Master’s degree · MFA
MFA in Painting
Temple University · Tyler School of Art and Architecture · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Official award
- Master of Fine Arts in PaintingMFA
- Subject
- Painting
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Graduate studio degree in painting at Tyler.
- Department
- Tyler School of Art and Architecture
- 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 PaintingMFA
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Painting | 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
- Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Elkins Park/Philadelphia (Temple University)2001 N 13th St, Philadelphia, PA 19122
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 requiredPortfolios are required for all MFA programs.
- Portfolio details
- Number of works: 20 items that represent the current direction of your work
- Platform: Temple SlideRoom
- Interview: Tyler may request interviews during the application review process
- Interview
- Interview possible
- Statement
- Statement of goals (500-1,000 words)
- Tests explicitly required
- Test scores are optional
- Documents
- Official transcripts; statement of goals (500-1,000 words); resume; 3 letters of recommendation; English language test scores for international students only
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.
Scholarships and funding
Funding is shown with its basis and who it is for. Competitive funding is not a guarantee.
Tyler merit-based scholarships, assistantships and fellowships Funding
Competitive
Eligibility: Qualified graduate students
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, duration, full-time or part-time options, intakes, 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)