Cranbrook Academy Of Art

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Cranbrook Academy of Art is a part of the Cranbrook Educational Community. Cranbrook Academy of Art was officially incorporated in 1932 and is located in Bloomfield Hill, Michigan. The academy was originally designed by Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen. The institute confers master’s degrees to students. Some of the degree programs on offer include graphic design, industrial design, architecture and photography.

Cranbrook Academy of Art encourages students to be a part of the Studio Council, a student organization. Students here can play in sports like cross country skiing in winter, swimming, soccer and baseball. The institute is home to several notable alumni like Marc Awodey, an artist and poet; Charles Eames, a designer; and Ralph Rapson, an architect.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in fine arts, architecture and planning, photography and commercial art, and design.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High faculty salary.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Schools of art, music, and design.

Features of note:

• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 151 in 2009-2010 (151 full-time equivalent).

graduate students are 100%.

Students under 25 years old represent 15% of the student body. About 3% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

Cranbrook provides on-campus housing for 80 of its 151 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Graduate School Focus

Cranbrook offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (8 awarded)

• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)

DESIGN (17 awarded)

• Design and Visual Communications
• Industrial Design

FINE ARTS (36 awarded)

• Ceramic Arts and Ceramics
• Fiber, Textile and Weaving Arts
• Metal and Jewelry Arts
• Painting
• Sculpture

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (10 awarded)

• Photography
• Printmaking