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Art & design at American

American graduates about 26 art & design majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 111th of 828 schools we score for art & design, a strong program at 79 out of 100.

79/100Strong#111 of 828 for art & design →
Graduates a year261% of the class
Admit rate62%whole school
SAT middle 50%1320–1440whole school

Around American

Katzen Art Museum
View to Massachusetts Avenue from Katzen Art Museum corridorPhoto: Ser Amantio di Nicolao · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
"We dedicate this building to the students of American University who here will
Battelle-Tompkins Memorial Building, American UniversityPhoto: American University · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
"It is highly proper that our group of noble edifices should begin with the Coll
Hurst, "College of History," American UniversityPhoto: American University · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
KOREAN CHERRY TREE These trees uniquely named recognize their origin. Originally
Korean Cherry Trees of American UniversityPhoto: American University · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where art & design happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Katzen Arts Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 26 · Dorm 12 · Library 2 · Athletics 2 · Chapel 1 · Arts 1.

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Nearby in the art & design ranking

  1. Lafayette College 80
  2. Bates College 80
  3. University of California, Santa Cruz 80
  4. Kenyon College 80
  5. Art Center College of Design 79
  6. Oklahoma State University 79
  7. University of Illinois Chicago 79
  8. Pepperdine University 79

Other strong majors at American

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares American with every school we score in art & design. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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