Master’s degree · MFA
Fine Arts Low Residency MFA
Massachusetts College of Art and Design · Massachusetts College of Art and Design · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Official award
- Master of Fine ArtsMFA
- Subject
- Fine Arts
- Format
- Low residencyjust over two years
- Tuition
- $945per credit, 2026-27
Low-residency program
About this program
Interdisciplinary low-residency MFA for working artists and educators, combining remote coursework and studio mentorship with summer residencies on campus.
- Department
- Massachusetts College of Art and Design
- 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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fine Arts | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional accreditation, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and national qualification registers are different things.
Stated by the schoolNew England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)Institutional accreditation or recognitionUS
Scope: Institution-wide accreditation as stated by MassArt
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
- Three intensive on-campus summer residencies bookend and divide the two academic years.
- Residency frequency
- Three intensive on-campus summer residencies bookend and divide the two academic years.
- Residency length
- Not published
- Residency location
- On campus at MassArt, Boston
- Attendance mandatory
- Yes
- Travel expectations
- Not published
- Online components
- remote coursework and one-on-one studio mentorship, as well as electives, which may be taken either online or on campus
- Additional residency costs
- Not published
- In-person assessment
- The final residency culminates in a public thesis exhibition and artist talk.
- Live attendance
- Live attendance not published
- International enrolment
- Not published
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- just over two years
- Exhibitions
- The final residency culminates in a public thesis exhibition and artist talk.
- Campus attendance
- Three intensive on-campus summer residencies
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- MassArt Boston campus621 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115
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 required
- Portfolio details
- Number of works: 20-25 images of recent work
- Interview
- Interview possible
- Statement
- one-to-two page statement describing your reasons for applying and the planned direction of your future work
- Documents
- Statement of purpose; Résumé or CV; transcripts; two letters of recommendation; portfolio
- Official instructions
- Application instructions
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduate tuition per credit (most graduate and post-baccalaureate programs)Tuition | $945per credit, 2026-27 | regardless of residency; some programs or courses may have additional fees | 23 October 2026Source |
| Graduate application feeApplication fee | $90one-time, as listed 2026-10-23 | current MassArt BFA students and alumni may request a fee waiver | 23 October 2026Source |
No total is shown: the sources do not state a whole-program figure and the published duration and fee basis do not support a calculation.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: full-time or part-time options, intakes, whether a previous degree is required.
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)