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Public Art Colleges

Art is an expansive field to study in college; it includes the fields of fine arts, visual arts and the performing arts. Art students who wish to attend college can choose a private or public art college to attend. Public colleges are mainly funded by state taxes along with tuition, whereas private colleges rely more heavily on tuition and private donations for funding. Generally, public art colleges are more affordable than private art colleges and they offer a competitive art education. However, tuition costs for out-of-state students will usually be higher than for residents of that state, but will likely still be less than for private colleges. Listed are four of the best-ranked public art colleges in the U.S. in terms of art education, reputation and cost.

  1. University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

    • Popularly known as UCLA, the University of California-Los Angeles is a public college in the state of California. Data compiled by Princeton Review, U.S. News and World Report and America's Best rank UCLA as the number-two public college in the country. Education-Portal.com ranks its art college as among the top ten most popular art colleges in the country. The School of the Arts and Architecture currently has 800 undergraduate and 400 graduate students enrolled. The department is comprised of six art degree departments and six arts centers. The art college also includes two public arts museums and a leading performing arts program.

    Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)

    • Virginia Commonwealth University is located in Richmond, Virginia. It School of the Arts is also ranked by Education-portal.com as one of the top ten most popular public arts colleges in the United States; U.S. News and World Report ranked VCU School of the Arts as the number one public arts and design university in 2009 and number four In 2010. It has a student body of over 3,000 students. Students can choose from 16 major programs on campus; a student can also apply to study abroad at VCU's art school in Qatar. The art school website also has an impressive honors and awards list; three MacArthur Genius Awards have been granted within the last five years, each award is $500,000 each.

    Temple University

    • Temple University's Tyler School of Art is one of the best public arts schools in the U.S. It is ranked by U.S. College Rankings as number 14 among fine arts colleges in the U.S. In 2009, Tyler opened its new 255,000-square-foot. art facility, which houses galleries, faculty and administrative offices, student work spaces, instructional classrooms, workshop lecture halls, exhibition spaces and creative studios. Tyler School of Art has 13 departments including photography, ceramics, sculpture, painting and drawing, architecture, art history and graphic and interactive design.

    University of Texas - Austin (UT-Austin)

    • Ranked as one of the best public art colleges in the U.S. by College Rankings, the University of Texas-Austin is tied with the University of California-San Diego for 15th place. UT-Austin offers a diverse arts program that includes classical music, jazz, dance, graphics and design and video and photography. The College of Fine Arts also offers an international arts program, called Texas Performing Arts and a public arts program, called Landmarks.

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