Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Having been in the workforce now for almost 7 years, I can say my education at MCAD has shown to be exceptionally better than a state university. The practical experience I received at MCAD made me stand out at the beginning of my career. Now I see how I’m more open to new ideas, I’m more creative, have a lot more patience, and I’m much more team oriented than my peers. I would suggest the BSc program at MCAD to anyone looking at going into marketing or advertising as a career. No college is perfect. MCAD professors can be hit or miss. The counseling side when I was there was non-existent. The college itself markets itself as being prestigious, when a majority of students are giant geeks who just love making art. Which to me is what makes the school fun and interesting. But at the end of the day, if I could do it all over again, I’d still pick MCAD. Best decision I ever made.

Excellent adaptation to the plague. Pretty pricey for mostly online classes, but nonetheless a great and weird community coupled with a crazy variety of professors makes this one of the less boring colleges around

I am going into my sophomore year here at MCAD, its honestly everything I could have wanted. A great campus for those who like a close knit community and a more personal learning experience. Great Professors and courses available and gorgeous surroundings. As many Art schools are, It is expensive but not undo-able if you can get the scholarships and work study to help out! LOVE it here, cant imagine being anywhere else!

A great place to see amazing work from unknown, little known, and well known artists. Also a great place to take adult continuing education classes in any visual arts discipline you could imagine, including things like furniture design and grant writing. Their instructors are second to none. Classes are a little spendy but well worth the money. It's safe to say that if you take a continuing education class here you will get significantly more than you pay for.

Great facilities. Everything else was lacking. I experienced little or no guidance when selecting a major or finding a career. Really disappointed with the instruction, the curriculums, it’s really hard to get the classes you want. safety is not great, I had a laptop stolen, was almost run over in the parking lot by a drunk driver and security did nothing both times. The culture at the school is very clique-ish, It’s not the most welcoming environment, it doesn’t help that most students are introverts and that this is the Midwest and everyone is passive aggressive. This all leads to a toxic environment that’s palpable at times. Students are wound so tight because classes are long, the attendance is strict and everyone is tired from pulling all-nighters all the time because the competitive pressure is huge, That wouldn’t be so bad but Campus life is non-existent there is no meal plan, the cafeteria hours aren’t great. Finally students are held to a higher standard than the faculty and staff, an example: it’s annoying to lose a letter grade if you miss two classes, but then have a teacher that’s late and under prepared everyday is irritating. There is no excuse for late work yet grades are never updated in a timely fashion. The school likes to have this polished image for its donors and when the school throws events students are treated like second class citizens. And for many of the instructors this just seems like a job for them to pad their resume, that’s why there is such a large turnover with instructors at MCAD.