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Whether you're in San Francisco or New York, Cincinnati or Honolulu, no matter where you are in the world, you can fulfill your dream of earning your degree from Academy of Art University Online.
Academy of Art University offers degrees, online awards of completion, and individual classes online for aspiring artists and designers. The Academy offers a content-rich, highly focused curriculum that takes full advantage of the power of the Internet to foster communication, learning, and skill acquisition.
Established in 1929, Academy of Art University is the largest private art & design university in the nation offering accredited AA, BFA and MFA degrees as well as personal enrichment classes and certificates online.
It is the Academy of Art University's mission to provide aspiring artists and designers with career preparation, combined with academic excellence.
Academy of Art University Alumni have been hired by companies like:
- Disney
- Sega
- Donna Karan
- Pixar
- Industrial Light + Magic
- Hewlett-Packard
Associate's Degrees
Art & Design
- Animation & Visual Effect - Associate
- Computer Arts - New Media - Associate
- Fashion - Associate
- Fine Art - Associate
- Graphic Design - Associate
- Illustration - Associate
- Interior Architecture & Design - Associate
- Motion Pictures & Television - Associate
- Photography - Associate
Business
Engineering & Construction
Bachelor's Degrees
Art & Design
- Animation & Visual Effect - Bachelor
- Computer Arts - New Media - Bachelor
- Fashion - Bachelor
- Fine Art - Bachelor
- Graphic Design - Bachelor
- Illustration - Bachelor
- Interior Architecture & Design - Bachelor
- Motion Pictures & Television - Bachelor
- Photography - Bachelor
Business
Engineering & Construction
Master's Degrees
Art & Design
- Animation & Visual Effect - Master
- Architecture - Master
- Computer Arts - New Media - Master
- Fashion - Master
- Fine Art - Master
- Graphic Design - Master
- Illustration - Master
- Interior Architecture & Design - Master
- Motion Pictures & Television - Master
- Photography - Master
Business
Engineering & Construction
Accreditation
The Academy of Art University has been approved by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education of the State of California to grant the degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Associate of Arts (AA), Master of Fine Arts (MFA) and Certificates.
The Academy is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), as well as the national Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).
The BFA Interior Architecture & Design program is accredited by the Foundation of Interior Design Education and Research (FIDER) as a FIDER Accredited Professional Level Program. The Academy’s two-year MFA Architecture and three-year M.Arch programs are accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board.
The Academy is also an institutional member of the Career College Association (CCA), the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), and a member of the International Council of Design Schools (ICDS) and the College Art Association (CAA).
