California College of the Arts is a private college with campuses in Oakland and San Francisco. The school offers undergraduate, graduate and special programs. Majors include architecture, graphic design, Illustration, Industrial design, painting, drawing and photography. CCA offers interdisciplinary lecture series with well-known artists and community art fairs. There are more than 500 practicing artists, designers, published writers and scholars on its faculty. BusinessWeek magazine named CCA one of the world's best design schools.
School of The Art Institute of Chicago is one of the oldest accredited schools of art and design in the country. The school also has a museum. Undergraduate, post-baccalaureate and graduate degrees are offered. Some types of study include arts administration, art education, art therapy, fashion design, filmmaking, ceramics, painting and photography. U.S. News and World Report regularly ranks SAIC as one of the top three graduate programs in the country.
Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles offers small classes focused on coursework as well as hands-on studio classes. Master's and bachelor's degrees in fine arts are offered, with areas of concentration that include animation, black and white photography, digital media, fashion design, graphic design, painting, product design, and sculpture. Students are also required to choose a Foundation Studio that includes beginning drawing, Intermediate drawing and life drawing. Otis College is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
MassArt, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, which opened its doors in 1873, was the nation's first independent public college of art and design. It was also the first art school to grant degrees, and today it offers academic programs, graduate programs and certificate programs. Courses include art education, fine arts 2D and 3D, liberal arts, photography, graphic design, architectural design, and fashion design. BusinessWeek magazine recognized MassArt as one of the top worldwide design schools.