Here’s a great list of universities and advertising portfolio schools which offer BA, MA, or Portfolio in Advertusing:
= B.A. or B.S.
= B.F.A
= M.A
= M.F.A
= Portfolio
= Ph.D.
Sources:
American Association of Advertising Agencies
http://www2.aaaa.org/careers/development/Pages/other.aspx
AdAge Creativity – 2008 Guide to Ad & Design Schools
http://mediakit.adage.com/guidetoschools.phpp
Academy of Art University
School of Advertising
San Francisco, CA
Phone: 1-800-544-2787
http://academyart.edu/advertising-school/
University of Alabama
College of Communication & Information Sciences
Department Advertising and Public Relations
Tuscaloosa, AL
Phone: 205-348-7158
http://cis.ua.edu/apr/
Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, CA
Phone: 626-396-2200
http://www.artcenter.edu
Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University
Boston, MA
Phone: 617-262-1223
http://web.lesley.edu/aib
Art Institutes (40 locations in North America)
Phone: 888-624-0300
http://www.artinstitutes.edu
Boston University
College of Communication
Boston, MA
Phone: 617-353-3450
http://www.bu.edu/com/mc/
Brainco
Minneapolis School of Advertising,
Design, & Interactive Studies
Hopkins, MN
Phone: 952-931-0303
http://www.braincomsa.com
California State University, Fullerton
College of Communications
Fullerton, CA
Phone: 714-278-7620
http://communications.fullerton.edu/
http://www.fullerton.edu/prospective.htm
Carnegie Mellon
School of Design
Pittsburgh, PA
Phone: 412-268-2828
Contact: School of Design
http://www.design.cmu.edu
Chicago Portfolio School
Chicago, IL
Phone: 312-321-9250
http://www.chicagoportfolio.com/
University of Colorado at Boulder
School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Boulder, CO
Phone: 303-492-5007
http://www.colorado.edu/journalism/
College for Creative Studies
Detroit, MI
Phone: 313-664-7400
http://www.collegeforcreativestudies.edu
Cooper Union
New York, NY
Phone: 212-353-4100
http://www.cooper.edu/
The Creative Circus
Atlanta, GA
Phone: 404-607-8880
http://www.creativecircus.edu/
University of Florida
College of Journalism and Communications
Gainesville, FL
Phone: 352-392-0466
http://www.jou.ufl.edu/
The University of Georgia
The Grady College of Journalism & Mass
Communications
Athens, GA
Phone: 706-542-1704
http://www.grady.uga.edu/
Howard University
John H. Johnson School of Communications
Washington, DC
Phone: 202-806-7690
http://www.howard.edu/schoolcommunications/
University of Illinois
At Urbana-Champaign
College of Media
Urbana, IL
Phone: 217-333-2350
http://www.comm.uiuc.edu/advertising/
Kansas State University
A. Q. Miller School of Journalism & Mass Communications
Manhattan, KS
Phone: 785-532-6890
http://www.jmc.ksu.edu/
Miami Ad School
Miami, FL
(branches in Minneapolis and San Francisco)
Phone: 1-800-858-3190 / 305-538-3193
http://www.adschool.edu/
Michigan State University
Department of Advertising, Public Relations & Retailing
East Lansing, MI
http://aprr.msu.edu/
University of Mississippi
The College of Liberal Arts
University, MS
Phone: 662-915-7177
http://www.olemiss.edu/libarts/
Northwestern University
Medill School of Journalism
Evanston, IL
Phone: 847-467-1882
http://www.medill.northwestern.edu/
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Chapel Hill, NC
Phone: 919-962-1204
http://www.jomc.unc.edu/
New York Institute of Technology
New York, NY
Phone: 212-261-1500
http://www.nyit.edu/
University of North Texas
Department of Journalism
Denton, TX
Phone: 940-565-2205
http://www.jour.unt.edu/
University of Oregon
School of Journalism & Communication
Eugene, OR
Phone: 541-346-3738
http://www.jcomm.uoregon.edu/
Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA
Phone: 310-506-4392
http://seaver.pepperdine.edu/communication/
The Portfolio Center
Atlanta, GA
Phone: 1-800-255-3169 / 404-351-5055
http://www.portfoliocenter.com/
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY
Phone: 718-636-3600
http://www.pratt.edu/
RISD (Rhode Island School of Design)
Providence, RI
Phone: 401-454-6100
http://www.risd.edu/
University of South Carolina
School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Columbia, SC
Phone: 803-777-3244
http://www.jour.sc.edu/
Syracuse University
College of Visual & Performing Arts
Syracuse, NY
Phone: 315-443-2769
http://www.vpa.syr.edu/
University of Texas at Austin
Advertising Department
Austin, TX
Phone: 512-471-1101
http://advertising.utexas.edu/
Temerlin Advertising Institute
Meadows School of the Arts
Dallas, TX
Phone: 214-768-3090
http://smu.edu/meadows/advertising/
VCU BrandCenter
(Virginia Commonwealth University)
School of Mass Communications
Richmond, VA
Phone: 804-828-2660
http://www.brandcenter.vcu.edu/
School of Visual Arts
New York, NY
Phone: 212-592-2000
http://www.schoolofvisualarts.edu/
Washington State University
Edward R. Murrow School of Communication
Pullman, WA
Phone: 509-335-1556
http://www.communication.wsu.edu/
University of Wisconsin
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Madison, Wisconsin
Phone: 608-262-3690
http://www.journalism.wisc.edu/
You should also look into Emerson College- one of the best undergraduate ad programs in the country. Emerson’s in Boston and is the only college in the country dedicated exclusively to communications and the performing arts.
I have a query. Which program is better for advertising; Michigan State’s graduate program or VCU’s Brandcenter (Comm Strategy track) ?
For academic research – MSU. For creative – VCU. Better option than both – UT Austin (in my opinion).
Missed the deadline on UT Austin. I have acceptance letters from University of Georgia (School of Mass Comm) & Michigan State. Am waiting to give VCU’s phone interview. Thanks, though!
Both MSU and UofG are great schools if you’re looking into academic research (great if you’re planning on getting a Ph.D. later) but they are way behind VCU and UT in terms of preparing you for the competitive workforce. If you’re looking to get an MA in order to find a career in advertising, go with VCU or UT. If you’re interested in academic research (as appose to account planning type of research) in the field of advertising/communications, go with MSU or UofG. One way to measure the success of a program (at least creative-wise) is by looking at how many awards their students win.
Here’s are the latest finalists from the OneShow College Competition: http://www.oneclub.org/images/education/OSC-finalists.pdf
And the 2010 finalists for the Client Pitch: http://www.oneclub.org/images/education/2010%20Client%20Pitch%20Finalists.pdf
How about who’s getting OneShow scholarships? http://www.oneclub.org/oc/education/scholarships/