College of Visual Arts

344 Summit Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55102

http://www.cva.edu/

School Description

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The College of Visual Arts is dedicated to excellence, the highest professional standards, and the advancement of the arts, the College of Visual Arts prepares students for leadership roles in the arts by providing them with an innovative and integrated education in a changing, yet supportive educational environment.

College of Visual Arts

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The College of Visual Arts (CVA) is a private, accredited, four-year college of art and design offering Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in graphic design, illustration, photography, drawing/painting, sculpture, and interdisciplinary art & design studies (IADS) with concentrations in fashion design at Parsons Paris, museum gallery studies, teaching artist, advertising, printmaking, interdisciplinary fine arts, or visual communications. The college is located on Summit Avenue in the thriving urban residential areas of historic Summit Hill and Cathedral Hill in St. Paul, Minnesota. The school is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

CVA began as one of the first learning environments in the Twin Cities specifically designed to ignite the creativity of artists and designers. CVA is one of a handful of art and design colleges in the U.S. that provides an arts education steeped in the liberal arts. With an enrollment of approximately 200 students and a faculty of 50, CVA offers a low student-teacher ratio. The College is one of only two private art and design colleges in Minnesota.

History

In 1948, Lowell Bobleter acquired Mills College of Art and Advertising and transformed it into what would become the College of Visual Arts. Bobleter, a prominent Saint Paul artist and educator then serving as chairman of the fine arts department at Hamline University, based the new curriculum on the Bauhaus model: an integrated program including both fine and applied arts, and general courses in the humanities, natural sciences, and aesthetics. As president, Bobleter renamed the institution the “School of Associated Arts” (SAA). In 1969, the school assumed non-profit status, which it maintains today. During the 1970s, the school achieved national accreditation with the National Association of Trade and Technical Schools (NATTS) and began to participate in federal financial aid programs. In 1989, the college changed its name to the "College of Associated Arts." and began the process of seeking accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (HLC). To clarify that the college was a four-year institution, the administration adopted the name "College of Visual Arts" (CVA) in 1995. CVA was granted candidacy status by HLC in August 1994, and was granted initial accreditation for five years in 1998. HLC renewed CVA's accreditation for a seven-year term in 2003.

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Quick Facts

Chance of Admission:
Location:
Midwest
Setting:
Large City Setting
Type:
Private
Size:
Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad)

Students & Campus Life

Undergraduate Enrollment:
233
On Campus Housing:
Unavailable
Full Time Students:
100%
Athletic Programs:
Unavailable
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 18,040
Students Receiving Aid:
90%
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Admissions

Application Fee:
$ 40
Selectivity:
Selective
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Degree Programs at College of Visual Arts

Bachelor's Level Programs

  • Arts & Humanities

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  • Communication & Media

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    • Commercial & Advertising Art
      A program in the applied visual arts that prepares individuals to use artistic techniques to effectively communicate ideas and information to business and consumer audiences via illustrations and other forms of digital or printed media. Includes instruction in concept design, layout, paste-up, and techniques such as engraving, etching, silkscreen, lithography, offset, drawing and cartooning, painting, collage, and computer graphics.
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Students

General

Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 100%
Part-Time 0%
Men vs. Women
Women 64%
Men 36%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 91%
Other 6%
Asian 2%
Hispanic 1%
African-American 0%

Geography

In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 78%
Out-of-State 22%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Minnesota 78%
Wisconsin 11%
South Dakota 4%
Illinois 2%
Connecticut 2%
Percent of Students International: 0%

Housing

On-Campus Housing Available: No
Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) Expenses  
Published Tuition and Fees:
$ 18,040    
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 17,510    
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 530    
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
$ 2,860 27%  
State and Local Grants:
$ 3,038 37%  
Institutional Grants:
$ 1,511 67%  
Student Loans:
$ 8,690 82%  
Any Aid:
  90%  

Selectivity (Undergraduate Only)

Acceptance Rate: 64% (Selective)
Test Scores  
ACT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting ACT Scores: 85%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Composite: 18, Verbal: 17, Math: 17
Top 75th Percentile: Composite: 24, Verbal: 25, Math: 21

Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)

Application Fee: $ 40.00
Formal Demonstration of Competencies: Required
High School Diploma or Equivalent: Not Required
High School GPA: Required
High School Rank: Not Required
High School Record: Required
Recommendations: Recommended
TOEFL: Required
Test Scores: Required

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College of Visual Arts
Saint Paul, MN 55102
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