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School of Visual Arts

School of Visual Arts
209 East 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010-3994

Official telephone: (212) 592-2000
Fax number: (212) 592-2116
Website: https://sva.edu/
Screen last updated on: September 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: 85%
Student:Faculty ratio: 9:1
Total faculty: 509 men, 431 women
Full-time faculty: 81 men, 59 women
Part-time faculty: 428 men, 372 women
Graduation rate: 76% within six years

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

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Graduate studies homepage: sva.edu/admissions/graduate
Special programs offered:
independent study, honors program, internships, external degree program
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
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Cinematography and Film/Video Production
  • Commercial and Advertising Art
  • Commercial Photography
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Graphics
  • Design and Applied Arts, Other
  • Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
  • Drawing
  • Film/Cinema/Media Studies
  • Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General
  • Graphic Design
  • Illustration
  • Interior Architecture
  • Interior Design
  • Painting
  • Photographic and Film/Video Technology/Technician
  • Photography
  • Photojournalism
  • Printmaking
  • Sculpture
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
Master's Degrees

  • Advertising
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Art Teacher Education
  • Art Therapy/Therapist
  • Cinematography and Film/Video Production
  • Commercial and Advertising Art
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Graphics
  • Design and Applied Arts, Other
  • Education, Other
  • Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Human Computer Interaction
  • Illustration
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Museology/Museum Studies
  • Photography
  • Systems Science and Theory
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

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

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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