DCAD & Pratt University

  • Thread starter Loon
  • 8 comments
  • 1,416 views
5,076
GTPLoon
D1 Loon
Well I'm a junior in Highschool right now,and I figured it'd be a good idea to go ahead and start looking for a college that seems right for me.

I want to go to college for Graphic Design.

I found this school, DCAD( Deleware College of Art & Design), that seems to be very promising. Its in partnership with Pratt University and The Corcoran. They say that you will be able to spend two years at DCAD, then you will be able to transfer to either one of these places if you like. The tuition at this school seems to be way below the average for most other schools, all together, tuition and everything, its only $25,000 a year. I think thats better than most schools anyway.

And I know Pratt University is a pretty big, well known school, although I've never read or heard any first hand experience from any of these schools.

But anyways, I was hoping someone could tell me something about these schools or maybe point me in the direction of another good art school.
 
Isn't that cheaper than most schools? Internatiol kids that come to my highschool pay more than that. Plus 25,000 pays for everything, tuition, books, housing, traveling, and food expenses. That an estimation of course.
 
DCAD is a very small art college in downtown Wilmington, Delaware. It's housed in a renovated old building on the edge of the business district near a moderately poor neighborhood. I've been there once or twice for exhibits and events, and it seems like a good school, albeit small. I don't know how many students they have. They do sponsor and organize a lot of art events locally. I know they have a housing arrangement with a renovated apartment building right across the street.

I'll email a friend of mine and see if he knows anybody that currently goes there. It's only about 10 miles from my house; less from where I work. Wilmington is not a bad city, though it is also relatively small. There are buses that cover downtown and most major points in the surrounding suburbs, and you would only be 8 or 10 blocks from a big Amtrak train station and quick access to Philly, Baltimore/DC, and the rest of the Northeast Corridor.
 
Thanks for the info Duke.👍

I knew it was small, its one of the reasons that I think I would like it. I figure a smaller school would have smaller classrooms and allow for more one on one type of learning, or atleast more so than some of the bigger colleges.
 
PM me your email address and I'll see if I can find a few students or ex-students you can correspond with.
 
Isn't that cheaper than most schools?

I'm not completely sure how the education system works in America. But here pretty much all University/College placements are between $6,000-$10,000AUD a year ($4,800-$8,000). The money is given to you by the government and does not have to be paid back until you're earning over 38k a year, although you can start paying bits before that if you like.

Do you have a similar system or to have to fork out 25k up-front?
 
I don't we have anything like that, I'm sure most schools have payment plans. I've never heard of not having to pay it back until you make 38k a year.
 
There are a combination of need-based grants, merit-based grants, and deferred-repayment loans available to college students. However, none are automatic, and they do not hinge on how much you're making before you have to repay them. You get a year or two after you stop being a full-time college student before they start coming due.
 
Back