<p>Which schools are the best in fine arts, studio arts, design et cetera?</p>
<p>Rhode Island School of Design, Parsons, Cooper Union, Pratt (in no particular order).</p>
<p>Brooklyn, are you looking for an artschool (one that focuses on art, design, architecture etc.) or are you looking for a college or university that has a good art department among dozens of other disciplines?</p>
<p>If the latter, could you give us an idea of your academic standing?</p>
<p>Thanks for replying so quickly. My credentials are as follows:</p>
<p>SATS Math- 720,
Verbal- 710
Writing- 770</p>
<p>(Total 2200)</p>
<p>I go to a prestigous New England prep school, where historically 1/3 of the students have matriculated to Ivy League Schools. I'm probably at the top 10% of my class.</p>
<p>I've also got very unique extracurricular(s), as well as (hopefully) very strong recommendations.</p>
<p>I'm looking at schools with strong/interesting arts programs, not just art schools.</p>
<p>You should look into Carnegie Mellon and Washington University in St Louis.</p>
<p>In fact, not arts-only schools!</p>
<p>Vassar College, in general, has a very good fine arts program (especially in the visual arts. I guess I would need to know more about what it is you want to study outside of art to help. It sounds to me like you want to major in art, but not attend an actual art school, which is fine, but peculiar.</p>
<p>Vassar is a nice school though, with a very artsy student body and excellent art program. Don't forget Vassar's academic strength as well.</p>
<p>Well, I'd love a program with a strong arts program, with a strong and coordinated humanities program. I am also entrepreneurial, and would love to study economics.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your sincere help!</p>
<p>Small LACs with good art departments: Williams, Wesleyan, Skidmore, Hamilton, Conn College, Kenyon. If you are female, Smith. There are others but these are the ones my son looked at. Be aware that the focus at small schools (and some of the bigger ones as well) is on traditional media -- painting, drawing, sculpture, photography. For design or "new" media you'd be better off at an art school.</p>
<p>Medium sized Universities: Yale, Brown, CMU. The joint progarm between Brown and RISD is brand new but looks interesting. You can also take classes at RISD as a regular Brown student. Tufts also has a joint program with the Boston Museum, but I've never actually heard from anyone who's tried it.</p>
<p>If you're at a rigorous New England prep school then many of these colleges are already on your radar screen. My son attended Williams where he majored in Art Studio and Art History and took classes in everything under the sun. Economics is one of the stronger departments.</p>
<p>Be sure to submit a supplementary slide portfolio of your work. I'd also suggest putting together an art package which would include the portfolio, an additional recommendation from an art teacher or mentor, a resume of classes/awards/achievements, a personal statement and if applicable one or two articles about your accomplishments.</p>
<p>thanks momrath, i'll check Williams out!</p>
<p>I forgot to mention Skidmore and Conn. Bard has a nice one too. So, in total, Vassar, Skidmore, Conn, and Bard all have excellent academic programs with excellent visual arts programs to boot. I visited all of these schools, and was impressed by the art dept at all of them. Vassar's and Skidmore's were particularly nice.</p>
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<p>Brooklynzoo, Carnegie Mellon would be idea for you. You would need to apply to both the art school at CMU and the school of either business or humanities for the economics. CMU has very strong programs in those areas.</p>
<p>Check them out.</p>
<p>As an alternative to CMU, check out University of Cincinnati. They have a nationally ranked design school,which is certainly on par with CMU PLUS you can take economics since they are a university. In addition, they have something that most schools don't have: a coop program which will give you real world experience in your major. I know that the design school has it and the business school has it. They probably don't have coops for fine art though. Check them out.</p>
<p>Finally, you might want to try for duel admission to both RISD and BRown. This way you can get the best of what you want. However, it is very hard to get admitted to both schools independently.</p>