The School of Visual Arts in New York City is the largest independent undergraduate art college in the United States. It has a faculty of 800 and an enrollment of 3,000. Undergraduate programs include fine arts (sculpture, video, painting, drawing, installation art, computer art and print-making), film and video, cartooning, computer art, photography, interior design, graphic design and illustration. Graduate programs include art criticism and writing, art therapy, art education, illustration as visual essay and video and related media. Degrees offered are Bachelor of Art and Bachelor of Fine Arts. Summer programs, "on the town" events, and the Visual Opinion student magazine are a few of the school's features. Noted alumni include actor Jared Leto, lead singer of band My Chemical Romance Gerard Way and painter and filmmaker Jesse Richards.
School of Visual Arts
209 E. 23rd St.
New York, NY 10010
212-592-2000
schoolofvisualarts.edu
The Parsons New School of Design in New York City has an enrollment of 2,800 with 30 full-time faculty and 675 adjuncts. The New School was the first American art and design school to feature campuses in other parts of the world. Affiliate schools are located in France, the Dominican Republic, South Korea and Japan. Programs include art history, broadcast design, fashion design, painting, sculpture, photography, illustration, fine arts, furniture design, interior design and history of decorative arts and design. Degrees offered are Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Arts and Master of Fine Arts. The New School is the setting for television show "Project Runway" and also features the Arnold & Sheila Aronson Galleries, four libraries, and tutoring and internship programs.
Parson, The New School of Design
66 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10011
212-229-8900
parsons.edu
The Department of Fine Arts and Institute of Fine Arts at New York University has an enrollment of 19,826 with a faculty of 15. Programs offered include urban design and agriculture studies, studio art (minor only), fine arts, history of art and archeology, conservation and curatorial studies. Degrees offered are a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Art. School features include the Grey Fine Arts Library and Study Center, the Grey Art Gallery, the Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, and study abroad and internship opportunities. Noted alumni include J.D. Salinger, Russell Simmons, actors Ethan Hawke, Debra Messing, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Billy Crystal, Anne Hathaway and Meg Ryan, and directors M. Night Shyamalan and Martin Scorsese.
Department of Fine Arts & Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
70 Washington Square S., 12S
New York, NY 10012
212-998-1212
nyu.edu