<p>Anyone know how the school is for the fine arts department (under liberal arts)? thanks</p>
<p>I was hoping to have the same ? answered! My D and I visited for College and Career 2 day session this summer. She liked the ceramics and Glass Blowing sessions that she attended, but was very concerned about wether she would fit in or not socially. She is a swimmer, not your typical “artsy” type, but not a science and math person, and she felt surrounded by engineering/math/science majors.</p>
<p>RIT is a fantastic fine arts school. Many of the programs are top ten nationally or better. The glass program is the #2 program nationally. Photography is ranked #3. The fine arts program as a whole is ranked 21st nationally among masters level universities. </p>
<p>Socially, I doubt there would be an issue. While RIT certainly has students that match particular stereotypes, it is also one of the largest private schools in the country. There are almost 20,000 students, so I doubt your daughter will have a problem finding friends.</p>
<p>Okay, I know this might be a little late, but when I visited National Portfolio day this year, I talked to a RIT representative. He said he worked in the Industrial Design department and would not recommend fine arts at RIT because it isn’t one of the strong art programs.</p>
<p>Anyways, I have a friend who is going to RIT for Industrial Design, even though she was very math and science-oriented in High School, and she loves it.</p>
<p>Like all schools , RIT has its strong programs and those that aren’t as strong. It is most well known in design, which includes industrial, graphic, new media, etc. It has a nationally known program in Photography and has a strong, up-in-coming program in film and animation.</p>
<p>Its lessor known programs in fine arts, textiles, glass etc are fine. They just aren’t as well known as some others in the field. All of their facilities are modern and up to date. Teachers are all successful practitioners. </p>
<p>Bottom line: Overall, RIT is decent in all areas of art and design. They are also top notch in a number of art and design fields as well. Read over my review of RIT in the visit forums.</p>
<p>Just as an addendum to my post, number 5 found in number 5 here in this thread: RIT’s rankings for grad school arts are as follows:</p>
<p>Rankings </p>
<h1>21l overall in Fine Arts</h1>
<p>Specialties </p>
<h1>2 in Glass</h1>
<h1>12 in Graphic Design</h1>
<h1>8 in Industrial Design</h1>
<h1>8 in Metals / Jewelry</h1>
<h1>10 in Multimedia / Visual Communications</h1>
<h1>3 in Photography</h1>
<p>I currently attend RIT and was originally in Graphic Design and I’m now an Advertising and Public Relations Major. There are other schools better suited for fine arts and not as much money if you can I would broaden your horizons. The staff of the College of Liberal Arts is diverse so I cannot give much feedback on that. If you are certain you want to be a fine arts major then RIT should not be your first choice, there are cheaper options with equivalent or better programs.</p>
<p>Do you know anything about the school of American Crafts and the Ceramics program?</p>
<p>For Ceramics, Alfred University, NY State College of Ceramics is considered top notch and best in US. Other highly ranked schools are:</p>
<p>RISD
California College of Arts
Ohio State
Ohio University
Indiana University
Virginia Commonwealth University
University of Minnesota
University of Florida
University of Georgia
Arizona State University
Temple University, Tyler School of Art
School of Art Institute in Chicago
Maybe University of New Mexico</p>
<p>As for RIT’s ceramic program, it probably is decent,but there seem to be a lot better schools for ceramics.</p>
<p>As for the arts, RIT is well known for its applied art such as Interior, Graphic and Industrial Design and Animation arts, which is relatively new but seems to be an up and coming program that is garnering some respect in the industry. It is surprisingly strong in glass due to its close proximity to Corning Glass Works and Museum. Also, it is very strong in photography due to its long standing association with Bausch and Lomb and Eastman Kodak. </p>
<p>For pure fine arts, I don’t know as much about their program. I do know that they have one of the few medical illustration programs around.</p>