Areas of Study: Graduate Programs
VCUarts offers some of the nation's most highly regarded graduate programs:
VCUarts is once again ranked the #1 public university school of arts and design in the country by U.S. News & World Report (2009).
Specialty rankings from that report honored the following eight VCUarts graduate programs:
- Sculpture, #1 overall
- Graphic Design, #4 overall (#1 public university ranking)
- Painting, #8 overall (#3 public university ranking)
- Fiber Arts #4 overall (Dept. of Craft/Material Studies) (#1 public university ranking)
- Glass #5 overall (Craft/Material Studies) (#1 public university ranking)
- Multimedia/Visual Communications #9 overall (#3 public university ranking)
- Metals/Jewelry #10 overall (#5 public university ranking)
- Ceramics #12 overall (Craft/Material Studies) (#6 public university ranking)
- Printmaking #17 overall (our Dept. of Painting & Printmaking) (#10 public university ranking)
In short, VCUarts has the highest ranking ever achieved by a public university school of arts and design and is the only public university to consistently rise in the rankings.
VCUarts Department of Interior Design graduate program is ranked as the #4 Interior Design graduate program in the south (regional schools) and #6 (national/ regional schools) by DesignIntelligence 2008 America's Best Architecture & Design Schools.
Application Requirements
Click here to review application requirements for each departmentQuestions regarding the VCUarts graduate program may be directed to:
Jack Risley
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
(804) 828-2787
jhrisley@vcu.edu
