<p>Um. It's not exactly prestigious as Brown but...</p>
<p>Eugene Lang College. It's this great little LAC (part of the New School University) in Manhattan (and my first choice). You can get a dual BA/BFA with Parson's New School for Design (art college, also part of New School).</p>
<p>We know someone who is doing a joint program with Tufts and the School at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. First two years are mostly at SMFA, second two years mostly at Tufts. This kid is very happy.</p>
<p>At MICA, you can cross register with almost all the schools in Baltimore, including Johns Hopkins and University of Baltimore (there's 14 I think, I would have to check.) Downside is MICA and JHU are far apart, upside is there's really good public transport. At the Art Institute of Boston you can cross register with Lesley.</p>
<p>Earlyriser, If your daughter is looking for Northeast schools in the same academic calibre as Brown she might consider the below small LACs which also have excellent art departments as part of the college. </p>
<p>The downside is that the focus will be on traditional painting, sculpture, photography. Graphic art and new media are less represented, though every school usually has an "expert" on the faculty.</p>
<p>Same goes for the ivy league and for large universities: Along with Brown (which has a respectable art department in its own right)Yale is very strong in studio art. Carnegie Melon also comes to mind.</p>
<p>LACs with good studio art departments: Williams, Wesleyan, Conn College, Hamilton, Kenyon, Vassar, Bard, Oberlin, Smith.</p>