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Academics

MCAD offers many undergraduate majors, three online MAs, one on-campus MFA, and Continuing Education courses for pre-college students and lifelong learners. Which path will you take?

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Bachelor of Fine Arts

The BFA program offers majors in Animation, Comic Art, Fine Arts (concentration options in Drawing and Painting, Sculpture and Expanded Media, and Print Paper Book Arts), Graphic Design, Illustration, Media Arts (concentration options in Art and Technology, Filmmaking, and Photography), and Product and Furniture Design.

Bachelor of Science

Creative Entrepreneurship, MCAD’s sole BS major, offers students an unparalleled opportunity to apply creativity, strategy, and innovation to client- or community-based projects. We are also offering a Dual Degree Program with Creative Entrepreneurship and MA in Sustainable Design!

Master of Fine Arts

The MFA program is a community of makers, thinkers, theorists, researchers, and creative professionals working in a mentor-based, interdisciplinary environment.

Master of Arts in Creative Leadership

The Master of Arts in Creative Leadership is an accelerated fifteen-month, online program—bracketed by two week-long residencies in Minneapolis—for individuals who seek the knowledge and skills to navigate changes in their careers, organizations, and communities.

Master of Arts in Graphic and Web Design

Designed for motivated working adults, the Master of Arts in Graphic and Web Design is a flexible online program that allows for discussions, critiques, and community-building with instructors, peers, and visiting designers.

Master of Arts in Sustainable Design

The Master of Arts in Sustainable Design is a fully online program that engages a world-class community to creatively lead sustainable solutions across disciplines and industries.

Continuing Education

For life-long learners, these programs—both in person and online—are taught by professional working artists and designers. Discover a range of classes that foster creative expression and growth, all taught in a supportive, inclusive environment.

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Land Acknowledgement

The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) acknowledges it is located on traditional, ancestral, and contemporary lands of Indigenous people. This is the ancestral homeland of the Dakota and Ojibwe people, who were forcibly exiled from the land because of aggressive and persistent settler colonialism. We recognize that this place has a complex and layered history. As a community dedicated to creativity, MCAD is committed to ongoing efforts to support and advocate for American Indian Nations and peoples.


Nondiscrimination Policy

MCAD admits students of any race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, or marital status to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, or marital status in the administration of its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.