Master’s degree · MFA
Graphic Design and Illustration Visual Arts (MFA)
Marywood University · Art Department, Marywood University · Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
- Official award
- Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design and Illustration Visual ArtsMFA
- Subject
- Graphic DesignIllustration
- Format
- Low residencythree years
- Tuition
- Not published
Low-residency program
About this program
Low-residency, 60-credit MFA for working designers, illustrators and art educators, completed in three years.
- Department
- Art Department, Marywood University
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
The award is shown exactly as the institution titles it. A program belongs to a subject only through the link below: a dedicated degree, a named major, a formal concentration or a documented pathway.
- Official award
- Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design and Illustration Visual ArtsMFA
- Award family
- MFAA Master of Fine Arts, exactly as titled by the awarding institution.
- Academic level
- Master’s degree
- Previous degree required
- Not published
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Graphic Design | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. | |
| Illustration | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
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No program-level accreditation or validation record has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- Low residencyMostly distance study with required periods on site (residencies). It is never described as fully online.
- Online instruction
- Distance study with required residencies
- Campus studio required
- Not published
- Campus residencies or workshops
- Four two-week summer residencies at Marywood and six immersive study tours.
- Residency frequency
- four summer residencies over the program
- Residency length
- two weeks each
- Residency location
- Marywood University, Scranton, PA
- Attendance mandatory
- Yes
- Travel expectations
- Study trips twice a year to cities such as New York City, Boston or Philadelphia
- Online components
- Guided independent work between residencies
- Additional residency costs
- Not published
- Live attendance
- Live attendance not published
- International enrolment
- Not published
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- three years
- Credits
- 60 creditsCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Main campus
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
Fees and costs
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The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether studio, materials, fabrication, printing, software, equipment, travel and residency costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, full-time or part-time options, intakes, portfolio requirement, whether a previous degree is required, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 23 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 23 October 2026)