> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # MFA, MA, and PhD Programs to Apply for by Early 2024 - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/graduate-art-programs-2024/ - Published: 2023-11-22T23:02:56.000Z - Updated: 2025-11-24T15:12:52.000Z - Description: Organized by geographic region, a list of arts-related graduate programs to explore and apply to before deadlines close. - Author: Hyperallergic - Tags: Announcement, Art Education Announcements, Sponsored, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-large, #Import 2025-11-24 09:29 (2023, 2024, part 1) ## Northeastern United States [**Bard College**](https://hyperallergic.com/join-bard-mfa-information-sessions-fall-2023/) The low-residency MFA brings together students and faculty in painting, film/video, sculpture, photography, music/sound, and writing for a unique interdisciplinary summer program in New York’s Hudson Valley, interspersed with winter independent study. [**Bard Graduate Center**](https://hyperallergic.com/bard-graduate-center-in-nyc-open-houses-for-ma-in-material-culture-design-history-decorative-arts/) Emerging curators, researchers, educators, and museum professionals learn to ask new questions about the cultural history of the material world through the NYC institution's MA and PhD programs. [**Binghamton University**](https://hyperallergic.com/express-your-artistic-vision-mfa-cinema-binghamton/) Located in upstate New York, Binghamton’s MFA program in Cinema provides personal attention and mentorship to aspiring filmmakers. [**Boston University**](https://www.bu.edu/cfa/?ref=hyperallergic.com) BU offers MFA programs in Art Education, Graphic Design, Painting, Print Media & Photography, Sculpture, and Visual Narrative, among others. [**Carnegie Mellon University**](https://hyperallergic.com/carnegie-mellon-top-ranked-interdisciplinary-mfa-program-2024/) Experiment and take risks in this top-ranked interdisciplinary MFA program, where all students receive generous, guaranteed financial support in the form of partial or full-tuition scholarships. [**Columbia University**](https://hyperallergic.com/columbia-university-mfa-open-studios-information-sessions-november-2023/) Columbia's Visual Arts + Sound Art Program provides students with opportunities to increase the depth and complexity of their studio practice and their ability to think critically in the contexts of contemporary art and theory. [**Massachusetts College of Art and Design**](https://hyperallergic.com/massart-2024-january-colloquium/) Now in its 150th year, MassArt, the nation’s only independent public college of art and design, offers several graduate degrees, including low and full-residency MFAs as well as MA programs. [**New York Studio School**](https://hyperallergic.com/forge-lifelong-arts-practice-new-york-studio-school-mfa-certificate/) Develop your work and personal aesthetic philosophy as you forge a lifelong arts practice in the New York Studio School’s unique programs. [**Purchase College**](https://hyperallergic.com/purchase-college-creative-hub-graduate-studies-art/) Students enjoy cutting-edge facilities, significant financial aid, and the opportunity to immerse themselves in New York City’s art communities. [**School of Visual Arts**](https://hyperallergic.com/apply-sva-curatorial-practice-fall-2024/) SVA’s New York-based, globally linked [MA in Curatorial Practice](https://hyperallergic.com/sva-ma-curatorial-practice-prioritizes-professional-training/) provides hands-on training with renowned faculty and experts in small case-study seminars, writing workshops, and professional practice workshops. [**School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University**](https://hyperallergic.com/new-arts-faculty-bring-depth-to-art-making-smfa-at-tufts/) Faculty at SMFA at Tufts include internationally recognized artists and scholars whose work centers on themes of time, cultural movements, stereotypes, and history, and their representations in word and image. [**University at Albany**](https://hyperallergic.com/university-at-albany-tuition-waivers-funding-mfa-2024/) Students in this affordable interdisciplinary program in Albany, New York, enjoy access to well-equipped facilities and private studios, tuition waivers, and funding. [**University at Buffalo**](https://hyperallergic.com/university-at-buffalo-suny-mfa-2024/) This top-ranked, flagship R1 Research University in Western New York offers MFA students fully funded teaching assistantships with health insurance, full-tuition scholarships, and the Arthur A. Schomburg Fellowship Program. [**University of Connecticut**](https://hyperallergic.com/uconn-mfa-studio-art-class-of-2026/) UConn's MFA in Studio Art is a fully funded, three-year graduate program that supports a broad range of art making. It culminates with a show at an NYC gallery and an on-campus thesis exhibition. [**University of Maryland, Baltimore County**](https://hyperallergic.com/umbc-mfa-intermedia-digital-arts-imda-apply-2023/) The university’s MFA in Intermedia and Digital Arts invites applications from