The "Will Paint for Food" Brigade

The Ivory Towers of Paint

The absolute elite. You are practically guaranteed gallery space if you survive the critiques.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employ
1	Yale New Haven, CT	New Haven, CT	18	3%	17% / 83%	17%	$29,915	1	94%	—
2	Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI	Providence, RI	197	23%	28% / 72%	27%	$56,176	18	89%	—
3	School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL	Chicago, IL	625	76%	22% / 78%	34%	$36,594	2	82%	—
4	California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA	Valencia, CA	20	32%	10% / 90%	45%	$25,092	1	87%	—
5	Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, MD	129	77%	25% / 75%	29%	$44,327	6	91%	—
6	Columbia New York, NY	New York, NY	—	4%	—	—	—	—	—	—

Highly respected incubators for the next generation of modern art stars.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employ
1	Pratt Institute Brooklyn, NY	Brooklyn, NY	144	73%	21% / 79%	24%	$30,656	1	93%	—
2	Virginia Commonwealth Richmond, VA	Richmond, VA	243	72%	19% / 81%	1%	$46,163	15	88%	—
3	CUNY Hunter New York, NY	New York, NY	69	28%	17% / 83%	6%	$39,965	27	87%	—
4	UCLA Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA	35	9%	40% / 60%	3%	$40,714	5	90%	—

Gritty, city-integrated programs where the networking is as intense as the curriculum.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employ
1	Cooper Union New York, NY	New York, NY	62	12%	29% / 71%	10%	$24,492	1	82%	—
2	California College of the Arts San Francisco, CA	San Francisco, CA	53	91%	26% / 74%	26%	$42,796	5	86%	—
3	The New School New York, NY	New York, NY	275	63%	20% / 80%	28%	$50,132	12	89%	—

Massive resources, huge alumni networks, and slightly less crushing debt.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employ
1	U. of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	Austin, TX	53	22%	13% / 87%	2%	$46,131	11	85%	—
2	U. of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI	Madison, WI	83	41%	20% / 80%	6%	$40,822	5	93%	—
3	Rutgers University - New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	New Brunswick, NJ	59	68%	20% / 80%	2%	$46,136	22	90%	—
4	Temple Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia, PA	55	72%	13% / 87%	2%	$42,763	10	90%	—
5	Indiana Bloomington, IN	Bloomington, IN	74	76%	23% / 77%	0%	$44,295	9	97%	—