Colleges with Fine Programs in Visual/Studio Arts

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Alfred University (Alfred, NY)

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Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Art Academy of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH)
Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, CA)

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Bard College (Annandale on Hudson, NY)
Bates College (Lewiston, ME)
Bennington College (Bennington, VT)
Boston University (Boston, MA)

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Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME)
Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH)
Brown University (Providence, RI)

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California College of the Arts (San Francisco, CA)
California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, CA)
Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
Centre College (Danville, KY)

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Chowan University (Murfreesboro, NC)
Cleveland Institute of Art (Cleveland, OH)
Colby College (Waterville, ME)
College for Creative Studies (Detroit, MI)
Columbus College of Art and Design (Columbus, OH)
Connecticut College (New London, CT)
Cornish College of the Arts (Seattle, WA)
East Carolina University (Greenville, NC)
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (Edinboro, PA)
Endicott College (Beverly, MA)
Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, NY)

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Ferris State University (Big Rapids, MI)
Franklin College Switzerland (6924 Sorengo (Lugano, SW (CHE))
Grand Valley State University (Allendale, MI)
Hampshire College (Amherst, MA)
Hollins University (Roanoke, VA)
Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis (Indianapolis, IN)
Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)

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Kansas City Art Institute (Kansas City, MO)
Kent State University (Kent, OH)
Knox College (Galesburg, IL)
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania (Kutztown, PA)
Laguna College of Art and Design (Laguna Beach, CA)
Lesley University (Cambridge, MA)
Long Island University—Post (Brookville, NY)
Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
Maine College of Art & Design (Portland, ME)
Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore, MD)
Massachusetts College of Art and Design (Boston, MA)
Metropolitan State College of Denver (Denver, CO)
Mills College (Oakland, CA)
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (Milwaukee, WI)
Minneapolis College of Art and Design (Minneapolis, MN)
Montclair State University (Montclair, NJ)
Montserrat College of Art (Beverly, MA)
Moore College of Art and Design (Philadelphia, PA)
Moravian College (Bethlehem, PA)
Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA)
New York School of Interior Design (New York, NY)
New York University (New York, NY)

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Ohio Northern University (Ada, OH)

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Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, OH)
Otis College of Art and Design (Los Angeles, CA)
Otterbein University (Westerville, OH)
Pacific Northwest College of Art (Portland, OR)
Parsons The New School for Design (New York, NY)
Pennsylvania State University—University Park (University Park, PA)
Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY)
Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI)
Rhodes College (Memphis, TN)
Ringling College of Art and Design (Sarasota, FL)
Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY)

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Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design (Lakewood, CO)
San Francisco Art Institute (San Francisco, CA)
Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY)
Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, GA)
School of Visual Arts (New York, NY)
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA)
Scripps College (Claremont, CA)
Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, NY)
Smith College (Northampton, MA)
Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX)

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Southwestern University (Georgetown, TX)

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Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
Suffolk University (Boston, MA)

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Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)
The Cooper Union (New York, NY)
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
The University of Tulsa (Tulsa, OK)
Trinity College (Hartford, CT)
University of Alabama, Birmingham (Birmingham, AL)
University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

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University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH)

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University of Delaware (Newark, DE)

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University of Denver (Denver, CO)

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University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, MD)
University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth (North Dartmouth, MA)
University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)
University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)

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University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
University of Vermont (Burlington, VT)

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University of Washington, Seattle (Seattle, WA)
Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY)
Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA)
Wagner College (Staten Island, NY)

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Washburn University (Topeka, KS)
Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)
Washington and Lee University (Lexington, VA)
Watkins College of Art, Design & Film (Nashville, TN)
Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA)
Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT)
West Virginia Wesleyan College (Buckhannon, WV)
Western Washington University (Bellingham, WA)

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Wheaton College (Norton, MA)

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Whitman College (Walla Walla, WA)

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