<p>My daughter is looking to major in photography or advertising design. She has attended SVA two summers in a row and loved it. She is looking into other art schools but also wants to consider some liberal arts universities with a strong arts program. I am aware of NYU, Wash U, Syracuse and U Michigan. Does anyone know where else to look? She loves the city.</p>
<p>I am pretty sure BU has a great program.</p>
<p>I don’t know where you are located but usually there is at least one flagship U in every state that has a program for advertising. I would be very cautious and get the most broad education as possible. The advertising/graphic design industry has not bounced back from the recession yet. It can be very hard to find a job especially entry level.</p>
<p>We live in Westchester, NY</p>
<p>For photography, a friend of DD1 ended up at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. But he was <em>amazing</em> for portraits and fashion type work (I’ve seen his work and he puts most pros to shame). He did not even consider a ‘real’ university, just SAIC. </p>
<p>If you want the ‘college experience’, tho, a larger school that has an established department in the area(s) you want may be better. </p>
<p>But, since you’re on the east coast it may be worth looking into Rhode Island School of Design (aka the mother of all art schools :)) or Pratt Institute in NYC (about as artsy as RISD).</p>
<p>Temple in Philadelphia</p>
<p>Funny, I was going to suggest Drexel in Philadelphia. You daughter would be entering a field with a lot of stiff competition. Drexel has coop programs to help get some employment established.</p>
<p>My cousin’s daughter had an excellent experience studying photography at Northeastern. Drexel was one of her top choices, too, but she chose Northeastern instead. (She grew up in Philadelphia, which was a factor in her decision.) She had a couple excellent “Co-op” experiences at NEU. Ultimately, it was up to her to land the Co-op jobs but the school really pointed her in the right direction.</p>
<p>DAAP at the University of Cincinnati is an art program, but at a larger university so there will be contact with kids in Liberal Arts, Business, Engineering etc., and the opportunity to take a few (not many) courses outside of the major. So…an art school education in a larger university setting. </p>
<p>Not really answering your liberal arts question, though. How are her grades? Would she consider any of the women’s colleges? Many of which have strong studio art and photography depts…although…not particularly focused on graphic arts.</p>
<p>Not in the city, but Bard and Skidmore are liberal arts colleges with very strong visual arts programs.</p>
<p>OK, not what you requested exactly but take a look at RIT’s offerings. Yes, it’s a nerdy-techy school, not a liberal arts college, located in the birthplace of Eastman Kodak!
[Photographic</a> Arts & Sciences - RIT: College of Imaging Arts & Sciences](<a href=“http://cias.rit.edu/schools/photographic-arts-sciences]Photographic”>http://cias.rit.edu/schools/photographic-arts-sciences)
They have several undergrad photography majors including Advertising Photography, Biomedical Photographic Comm., Fine Art Photography, Imagining and Photographic Technology, Photojournalism, Visual Media. Plus they have a college of business. Excellent co-op programs too.</p>
<p>Besides NYU Wash U Syracuse, she should look at Skidmore, Pitzer, and esp for photography - Bard.</p>
<p>Also consider colleges that have cross-registration with neighboring art schools, which offer a broader range of art opportunities than most liberal arts colleges can provide on their own, even those with strong departments … e.g. Brown/RISD for top students. Ditto Johns Hopkins and MICA. Mass College of Art classes are open to students at several nearby colleges including Simmons and Emmanuel.</p>