Moore College of Art and Design

The College:

• Founded in 1848 as the Philadelphia School of Design for Women
• Educating women for careers in art and design for over 160 years

Campus/Location

• 20th Street and The Parkway in Philadelphia is in the heart of the City’s Museum District.

Enrollment

• 527 BFA students
• 55 Post-Baccalaureate and Graduate Students

Student/Faculty Ratio

• 8.5:1

Faculty

• 135 faculty members
• Award-winning faculty who are working professionals in their fields.

Internships

• Moore requires internships in all its undergraduate majors with the exception of Art Education, which has a student teaching requirement.

Leadership

• Moore is committed to providing students with distinctive leadership opportunities.

Academic Programs

• Moore offers 9* undergraduate majors, three graduate programs, and one post-baccalaureate program, in addition to a range of continuing education programs for adults and youth.

Campus Life

• 61% of first-year students and 35% of all students live in on-campus housing.
• 36% of students transfer from other institutions
• Leadership Opportunities
• Community Service
• Cultural Connections

Undergraduate Majors

• Art Education
• Art History
• Curatorial Studies
• Fashion Design
• Fine Arts (with a 2D or 3D emphasis)
• Graphic Design
• Illustration
• Interior Design
• Photography & Digital Arts
• Textile Design*

Graduate Programs

• MA in Art Education
• MFA in Interior Design
• MFA in Studio Arts

Post-baccalaureate Program

• Art Education

Undergraduate Scholarship Aid

• Moore annually grants $3.5 million in scholarship aid to students who demonstrate artistic and academic excellence.

AICAD

• Moore is a member of Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. (AICAD) is a non-profit consortium of 36 leading art schools in the U.S. It was founded in 1991 by a group of 25 presidents who felt a need for the similarly structured art schools to come together so as to mutually develop their schools and programs.
  

Accreditation

• Moore College of Art & Design is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), Pennsylvania State Council of Education (PSCE) and the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA formerly known as FIDER).

* The Textile Design major will be deactivated starting with the 2009/10 academic year. All students currently enrolled in the major as sophomores, juniors and seniors must complete the degree requirements in three (3) academic years (2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12). Many Textile Design courses that support the Fashion Design and Fine Arts majors will continue to be offered and revised Textile Design minors will be developed and announced to students during the 2009/10 academic year.