<p>what's a good art school for graphic design--that has good rankings and is in the eastcoast?</p>
<p>it doesn't have to be a professional institute. could be a university.. i've heard cornell's art is pretty good but i wanna know for sure.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Ringling in Sarasota, Savannah Art Institute, Flagler College in Florida.</p>
<p>Ringling in Sarasota, Savannah Art Institute, Flagler College in Florida.</p>
<p>Savannah College of Art and Design</p>
<p>Pratt, SVA, RISD, RIT</p>
<p>RISD, Pratt, Yale, Cooper Union is kind of cool because it's free.</p>
<p>SCAD is a spoiled rich kid lame place I hear.</p>
<p>Based on US News ratings for Grad School:</p>
<p>RISD, Yale, RIT, Pratt, Parson, SVA,Syracuse, Carnegie Mellon for Communication Design, Virginia Commonwealth University, MICA.</p>
<p>//SCAD is a spoiled rich kid lame place I hear.//</p>
<p>SCAD is one of the less expensive art colleges (comparatively), and is very generous in offering academic, portfolio and need-based scholarships.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.scad.edu%5B/url%5D">http://www.scad.edu</a></p>
<p>I completely agree with RainingAgain. Both SCAD and SVA can be cheaper than other schools noted above. It is NOT just for spoiled rich kids. In fact, many "for profit" or schools that were formerly "for profit" tend to be less expensive than the non-profit counterparts. I am not sure why this is.
If you want to find some spoiled rich kids, simply go to some more expensive private schools such as Syracuse, BU etc. Even those mentioned have many nice, non-spoiled kids too.</p>
<p>I've spoken to someone who specifically went to SCAD and that's what he said, he ended up disliking it so much he switched to the Atlanta campus I believe.</p>
<p>I think he also said that the aid they give is pretty shady, as in they might give it to you the first year but none the next years, that sort of thing.</p>
<p>//I've spoken to someone who specifically went to SCAD and that's what he said, he ended up disliking it so much he switched to the Atlanta campus I believe.//</p>
<p>So in other words, he's still at SCAD.</p>
<p>//I think he also said that the aid they give is pretty shady, as in they might give it to you the first year but none the next years, that sort of thing.//</p>
<p>They will take it away if you don't keep your grades up.</p>
<p>My daughter's focused in graphic design and her first choice is wavering between SCAD and Drexel. She visited the Tyler School at Temple but it wasnt a good fit. There are lots of GD programs in Boston, but they are generally smaller and housing is not guaranteed. If you want some kind of campus life, graphic design choices can be limited. Look also at Marist, Cornell, RIT, Southern Florida, American, Syracuse and of course, RISD to name a few. In NYC don't forget Pratt. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>Actually, don't forget the University of Cincinnati, which has a fabulous design program PLUS a year and one half of paid coop.</p>
<p>Can anyone recommend some good ones on the west coast?</p>
<p>Art Center (pasadena), California College of the Arts (san francisco), Otis College of Art and Design (West LA), CalArts (Valencia)</p>
<p>Cooper Union is not just cool because it's free. It's free because they guarantee a full 4 year scholarship to any student who is excepted. There
is a tuition, it's paid by someone other than you the student. You have to
be exceptional, it is a school for the exceptional. It is a school of higher learning........ect, but to say it's cool because it's free is really not a good
example of what The Cooper has to offer.</p>
<p>i'm at calarts and i love it. faculty, students, work, is amazing. </p>
<p>i was at syracuse before, and loved the people, hated the program. one of my best friends at syracuse [ who was a year behind me ] is the best in the program for his year, right now [ the faculty have made it clear by giving him "the gold star" its this weird sticker that they give in the beginning to who they think is doing the best work. so that the other students work harder ] hates it too and considering dropping out. [ comm design. ] [ i'm gd at calarts. ]</p>
<p>oh, good schools, from a GD students perspective: NCSU Design School [ theres a reason why these kids keep winning on threadless.. ] Cranbrook[ grad school ], Art Center, SVA </p>
<p>and i'm presonally biased against risd. ive known too many people that have dropped out. i loved their illustration dept, but wasn't thrilled by graphic design.</p>
<p>Not thrilled by RISD's G.D. dept? I cannot speak for them directly, and I do not know their teaching methodology, but many students and parents soemtimes fail to understand the fundamentals of G.D. which do not necessarily lead to professional-based outcomes, but focus instead upon visual languages and their semantic/syntatic values. I suspect RISD may be more theoretical in their approach to teaching design.</p>
<p>Matter of fact, I just visited their website and downloaded a PDF...the very first paragraph speaks directly to my thoughts on their approach.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.risd.edu/pdf/facts/Graphic.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.risd.edu/pdf/facts/Graphic.pdf</a></p>
<p>I might add that RISD as a whole probably has the highest retention rate (lowest drop out rate) of any art school (maybe Cooper does better). I doubt it's any different for their GD program.</p>
<p>i didn't like the work. i don't think i need a catalog to tell me whether or not to like the work, thats a personal opinion.</p>
<p>and i definitely understand the differences between a conceptual & technical program. or a communication or visual based program. </p>
<p>personally, the best ones are the ones that focus on concept just as much as they focus on the technicalities/visual aspect.</p>