interdisciplinary artists seeking to expand or reinvent their practice. [**University of the Arts**](https://hyperallergic.com/advance-your-creativity-grad-programs-uarts-fall-2023/) Based in Philadelphia, UArts offers graduate programs in a variety of fields including Book Arts & Printmaking, Devised Performance, Museum Exhibition Planning & Design, Museum Studies, and more. --- ## Southern United States [**Georgia State University**](https://hyperallergic.com/graduate-art-degree-in-atlanta-welch-school-of-art-design-2024/) Graduate art programs at the Welch School of Art & Design in Atlanta offer tuition waivers, studio space, assistantships, and teaching experience. [**University of Louisville**](https://hyperallergic.com/join-interdisciplinary-mfa-program-art-design-at-university-of-louisville/) Every MFA student in this small, selective program in Louisville, Kentucky, receives a generous scholarship, a private studio, and financial support for travel, research, and creative activity. [**University of Florida**](https://hyperallergic.com/university-of-florida-funded-mfa-studio-art-2024/) Engage in experimental and intersection research-based art-making in the funded MFA program at UF's School of Art + Art History. [**Virginia Commonwealth University**](https://hyperallergic.com/vcuarts-breaks-ground-costar-center-for-arts-and-innovation/) VCUarts, a top-ranked art and design school within a pioneering public research institution in Richmond, Virginia, is home to one of the most extensive publicly funded arts education facilities in the US. --- ## Midwestern United States [**Cranbrook Academy of Art**](https://hyperallergic.com/cranbrook-academy-of-art-lectures-2023-2024/) One of the foremost graduate-only programs in art, architecture, and design in the US, Cranbrook is for students looking to earn their MFA or MArch within a program free from conventional classes and a fixed curriculum. [**School of the Art Institute of Chicago**](https://hyperallergic.com/graduate-study-school-of-the-art-institute-of-chicago-2024-applications/) SAIC’s graduate programs are ranked among the best in the United States, applauding experimentation and encouraging cross-disciplinary practice. [Learn more](https://hyperallergic.com/school-of-the-art-institute-of-chicago-admissions-events-2023/) about admissions events through the end of the year. **Washington University in St. Louis** The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’s interdisciplinary [MFA in Visual Art (MFA-VA)](https://hyperallergic.com/washington-university-mfa-visual-art-for-renegade-makers-thinkers-2023/) and [MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture (MFA-IVC)](https://hyperallergic.com/washington-university-mfa-illustration-visual-culture-seeks-artist-authors/) aim to instill the agency and resiliency essential for this generation of artists and illustrators. --- ## Western United States [**Arizona State University**](https://hyperallergic.com/asu-mfa-2024-three-years-teaching-scholarship-funding/) ASU has one of the few tuition-funded three-year MFA programs in the US. Students also benefit from teaching assistantships, scholarships, and awards. [**Institute of American Indian Arts**](https://hyperallergic.com/institute-of-american-indian-arts-unique-low-residency-mfa-studio-arts/) Students in IAIA’s unique low-residency MFA in Studio Arts program enjoy mentorships with prominent Indigenous artists, flexible schedules, and access to Santa Fe, New Mexico, a cultural capital of the US. [**University of California, Los Angeles**](https://hyperallergic.com/ucla-mfa-media-arts-challenges-conventions/) UCLA’s MFA in Media Arts encourages bold experimentation in new modes of critical thinking and art making in the context of media and technology, and offers robust financial aid and funding opportunities. [**University of Southern California**](https://roski.usc.edu/?ref=hyperallergic.com) Earn a master’s degree at USC’s Roski School of Art and Design in Los Angeles, where artists and curators develop practices side by side. --- ## Global [**Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts**](https://hyperallergic.com/idsva-non-studio-phd-for-artists-creative-thinkers/) The truly nomadic IDSVA is ideal for working art professionals interested in pursuing a PhD without having to interrupt or abandon their teaching careers, art practice, or other professional responsibilities. [**Sotheby’s Institute of Art**](https://hyperallergic.com/discover-your-art-world-potential-sothebys-institute-of-art/) Master’s programs in London, New York, and online provide an in-depth study of today’s art world and a powerful set of professional skills to deploy in the market. --- **Stay up-to-date with the latest from graduate school programs at** [**hyperallergic.com/tag/art-education-announcements**](https://hyperallergic.com/tag/art-education-announcements/)**.** *To feature an opportunity from your college or university on* Hyperallergic*, get in touch at* [*nectarads.com*](https://nectarads.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com)*.*