=5&w8=5&w18=-2&w24=-2&w25=2&w26=2)
[Top</a> Universities in Art History | Good University Ranking Guide](<a href=“http://whichuniversitybest.blogspot.com/2009/07/top-universities-in-art-history.html]Top”>Top Universities in Art History | Good University Ranking Guide)
[Art</a> History Newsletter : New Department Rankings](<a href=“arthistorynewsletter.com - arthistorynewsletter Resources and Information.”>arthistorynewsletter.com - arthistorynewsletter Resources and Information.)</p>
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Let’s not give in to hyperbole. The IFA at NYU absolutely dominates in the art history world, with Columbia, Berkeley, and Harvard also doing exceptionally well.</p>
<p>As Descartesz’s lists probably indicate, however, Yale is in the running (along with Princeton, Chicago, Michigan, and recently Penn) for the #5 spot.</p>
<p>That’s not to say it’s universally strong, of course. Ancient art, for example, is fairly weak. At the undergraduate level, however, one could hardly do better.</p>
<p>Thank you everyone! You are all so very helpful.</p>
<p>Yes, please don’t confuse undergrad with grad. Most programs at Yale are very good or Yale would invest in making them better. Getting into Yale is much harder than picking a good course of study. </p>
<p>That said, Yale has lots of stuff. They have two real museums, lots more in the back rooms, lots of access to stuff, etc. That makes the experience better.</p>