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East 23 Street NY, NY

The New York City School of Visual Arts

Housing: $9,300-$13,500Non-refundable enrollment fee-$500Housing deposit-$800Security Deposit-$500

Tuition and Fees

Application- non refundable fee-$50 ($80 for international student) (Only personal checks, credit cards, and money orders are accepted. Do not send cash)

Portfolio (film and video applicants must send 2-part essay)

Official transcripts from High school, or other colleges and universities attended.

Results of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or American College Testing Program (ACT)

Undergrad Requirements:

Total Undergrad Enrollment: 3,398Total Grad Enrollment: 523Total: 3921 people attending

Size & Enrollment

Advertising: 177Animation: 217Cartooning: 187Computer Art: 259Filmmaking: 519Fine Arts: 321Graphic Design: 697Illustration: 384Interior Design: 63Photography: 526Visual and Critical Studies: 48

Enrollment

Full-time: 96.1%Part-time: 3.1%Male: 43%Female: 57%First-time Freshman Applicants: 3,048Number Accepted: 2,098% Accepted: 69%Number Enrolled: 653% Yield: 31%

Demographics

Transfer Applicants:Number Accepted: 1,098% Accepted: 62%Number Enrolled: 309% Yield: 45%Average age of students: 21% of Fall 2008 Freshman Return for

Sophomore Year: 80.3%

Founded in 1947Name was changed in 1956Began as trade school with 3 instructors and 35

studentsNow Faculty of over 1000, and people

representing 46 states and 49 countriesSilas H. Rhodes and illustrator Burne Hogarth

(Tarzan) co-found the Cartoonist and Illustrator Section.

Silas H. Rhodes re-named institute because he believed that there was way to more to art than just technique, and that learning to be an artist differed from learning trade.

History

Silas H. Rhodes

Burne Hogarth

John R. Dilworth– Director and creator of “Courage the Cowardly Dog”

Steve Ditko- Co-creator of SpidermanPres Romanillos- Supervising animator at

Disney and DreamWorks animationsDaisuke Tsutsumi- Concept artist and art

director at PixarGerard Way- Artist of “The Breakfast Monkey”,

author of “The Umbrella Academy”, and the lead singer of “My Chemical Romance”

Famous Graduates

Colors: RedMascot: Squidley

Colors & Mascot

On/Off Campus:“Ink Plots: The Traditions of The Graphic

Novel at SVA” 10/10-11/6 Includes both famous graphic novelists and comic book illustrators and students selling their work right there on campus.

“Optic Nerve” 10/20-11/13: Recent graduates presenting large formal digital prints, videos, and books off campus

Tons of other exhibits happen on and off campus

Things to do

Annual Ski-Trip every winter“On the Town Events” Going to watch

plays and see sporting eventsVASA (Visual Arts Student Association)

Controls and organizes all the trips.

Traditions

Their famously known for their successful art and design programs.

What are they known for?