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	5-Year Earn
1	Yale University New Haven, CT	New Haven, CT	14	4%	43% / 57%	7%	$29,846	—
2	Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI	Providence, RI	178	55%	31% / 69%	24%	$62,050	—
3	School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL	Chicago, IL	696	55%	29% / 71%	30%	$43,374	—
4	California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA	Valencia, CA	23	22%	35% / 65%	22%	—	—
5	Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, MD	139	52%	15% / 85%	20%	$60,938	—
6	Columbia University 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	5-Year Earn
1	Pratt Institute Brooklyn, NY	Brooklyn, NY	88	42%	22% / 78%	24%	$40,222	—
2	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	Richmond, VA	239	72%	12% / 88%	1%	$45,725	—
3	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	New York, NY	55	28%	22% / 78%	7%	$39,622	—
4	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA	47	9%	32% / 68%	4%	$48,018	—

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

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	School of Visual Arts New York, NY	New York, NY	337	55%	20% / 80%	61%	$59,760	—
2	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York, NY	New York, NY	73	12%	40% / 60%	5%	$24,612	—
3	California College of the Arts San Francisco, CA	San Francisco, CA	67	68%	24% / 76%	21%	$47,663	—
4	The New School New York, NY	New York, NY	207	55%	23% / 77%	29%	$63,787	—

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

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	Austin, TX	74	25%	18% / 82%	3%	$56,104	—
2	University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI	Madison, WI	65	43%	31% / 69%	8%	$47,222	—
3	Rutgers University - New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	New Brunswick, NJ	37	55%	27% / 73%	8%	$44,905	—
4	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia, PA	38	55%	18% / 82%	0%	$46,671	—
5	Indiana University - Bloomington Bloomington, IN	Bloomington, IN	50	72%	20% / 80%	2%	$47,403	—