<p>I am just about to finish up my sophomore year and because of changes being made to the university (cuts! cuts! cuts!), I might be transferring. Unfortunately I am not sure where so I thought I would see if anyone knew of any good art programs. I am low on funds so I am going to either.. Stay in Minnesota, transfer to North Dakota (meh), or go to Wisconsin. I would get in-state tuition in any of the three. I would like to stick to a public university like I currently am.
I am going for a BA in art with a graphic design emphasis and a minor in Mass Communications. I have a 3.7 overall GPA and have 70 credits earned.
Some places that I am considering are..</p>
<p>-University of Minnesota (Duluth or Twin cities campuses)
-University of North Dakota
-North Dakota State University
-University of Wisconsin (Madison) - I have visited this campus, very nice! But pretty big for an introvert like myself. Same issue with U of M, Twin Cities.</p>
<p>I was just wondering if anyone knew of the art departments of these places. I know they are not top art related universities, but I am not looking at private colleges. I will check back and stuff to answer questions and stuff.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>I don’t have any advice about these particular schools but noted your “not top art related” comment and wanted to make sure you read the “my top pick art school said no” thread below. Just in case you think you’re missing something. Good luck with your transfer.</p>
<p>I did, I think I commented on it.
I don’t have a problem them not being tops, I only said that because I thought people probably wouldn’t know much about those schools.</p>
<p>You sound very smart and sensible to me. Good luck with everything.</p>
<p>S and H visited both Milwaukee and Madison during art department tour two years ago. Not too keen on Milwaukee but S really liked Madison. The shocker was how expensive it is for out of state and there is little to zero funding for out of state students. </p>
<p>The art department was small but had pretty good resources and they took a lot of interest in their undergraduates. They have some scholarships for ongoing students. However, getting in means having the grades and scores to go to UW…no small thing even with the MN reciprocity agreement it is tough to get in. </p>
<p>My S found it the university bit too big and the art sequence a little too traditional and not a lot of chances to mix it up with his other interests in robotics and animation. However, he really liked the atmosphere at the art department and the univesity in general. My H and I both have graduate degrees and are very fond of Madison so we probably biased him a little. I was a little sad he took it off the top 3 list.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info! I hadn’t looked at out of state tuition for Madison before but I just did and that is quite the difference! 23k for out of state is even more expensive than the private school I considered as a senior.
I still want to talk to someone there to see if any budget cuts are happening since Wisconsin is in even more debt than Minnesota.
I too really liked the atmosphere since I live in a pretty boring city where as they have so many options for entertainment right on State Street by the university. And people seemed really nice but maybe that is because I just visited last month and everyone on that street was peacefully protesting. Haha
The only thing that might prevent me from being accepted would be any test scores from years ago. I have never been a standardized test person but I always hope my grades will make up for it.</p>
<p>You’re probably just fine. Nobody is going to look at your test scores from years ago, also some places just look at the last two years of high school grades. </p>
<p>This won’t help you but in case someone else is from New England and doesn’t know this, MassArt in Boston gives a reduced tuition for those living in other New England states so the tuition is somewhere between Mass residents and other out of state residents. Can’t remember the reduction but I think it includes NH, VT, Maine, maybe CT, info would be on their web site.</p>
<p>Anyone know of other areas where a school might give a lower tuition rate for neighboring states?</p>
<p>Have you looked at Northern Michigan University, in Marquette? They have a very reasonable OOS rate and they had already offered my D some $$ at the campus visit! They have a stand alone brand new art building, as well as a store where students can sell their creations. It is in a small town tho, so I’m not sure how much goes on there entertainment-wise.</p>
<p>artsmarts,
That is what I was hoping. And I think, at least for Mnnesota (and maybe other bordering areas) the cities of Toronto and Manitoba offer cheaper tuition in Canada. I don’t know much about the schools but I considered that option as well. I also heard a couple of years ago that Harvard was going to be making it possible for students coming from families who make less than $75,000 a year eligible for free tuition. But those are the only places that come to my mind.</p>
<p>redbug119, I had not heard of that school before but I am looking at the website right now. I definitely want to look at that more. That art building looks incredible and they offer a lot of possible concentrations.</p>
<p>Does anyone have experience with transferring to Temple Tyler? My daughter is an an out of state private school and (in addition to the high tuition) we are frustrated with various issues in her major. It seems like a natural solution would be to transfer to the BFA program at Temple, but I don’t know how difficult it would be to be accepted. She has high grades, what I think is an excellent portfolio, and good facility in her major (glass.) She is a second semester sophomore. Any comments or suggestions appreciated!</p>
<p>Sky: A CC member TheresaCPA has a D that goes there, you may be able to do a search on some threads by her and see what you could find. Last I heard her D was happy there.</p>
<p>I will do that, thanks!</p>