American Academy of Art Rankings
| Ranking | Category |
|---|---|
| #8563 of 14,131 | In the World |
| #2165 of 2,597 | In North America |
| #2070 of 2,496 | In the United States |
| #87 of 100 | In Illinois |
| #33 of 38 | In Chicago |
Quick Review
- Control
- Private
for-profit - Highest Degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Website
- www.aaart.edu
- Acceptance rate
- 78%*
* The American Academy of Art is among the institutions that don't provide data on acceptance rates. This might happen because the university has programs where applicants only need to meet admission requirements to enroll and don't necessarily compete with others.
We estimate the above acceptance rate based on admission statistics of closely-ranked nearby universities with similar research profiles that do publish such data.
Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees
The average net cost to attend American Academy of Art is $32,872 per year, calculated as the sum of the average cost of tuition, room and board, books, and supplies, reduced by the amount of average financial aid received.
The final cost of attendance varies for each student based on household income, residency, program, and other factors.
Average costs by household income
| <$30K | $31,011 |
|---|---|
| $30-48K | $31,834 |
| $48-75K | $33,296 |
| $75-110K | $34,820 |
| $110K+ | $43,705 |
Tuition and fees
| Undergraduates | |
|---|---|
| Tuition in-district | $38,640 |
| Tuition in-state | $38,640 |
| Tuition out-of-state | $38,640 |
| Fee in-district | $870 |
| Fee in-state | $870 |
| Fee out-of-state | $870 |
Notable alumni
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Kanye West
- Enrolled in the American Academy of Art
- Studied in 1995-1995
- Occupations
- singersongwriterfashion designerrapperrecord producer
- Biography
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Ye is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He has been listed among the greatest rappers of all time and referred to as one of the most prominent figures in hip-hop. His music is characterized by frequent stylistic shifts and has been credited with paving the way for rappers who did not conform to traditional gangster conventions. He is also known for his controversial public persona, including his polarizing cultural and political commentary.
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Alex Ross
- Occupations
- paintercomics artistillustrator
- Biography
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Nelson Alexander Ross is an American comic book writer and artist known primarily for his painted interiors, covers, and design work. He first became known with the 1994 miniseries Marvels, on which he collaborated with writer Kurt Busiek for Marvel Comics. He has since done a variety of projects for both Marvel and DC Comics, such as the 1996 miniseries Kingdom Come, which he also cowrote. Since then he has done covers and character designs for Busiek's series Astro City, and various projects for Dynamite Entertainment. His feature film work includes concept and narrative art for Spider-Man (2002) and Spider-Man 2 (2004), and DVD packaging art for the M. Night Shyamalan film Unbreakable (2000). He has done covers for TV Guide, promotional artwork for the Academy Awards, posters and packaging design for video games, and his renditions of superheroes have been merchandised as action figures.
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John Tobias
- Occupations
- screenwritergraphic designervideo game designercomics artist
- Biography
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John Tobias is an American comic book artist, graphic designer, video game designer and writer. Tobias is best known for co-creating the Mortal Kombat series along with Ed Boon, to whom he pitched the game concept.
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Jill Thompson
- Occupations
- comics artistcomics writerwriterillustratorpenciller
- Biography
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Jill Thompson is an American comics artist and writer who has worked for stage, film, and television. Well known for her work on Neil Gaiman's The Sandman characters and her own Scary Godmother series, she has worked on The Invisibles, Swamp Thing, and Wonder Woman as well.
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Gertrude Abercrombie
- Enrolled in the American Academy of Art
- Studied commercial art
- Occupations
- painterillustratorartist
- Biography
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Gertrude Abercrombie was an American painter based in Chicago. Called "the queen of the Bohemian artists", Abercrombie was involved in the Chicago jazz scene and was friends with musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Sarah Vaughan, whose music inspired her own creative work.
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Thomas Blackshear
- Occupations
- painterpostage stamp designer
- Biography
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Thomas Richman Blackshear II is an African-American artist whose paintings adorn many Evangelical churches. He is also a sculptor and a designer of stamps and ornaments, often with African American or Western themes.
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Loren Long
- Occupations
- illustratorwriter
- Biography
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Loren Long is an American author of children's books best known for illustration. He won the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators' (SCBWI) Golden Kite Award for picture book illustration in 2004 for I Dream of Trains by Angela Johnson.
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Dan Namingha
- Occupations
- paintersculptor
- Biography
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Dan Namingha is a Hopi painter and sculptor. He is Dextra Quotskuyva's son, and a great-great-grandson of Nampeyo. He is a member of the Hopi-Tewa member of the Hopi Tribe. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Richard Earl Thompson
- Occupations
- illustratorpainter
- Biography
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Richard Earl Thompson was a 20th-century American Impressionist painter who began his career as a commercial illustrator in Chicago, Illinois. In 1959, he broke away from a career as a commercial illustrator, which began in 1933, to pursue Impressionist painting. He was a prolific painter, sometimes compared stylistically to Claude Monet.
General info
| Total FTE staff | 22 |
|---|---|
| Carnegie classification | Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools |
Location and contacts
| Address | 332 S Michigan Ave Chicago, Illinois, 60604-4302 United States |
|---|---|
| City population | 2,746,000 |