Master’s degree · MFA
MFA in Visual Arts
Rutgers University-New Brunswick · Art & Design, Mason Gross School of the Arts · New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
- Official award
- Master of Fine Arts in Visual ArtsMFA
- Subject
- Fine Arts
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Graduate MFA in visual arts.
- Department
- Art & Design, Mason Gross School of the Arts
- 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 Visual ArtsMFA
- Award family
- MFAA Master of Fine Arts, exactly as titled by the awarding institution.
- Academic level
- Master’s degree
- Previous degree required
- Yes
| 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.
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
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- New Brunswick 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 required
- Portfolio details
- Number of works: 20 images/videos of recent work
- Accepted media: Images, videos or Vimeo/YouTube links; each time-based work limited to 10 minutes
- File requirements: Images up to 5 MB each and videos up to 250 MB each; may be one combined PDF
- Platform: Slate (Talent Assessment link)
- Written components: Personal statement
- Interview: Finalists interview on campus in New Brunswick in late February, or virtually
- Portfolio deadlines: Rutgers University Application: January 1; Mason Gross Talent Assessment: January 8 (the page prints no year)
- Interview
- Interview possible
- Statement
- Personal statement of 500-1000 words
- Documents
- Rutgers application, fee and transcripts; Mason Gross Talent Assessment with art and design questionnaire, personal statement, 3 letters of recommendation, portfolio and resume/CV
Source could not be re-checked automatically.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rutgers University application feeApplication fee · mandatory | $70one-time, current cycle (year not printed) | All students | 23 October 2026SourceSource could not be re-checked automatically. |
| Mason Gross Talent Assessment feeApplication fee · mandatory | $25one-time, current cycle (year not printed) | All students | 23 October 2026SourceSource could not be re-checked automatically. |
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, duration, full-time or part-time options, intakes, 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)