<p>Anymore ideas? I am about to choose for good.</p>
<p>If finances are at issue -- as they are for most as the cost of college keeps rising -- you may want to ad a few more state schools to your list. Many set designers go to graduate school... a good number of graduate schools offer tuition remission and assistantships, but some very good ones do not.</p>
<p>You may want to weigh the cost of your undergraduate education agaist the cost of potential MFA training.</p>
<p>California (where is sounds like you are from) has some very good state schools for theatre. Also -- many state schools where you would be out of state also offer a less expensive option to private university. </p>
<p>All that being said -- many private colleges and universities do offer strong financial aid packages, so I would still apply to the private schools that you love, just look to a number of financial options.</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>This is to everyone-- What do you consider to be the BEST set design programs in the US? </p>
<p>I hear a lot of NYU and CMU, but what else?</p>
<p>NYU Scenic Design is a graduate program.</p>
<p>2 suggestions:</p>
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<li><p>contact the designer's union, and ask them if they have any data showing where their members have gone to school. USA (United Scenic Artists) Local 829, United</a> Scenic Artists Local 829</p></li>
<li><p>pick 3 of your most favorite set designers, and send them an email asking for where they went to school, and what they would recommend for you</p></li>
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