In last year's "QS Art and Design Subject Rankings", the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in the United States soared 10 places to become the "biggest dark horse" in 2023QS.
This year, the SCAD ranking rose one place and entered the global Top 15 for the first time.
And this is also the 5th consecutive year that the SCAD art and design subject ranking has risen since 2019!
As a result, more and more applicants are starting to adjust the SCAD from "alternative" to "preference".
So why has SCAD's ranking climbed year after year, and which majors are SCAD's strongest trump cards?
#1
The largest art school in the United States
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When it comes to art professional colleges in the United States, I believe everyone thinks of RISD and Parsons, the former Parsons School of Design, which has been renamed New School University;
However, both institutions have very limited annual enrollment, and in contrast, Savannah College of Art and Design SCAD is one of the largest art universities in the world, both in terms of size and campus size.
SCAD's main campus is located in downtown Savannah, Georgia in the southeastern United States, adjacent to the East Coast of the United States, not far from Atlanta and Florida, and has a branch campus in Atlanta.
In 2022, the number of undergraduate/graduate students enrolled in these two campuses has exceeded 15,000.
In addition, SCAD also has overseas study bases in Hong Kong and France, with a certain number of students, so that it has long been on the throne of "the largest art school in the United States".
Perhaps it is precisely because of the large campus and the large number of students that SCAD is extremely inclusive: both students and faculty come from all 50 states in the United States and hundreds of countries around the world;
Different cultural backgrounds and ways of thinking collide here, on the one hand, giving SCAD students ample creative space.
On the other hand, "number of international students" and "number of international faculty and staff" are also two indicators that the QS rankings attach great importance to, which may also explain the fact that SCAD has climbed in the rankings for four consecutive years.
The "bigness" of SCAD is not only reflected in the large campus and large number of students, but also in its professional settings.
According to the information on the official website of SCAD, in addition to the bachelor's and master's degrees, the university also offers 75 short-term courses, with a total of more than 100 major options.
Therefore, it is also one of the most comprehensive colleges and universities in the United States that offers art majors.
Previously, these majors were divided into six schools of design, fashion, fine arts, plastic arts, architectural arts, and business innovation at SCAD.
In August 2022, SCAD opened four new schools in STEM disciplines (science/technology/engineering/mathematics), namely:
- School of Visual Communication
- School of Film and Acting
- Academy of Animation & Motion
- Faculty of Creative Technology
These four colleges all cross over with technology majors, emphasizing the integration of art and technology, and helping students better adapt to the needs of "compound talents" in today's design market.
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#2
More than one trump card
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In addition to the new majors in the four new colleges, most applicants prefer SCAD's "traditional ace majors".
In the U.S., SCAD is no less reputable than RISD/Parsons, and even more practical:
Game design
There are many strong schools in the United States for game design, such as USC, New York University, University of Utah, Southern Methodist University, etc., which can be called the preparatory camp of major game manufacturers.
In the 2022 American Game Design Ranking released by Animation Career Review in the United States, SCAD ranked 8th, becoming the only art school to enter the Top 10.
SCAD's Game Design major is also a cross-border discipline of games and interactions, which is offered in the School of Creative Science and Technology, and its full name is "Interaction Design and Game Development".
Students in this major will not only learn the whole process of game development and design, but also use a range of interaction design techniques, including AR/VR.
At the same time, there is also the opportunity to participate in the national game design competition and game showcase.
industrial design
Although SCAD's game design major is well-known in the United States, if you want to talk about SCAD's most famous ace major, it must be industrial design.
The teaching concept of industrial design of SCAD aims to improve people's quality of life, and requires students' design to be adaptable to the environment, pleasant, and can make life more convenient and practical.
The SCAD undergraduate program focuses on a series of basic research, cultivating students' skills in drawing, color, design theory, etc., as well as critical thinking.
At the graduate level, the focus is on design commercialization, communication skills, and leadership, and the implementation of design.
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Film and television production
As an art major that is not quite the same as design, many famous film schools in the United States are comprehensive universities, such as New York University, Columbia University, etc.
SCAD, on the other hand, is one of the very few art schools on the Hollywood Review's Top 20 Film Schools.
First of all, in terms of hardware, SCAD Film has a 22,000-square-foot film studio with sound stages, actors' lounges, screening rooms, and more.
SCAD also co-founded the Savannah Film Festival, which attracts more than 60,000 people each year, making it the largest film festival ever held by an art academy in the world.
Finally, the SCAD film major awards both MA and MFA degrees to meet different employment planning requirements:
Students who choose an MFA degree can go on to more in-depth research, and students with an MA degree can also get great industry opportunities in Georgia.
#3
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With a large school, a large number of students, a large number of majors, and a number of ace majors, can SCAD be ranked 16th in the world on the basis of these alone?
In order to enhance the academic and employability of the institution, SCAD has opened four new colleges and has a whopping 21 STEM majors!
Not only that, because SCAD has always pursued the concept of "let designers have food", the employment rate of SCAD hovers at 98%-99% all year round.
Many well-known companies have established partnerships with SCAD, and hundreds of top employers are looking for talent at the SCAD Job Fair every year.
The company includes large companies in manufacturing, retail services, luxury goods, arts, Internet and many other industries, and the positions cover almost all disciplines of SCAD.
Of course, if you want to reach a partnership with so many companies, the most important thing is money.
SCAD is notoriously wealthy among all art schools in the world:
Not only does it have enough hardware investment budget, but it is also one of the most favorite colleges and universities in the United States to give scholarships!
There are more than 20 SCAD undergraduate and master's scholarships, ranging from thousands of dollars to tens of thousands, and the outstanding ones are even directly exempted from full tuition.
A long time ago, SCAD solemnly stated on its official website that 80% of new students will receive scholarships from the school!
Moreover, even with zero scholarships, the tuition fee of SCAD is nearly 20% lower than that of RISD and Pratt, which are often 5w+!
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