Masters Degrees in Creative Arts & Design, USA

Shape new technologies and design for problems that matter.  Our Master of Arts in Interaction Design (IxD) is a unique program for emerging designers who are passionate about social innovation and ready to tackle complex, systemic problems. Read more

The only CIDA-accredited program in the nation’s capital, we create innovative design thinkers  In the Master of Fine Arts in Interior Architecture (IA) program at the Corcoran School, we believe in fostering a community that encourages creativity and pushes the boundaries of design with an emphasis on conceptual thinking and the design process. Read more

Parsons’ Master of Fine Arts in Industrial Design program offers an innovative two-year, 60-credit full-time graduate curriculum that prepares students to negotiate the seemingly contradictory forces at play in the growing product design industry. Read more

Every other year, this unique, studio-centric MFA in experience design (XD) admits a cohort of eight to twelve talented students from varied backgrounds, including all areas of design, art, architecture and engineering. Read more

Textiles are literally and figuratively woven into human history and culture. Today communities of makers, designers, and scholars are exploring textiles — from locally crafted materials to 3D knitted matter to hand-embellished fabrics — and pioneering textile-based industries and theory. Read more

Designers today face two fundamental challenges. the expanding influence of design within society and the increasing role of technology within design. Read more

The Master of Fine Arts in visual arts is the terminal degree within the studio art discipline. Our program offers concentrations in the studio areas of drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, photography and sculpture. Read more

See the department website - http://cias.rit.edu/schools/american-crafts/graduate-metalcrafts-graduate The MFA is a professional degree for practicing artists, craftspeople, or designers who desire to leave a lasting impression on their fields by devotion to their work and high standards of discipline and artistic ideals. Read more

  The Master of Fine Arts degree in Social Practice is designed for emerging creative thinkers to develop skills in both the arts and public policy sectors during an intensive, two-year, 60-credit degree. Read more

See the department website - http://cias.rit.edu/schools/american-crafts/graduate-woodworking-graduate The MFA program in furniture design is structured around the individual student’s needs, interests, and background. Read more

See the department website - http://cias.rit.edu/schools/art/graduate-fine-arts-studio The MFA in fine arts studio is a rigorous two-year program comprised of major studio courses chosen from painting, sculpture, non-toxic printmaking, and expanded forms. Read more

See the department website - http://cias.rit.edu/schools/american-crafts/graduate-glass The MFA in glass is a two-year program of study that develops students personal creative voice through intensive research, discussion, critique, and experimentation. Read more

See the department website - http://cias.rit.edu/schools/american-crafts/graduate-ceramics-graduate The MFA in ceramics focuses on intellectual and artistic development through an intensive teaching of the aesthetics and techniques of ceramic design. Read more