The following Liberal Arts Schools have been identified by Peterson’s and Loveland’s guide to schools with substantial art programs and offerings. 

This list is intended to serve as a starting point for research on various colleges/universities and their programs. Liberal Arts Colleges/Universities with strong art programs Schools are listed alphabetically 

In State: 

• Alfred University 

• Bard College 

• Buffalo State 

• College of New Rochelle 

• College of St Rose 

• Columbia University 

• Cornell 

• CUNY Brooklyn College

• CUNY City College 

• Fordham University 

• Ithica College 

• LIU-CW Post 

• Marist College 

• Manhattanville 

• New York University/Tisch School of Art 

• Rochester Institute of Technology 

• Sarah Lawrence 

• Skidmore College 

• SUNY Albany 

• SUNY Fredonia 

• SUNY New Paltz 

• SUNY Plattsburg 

• SUNY Potsdam 

• SUNY Purchase 

• Syracuse College 

• Syracuse University 

• Union College 

• University of Buffalo 

• University of Rochester 

Out of State: 

• Boston University 

• Brown University 

• Carnegie Mellon 

• College of NJ 

• Drexel, Pa 

• George Washington University 

• Indiana University 

• Lehigh Moravian (Pa) 

• Montclair State University, NJ 

• Muhlenberg (Pa) 

• Ohio University 

• Penn State 

• Rowan University, NJ 

• Rutgers-Mason Gross School of the Arts 

• Smith College 

• Temple University-Tyler School of Art 

• Tulane University of Arizona 

• University of Colorado 

• University of Connecticut 

• University of Delaware 

• University of Denver 

• University of Illinois 

• University of Iowa 

• University of Maryland 

• University of Massachusetts 

• University of New Mexico 

• University of Pennsylvania 

• University of Tennessee 

• University of Wisconsin

The following Arts Schools have been identified by Peterson’s and Loveland’s guide to schools with various art programs and offerings. 

Not all schools are purely fine art in focus, some are more geared towards art history or art education. 

This list is intended to serve as a starting point for research on various colleges/universities and their programs. 

In State: 

• Cooper Union 

• New York School of Interior Design 

• Parsons School of Design 

• Pratt Institute School of Visual Arts 

• SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology 

Out of State: 

• Art Center College of Design (Ca) 

• Art Institute of Boston (Ma) 

• Art Institute of Chicago 

• California Institute of the Arts 

• Corcoran College of Art and Design (D.C) 

• Kansas City Art Institute Maine College of Art 

• Maryland College of Art (affiliated with John Hopkins) 

• Massachusetts College of Art 

• Moore College of Art 

• OTIS College of Art and Design (Ca) 

• Rhode Island School Of Design (affiliated with Brown University) 

• San Fransisco Art Institute (Ca) 

• Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga) 

• School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) (affiliated with Tufts University) 

• University of the Arts (Pa) 

Helpful Links: 

https://www.allartschools.com/

https://www.collegeadvisor.com/resources/art-schools-in-new-york/