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Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Minneapolis College of Art and Design
2501 Stevens Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55404-4347

Official telephone: (612) 874-3700
Fax number: (612) 874-3704
Website: https://www.mcad.edu/
Screen last updated on: January 2025
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 77%
Student:Faculty ratio: 10:1
Total faculty: 58 men, 85 women
Full-time faculty: 17 men, 18 women
Part-time faculty: 41 men, 67 women
Graduation rate: 66% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
independent study, internships, distance learning
Cooperative programs are offered: no
Graduate schools/programs are offered: no
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.

LIST OF MAJORS
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Cinematography and Film/Video Production
  • Commercial and Advertising Art
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services, Other
  • Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
  • Drawing
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General
  • Furniture Design and Manufacturing
  • Graphic Design
  • Illustration
  • Industrial and Product Design
  • Painting
  • Photography
  • Precision Production Trades, General
  • Printmaking
  • Sculpture
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
Master's Degrees

  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Design and Applied Arts, Other
  • Digital Arts
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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