<p>I'm trying to narrow down my list of colleges to apply to. My criteria (as title states): </p>
<ol>
<li>Strong Liberal Arts program with small teacher to student ratio (small classes) </li>
<li>Strong Photography program </li>
<li>Urban setting
*4. (not as important but wanted badly, haha) Strong communications/journalism department. MMmm photojournalism... </li>
</ol>
<p>So far I've looked at:
NYU
Boston University
UCLA
USC
SAIC (School of Art Institute of Chicago)
MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) </p>
<p>There's a dual program at Brown University & RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) that I'd LOVE to do, but I have virtually no chance of getting in LOL so I'm disregarding that option. </p>
<p>ANYTHING about these colleges or others that may apply is appreciated. Verrry very much. </p>
<p>I have been looking around for the same thing.
I’ve mostly narrowd by schools down to: </p>
<p>MICA
SAIC
SVA
AIB
Parsons </p>
<p>I know Parsons has a dual degree program with Lang and SVA has an Honors Program for students who want more liberal arts. & as far as the comment made about MICA, I find that to be untrue. They definatly have a strong liberal arts core & pride themselves on such. They have liberal arts minor options like Creative Writing and such. They also have a new option for incoming freshman in 2011 which is called Humanistic Studies. Basically you spend half your time in liberal arts and the other in studio. & if they do not have something you want you can always take classes at Hopkins…
:)</p>
<p>^^ MICA is great and it does add to the arts curriculum as you say. But that is not the same thing as having a full liberal arts and sciences college, of which your serious photography program is part. That’s Bard’s offering (and NYU, at least, from OP’s list). It depends on what you want, of course. You also might consider whether you want to have students not focused on the arts around you, which would be the case at a liberal arts school. Again, they are all great – but different.</p>
<p>Bradley University in Peoria Illinois. Not exactly an urban campus. Strong in communication, journalism, photography and a favorite place for wealthy chicagoans to send kids for a liberal arts education.</p>