School of the Art Institute of Chicago
School info
3.6
Overall Quality
Reputation
4.5
Food
2.8
Clubs
2.9
Facilities
3.6
Internet
4.1
Location
4.5
Opportunities
3.8
Safety
3.3
Social
3.2
Happiness
3.9
Basic Information
Location
- Chicago, IL
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Private art school
- Established: 1866; 158 years ago (1866)
- Founder: Chicago Academy of Design, Charles Peck, and other 35 artists
Academic information
Degree Courses
- Over 26 academic departments offering various degrees
- including BA
- BFA
- MFA
- MA
- M.Arch
- MS
- and MDes
Key Area
- Art History
- Fashion Design
- Performing arts
- Sculpture
- Photography
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 3,532
- Undergraduates: 2,894 (Fall 2018)
- Postgraduates: 745 (Fall 2018)
- Academic Staff: 141 full-time427 part-time
Notable Alumni
- Hugh Hefner
- Joan Mitchell
- LeRoy Neiman
- Ivan Albright
- Jeff Koons
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Good reviews
Overall 4.5
You get out of the school what you put in. The facilities are amazing and there are tons of opportunities to get involved in things.
Overall 4.5
Best art school in the world...if you are good and want to become great, this is school.
Overall 4.3
The facilities and tools that SAIC offers to its students are unparalleled at any other school!
Overall 4.2
Love it here
Overall 4.2
None.
Overall 4.1
A great school with amazing faculty, opportunities, and talented student body.
Overall 4.1
I'm apart of the Low-Res MFA program. It's extreeeeeeeeeeeeemly intense. The faculty is more than willing to wok with what ever fits your needs. The 6 weeks you are on campus is booked back to back, but having the school on your resume is spot on for any art career.
Overall 4
This school has been great! I love the facilities and the community. I feel like there are so many opportunities out there for me because of my time here.
Overall 4
the professors have always been sweet, the facilities are open 24/7 and truly top notch (fibers and print even give free materials). The dorms are better than most. Opportunities are great, but are ignored by students. I have made some great friends, beware some of the student body can be pretentious and privileged. That is my only complaint.
Overall 4
Great school with amazing facilities for art making practices. However there is no student gym, which is a problem. There should be more focus on self-care and mental health. The food is overpriced and kind of horrible.
Bad reviews
Overall 1.8
I transferred in and I'm already planning to transfer out again after a semester. It's like a constant competition of "Who Can Be the Weirdest?" Clubs are nonexistent, food sucks, a lot of the students are rich brats, administration is terrible. Also, being located in the Loop is like going to school in the Times Square of Chicago. It's exhausting.