Overview of The Art Institutes
The Art Institutes (AI) is a school where creativity is encouraged, as they offer several programs based in the design, media arts, and the culinary/cooking sector. With over 35 locations across the United States, as well as offering online classes through The Art Institutes - Online Division, The Art Institutes' programs are considered some of the best art related programs in the country, catering to the creativity and artistic stimulation of their students. With online, evening, and night classes, and the convenience of the Plus learning system, students can complete their class requirements at their pace, rather than a rigid course outline.
Points of Distinction
Areas of Study
At The Art Institutes', they offer programs related to the arts. All programs are designed to give students the opportunity to create, either with their hands or their minds, which stimulates their creativity. All programs are constantly updated to include the latest information, equipment, and tools, to prepare graduates of the programs at The Art Institutes' for the aggressive work place that surrounds most art and design related jobs. Some of the programs offered include Fashion Design, Interior Design, Culinary Arts, Culinary Management, and Game Design Programming.
The Art Institutes Selectivity
The process of admissions to The Art Institutes' begins when a prospective student fills out the online application, or requests an application by mail. After the application process, the school recommends that the applicant choose the campus they wish to attend and visit it. This will give them an opportunity to see the school grounds, the facilities, talk with faculty and staff, and to meet with the career coordinators at the school to help finish any paper work, financial aid, or scholarship information, as well as go over the goals for the applicant's stay at the school.
The Art Institutes Faculty Quality
The faculty and staff at The Art Institutes are all professionals who come from a background in the areas they teach. Whether it is the Culinary Arts or the Media Design programs, all professors love what they do and have all held, or currently have, a job in the fields they teach about in the classroom. Together with the equipment and labs available to students, they complete the set of tools that give students at The Art Institutes the edge in the job market the school is so well known for.
The Art Institutes Student Body
The students who come to The Art Institutes all have a creative mind, ready to dive into a program that stimulates them, is fun, and will produce amazing career related results. At The Art Institutes, that can become a reality for anybody with an open, creative mind. Students are able to find housing around campuses that is sponsored by the school, so the community and companionship inside the classroom that results between the students can easily be continued and cultivated outside the classroom through living spaces shared with other students.
The Art Institutes Student Life
Whether they decide to live at home and work through the online programs, live in the school's sponsored housing, or their own apartment or house close to the campus, students lives remain mostly the same as they attend classes. All students find that they are able to hold jobs, raise families, or generally live their lives normally while they complete the program they are in at The Art Institute. All campuses are located in small to large cities, that contain all the entertainment and other attractions normally associated with colleges.
(Note: Not all programs are necessarily available at all locations.)
Business And Management
Computer Science And Engineering
Construction Trades
Cooking And Culinary Arts
Design
Engineering Technician
Family And Social Work
Fine Arts
Hospitality
Leisure
Media
Music
Photography And Commercial Art
(Note: Not all degrees and coursework are necessarily available for all programs of study.)
Degrees or Coursework
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Colorado
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Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
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Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Nevada
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
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