TOP SCHOOLS with BEST Art Programs?!

Applying to College
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<p>I'm interested in learning a bit more about art schools.
I have been academically and activity wise very strong throughout high school. I have an unweighted GPA of 4.0 and I took 6 APs my Junior Year of High school. I'm also President of a few Humanitarian clubs. But my real passion is art and it continues to grow as I get older. I'm almost certain that I want to go into art career wise although I'm not a hundred percent sure what. </p>

<p>My question is this: I'm confused on my decision on whether to go to Art School or not. I really think it would be a great idea career wise down the road, but at the same time I desperately want a liberal arts education because I am very passionate about learning about a wide variety of things like history, literature, political science, calculus, etc.</p>

<p>I would like to know rankings for the top schools in the country which also have very good Art Programs. </p>

<p>Right now my list has come down to:
Yale
Brown- (RISD Dual Program)
Carnegie Mellon</p>

<p>Please reccommend any others, or comment on the ones above. What are their strong points. If possibly from the list of top 30 school in US News and World Report you could rank which ones are really good in Art that would be great. Preferably the fine arts like drawing and painting and also a bit of design.</p>

<p>Thanks. =]</p>

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<p>This is a Grad school list of the top 10 Fine Arts Schools in the US
( See this url)
Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI </p>

<p>Yale University New Haven, CT </p>

<p>School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL </p>

<p>Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills, MI
Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA
California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA<br>
University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA </p>

<p>Alfred University--New York State College of Ceramics Alfred, NY</p>

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<p>Williams has a reputation as a top school with a great art program.</p>

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<p>WashU suits your criteria as well</p>

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<p>^I was thinking WashU too.</p>

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<p>Smith College.</p>

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<p>First thing popped up in my mind was Art Institute of Chicago.</p>