388 Art Masters Degree Programs in USA

Our 39-credit Museum Professions Degree is designed to both prepare students for careers in museums and to further refine and enhance the current museum professional’s skill set.

The LLM in Intellectual Property Law at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School is designed for attorneys and professionals who want to lead where law, technology, and innovation intersect.

Master Houdini, Maya, and the most advanced visual effects techniques with an international master’s degree that prepares you for Hollywood, European studios, and the video game industry.

International training in Concept Art and Illustration with a dual USA–Spain degree. Learn to design characters, environments, and props for film, video games, and comics, mastering Photoshop and advanced techniques in composition, color, and visual storytelling.

The Art History MA degree is designed to give students an advanced understanding of western art history. The program offers specializations in ancient art, medieval art, renaissance art, baroque art, 18th and 19th-century art, and pre-war modern art. The art historical curriculum is paired with six credits of fine art studio classes, which allow our students to become familiar with traditional methods of fine art production including painting, printmaking, and sculpture. This marriage of art history and fine art studies offers a perspective through which art and its historical trajectory can be uniquely evaluated and appreciated. Students will complete their degree by writing an M.A. thesis, with the support and advisement of an Art History faculty member. The thesis will be written in the student's chosen area of art historical specialization demonstrating independent scholarly research and highlighting their joint understanding of art and its creative process.

Emerson College’s on-campus MFA in Film and Media Art equips you with the skills to explore narrative film, documentary, experimental media, installation art, and interactive media. Collaborating with a diverse group of students and faculty on our Boston campus, you will enhance your knowledge of film, audio, video, and interactive media production. The program encourages you to use image and sound to challenge, inform, entertain, and persuade through both traditional and emerging media forms. Housed in the Department of Visual and Media Arts within the School of the Arts, this program offers three distinct entry points based on your experience and ranges from two to three years in length. This flexibility allows students from various backgrounds to inspire each other’s artistic growth. Upon admission, we will work with you to develop a personalized study plan aligned with your professional and educational goals.

The M.F.A. in Art offers concentrations in ceramics, drawing and painting, new media, photography, and sculpture. An M.F.A. in Art with a concentration in graphic design is jointly supported by the Department of Graphic Design in the Stuckeman School and the School of Visual Arts.

Boost your creativity in the world of 3D Graphic Design with an international master’s degree (USA–Spain) that combines digital art, technology, and professional practice to train designers ready for film, video games, and global advertising.

Turn your passion for storytelling into an international career. The Master’s in Comic Art prepares you to create characters, narratives, and digital comic pages with editorial quality, using Photoshop and Clip Studio.

The MA in Fine Arts can be completed with an emphasis in Drawing and Painting. This degree program provides students with the creative and technical skills needed to thrive in today’s art world. Students will leave with professional-level portfolios and an understanding of the business of art.

The Master of Fine Art program provides students a framework for advanced study in drawing and painting, printmaking, and sculpture. Students are focused on technical and conceptual development in figurative, abstract, or landscape work. The School of Fine Art provides graduate students with studio space, exhibition galleries, and world-class facilities.

The 32-unit Master in Museum Studies program emphasizes social justice and curatorial practice; education and new technologies; collections management and heritage preservation; non-profit and museum management; financial and project management; and museums and the law.

Master 3D character animation and professional rigging with an international master’s program (USA–Spain), designed for film, video games, advertising, and interactive experiences. Learn with Maya, Python, and cutting-edge techniques to build a globally competitive portfolio.

The MFA in Illustration provides the skills to develop portfolios with samples in Children’s Book, Editorial, Licensing, Package Illustration, Concept Art, Book Covers, Preliminary Art, Advertising, or Institutional Art portfolios. Both representational and stylistic approaches for print and or web are taught. Students graduate with a portfolio created in a personal style and medium of choice that is market appropriate.

The MA in Illustration provides the skills to develop portfolios with samples in Children’s Book, Editorial, Licensing, Package Illustration, Concept Art, Book Covers, Preliminary Art, Advertising, or Institutional Art portfolios. Both representational and stylistic approaches for print and or web are taught. Students graduate with a portfolio created in a personal style and medium of choice that is market appropriate.

It takes more than passion to successfully lead an arts organization. Future arts administrators need business acumen, marketing expertise, and management skills to tackle the art world's greatest challenges. As an MAAA student, you’ll learn from top scholars in arts management and cultural policy. In addition to being committed educators, O'Neill faculty members are highly regarded by their peers in the arts management industry and at academic institutions across the country. Combining faculty and practical expertise with the astonishing variety of cultural offerings on campus and in Bloomington, students can look forward to an intellectually and culturally stimulating experience in the study and practice of arts management, while preparing themselves for leadership in the arts in the decades ahead.

At Emerson College, we recognize that writing is your passion. Our on-campus MFA in Creative Writing emphasizes both the craft of writing and its literary foundations. By graduation, you'll have completed a professional thesis—be it a novel or excerpt, nonfiction book or excerpt, or a collection of poems, short stories, or essays—ready for agents, publishers, or digital publication. Housed in the Department of Writing, Literature, and Publishing within the School of the Arts, our program features an exceptional faculty and is home to two award-winning literary journals, offering strong connections to the Boston publishing community. Pursue your passion by choosing from genres like literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, while exploring writing as both an art form and a professional career.

The Master of Fine Arts Program will challenge and support independently motivated artists in their intellectual, philosophical, and artistic development. The graduate program encourages lifelong learning, career success, and community involvement.