Milwaukee Institute Of Art & Design

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, MIAD, was established in 1974, but the institute traces its roots to the Layton School of Art & Design which was created by Miriam Frink and Charlotte R. Partridge in 1920. The campus is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Students can choose from majors in liberal studies, drawing, illustration, painting, integrated studio arts, sculpture, communication design, industrial design, interior architecture and design, photography, and printmaking.

Students of Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design are actively involved in on-campus clubs and organizations like the Multi-Cultural Student Organization, MIAD Adventure, GLBTQA, The Ecology Committee, Sidetrack Theatre, and The Community Awareness Team. They also organize several annual events including the Spring Warehouse Party, and Halloween.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in fine arts, design, architecture and planning, and photography and commercial art.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• 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.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 669 in 2009-2010 (636 full-time equivalent).

About 40% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 60% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 91% of the student body. About 1% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

Room and Board

Milwaukee Institute Of Art & Design provides on-campus housing for 180 of its 636 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (13 awarded)

• Interior Architecture

DESIGN (62 awarded)

• Graphic Design
• Illustration
• Industrial Design

FINE ARTS (29 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts
• Painting
• Sculpture

MEDIA (8 awarded)

• Animation, Interactive Tech, Video Graphics and Special Effects

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (20 awarded)

• Drawing
• Photography
• Printmaking